A trial looking at having imatinib with or without surgery for gastrointestinal stromal tumours (EORTC 62063)

Overview

Cancer types:

Sarcoma, Soft tissue sarcoma

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was looking at having surgery with imatinib for gastrointestinal stromal tumours. The trial was for gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) that had spread locally or to the liver.

Doctors often treat GIST that has spread with imatinib, and it stops the cancer coming back for a while. Doctors are always looking for ways to increase the amount of time before the GIST starts to come back. They thought that having surgery, as well as imatinib may help.

The aim of this trial was to see if adding surgery to imatinib could increase the amount of time before GIST started to come back.

Recruitment start: 1 August 2009

Recruitment end: 18 March 2011