Status:

COMPLETED

Phase II Study Aiming to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Nilotinib Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) Resistant or Intolerant to Imatinib and or to 2nd Line Tyrosine Kinas (TK) Inhibitor

Lead Sponsor:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Conditions:

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The mainstay of therapy for GISTs is surgical resection, however, recurrence is almost inevitable in high-risk tumors and secondary surgery or other salvage therapy has yielded poor outcome. The media...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Age ≥ 18 years at Visit 1
  • Radiological confirmation of disease progression (CT scan PET-CT, or MRI) during imatinib therapy, on 600- 800 mg per day for at least 6 weeks.
  • Radiological confirmation of disease progression (CT scan or MRI and PET-CT) during 2nd line TK inhibitor therapy.
  • Patients who were intolerant to Imatinib or second line TK inhibitor (like :sunitinib). Intolerance (at any dose and/or duration), is defined as patients who did not progress on imatinib or sunitinib and have discontinued imatinib and or sunitinib therapy due to any ≥ Grade 3 adverse events that persist in spite of optimal supportive care. Patients with Grade 2 adverse events related to imatinib or sunitinib therapy, in spite of optimal supportive care measures, that persist for ≥ one month or that recurs for more than 3 times whether the dose is reduced or discontinued will also qualify patients as intolerant
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Prior treatment with nilotinib
  • Treatment with any investigational drug ≤ 4 weeks prior to Visit 1 with the exception of imatinib and sunitinib therapy .
  • Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    May 1 2010

    Estimated Enrollment :

    9 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00633295

    Start Date

    June 1 2008

    End Date

    May 1 2010

    Last Update

    June 22 2017

    Active Locations (3)

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    Novartis Investigative Site

    Jerusalem, Israel

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    Novartis Investigative Site

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    3

    Novartis Investigative Site

    Tel Litwinsky, Israel