The purpose of this research study is to determine the safety and activity of regorafenib in participants with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) if the standard approved therapies, imatinib and sunitinib, have failed to control the disease. Regorafenib is a drug that blocks abnormally active signaling enzymes called "tyrosine kinases" which are important to the growth of GIST. This "tyrosine kinase inhibition" is similar to the way that both imatinib and sunitinib work; however, regorafenib blocks certain additional signaling pathways that are not blocked by imatinib or sunitinib. Regorafenib has been not been tested in GIST participants before this research study.
* In this research study, each planned "cycle" of the study lasts 4 weeks. In the first cycle, participants will come to the clinic on Days 1, 15 and 16. For cycles 2 through 4, they will come to the clinic on Days 1 and 15 of each cycle. For cycle 5 and beyond, they will come to the clinic on Day 1 of each cycle. Repeat tumor imaging will be performed at the end of every 2 cycles during study drug administration (e.g. end of cycles 2, 4, 6, etc.) * During each cycle, participants will take regorafenib by mouth, once a day in the morning, for 3 weeks followed by one week during which you do not take regorafenib (the "rest period"). * FDG-PET/CT (Positron Emission Tomography) scans are required as part of this study to monitor effects of the study drug on the participant's GIST. The first scan will take place before the first dose of study drug. If the first scan shows that the "tracer sugar" collection is increased in the participant's GIST, they will have up to 5 additional scans performed at different time points throughout their participation in this research study. * Participants may continue to participate in this research study for as long as they do not have serious side effects or their disease does not get worse.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
34
Taken orally, once a day in the morning for 3 weeks followed by a one week rest period
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Oregon, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Clinical Benefit as Defined by the Composite of Complete Response, Partial Response and Stable Disease Lasting 16 Weeks or More Per RECIST 1.1 as a Measure of Disease Control
The composite of complete response, partial response, and stable disease lasting 16 weeks or more per RECIST 1.1 as a measure of disease control. This is for target lesions. Complete response is disappearance of all target lesions and partial response is \>+30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions. Stable disease is neither shrinkage by greater than or equal to 30% of the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions or the increase of lesions by greater than or equal to 20% of the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions. Progressive disease is considered an increase of the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions by greater than or equal to 20%.
Time frame: 2 years
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Progression-free survival is defined as the duration of time from start of study drug administration to time of objective disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever comes first. Progression is evaluated every 8 weeks using Response Criteria for Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1. Objective disease progression is defined as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesion(s).
Time frame: From date of enrollment until date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first
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