The INSIGHT study: A randomized, Phase III study of ripretinib versus sunitinib for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor with KIT exon 11 + 17/18 mutations Journal Article


Authors: George, S.; Blay, J. Y.; Chi, P.; Jones, R. L.; Serrano, C.; Somaiah, N.; Gelderblom, H.; Zalcberg, J. R.; Reichmann, W.; Sprott, K.; Cox, P.; Sherman, M. L.; Ruiz-Soto, R.; Heinrich, M. C.; Bauer, S.
Article Title: The INSIGHT study: A randomized, Phase III study of ripretinib versus sunitinib for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor with KIT exon 11 + 17/18 mutations
Abstract: Somatic KIT activating mutations drive most gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Disease progression eventually develops with first-line imatinib, commonly due to KIT secondary mutations, and different kinase inhibitors have various levels of treatment efficacy dependent on specific acquired resistance mutations. Ripretinib is a broad-spectrum switch-control KIT/PDGFRA tyrosine kinase inhibitor for patients with advanced GIST who received prior treatment with three or more kinase inhibitors, including imatinib. Exploratory baseline circulating tumor DNA analysis from the second-line INTRIGUE trial determined that patients with advanced GIST previously treated with imatinib harboring primary KIT exon 11 mutations and secondary resistance mutations restricted to KIT exons 17/18 had greater clinical benefit with ripretinib versus sunitinib. We describe the rationale and design of INSIGHT (NCT05734105), an ongoing Phase III open-label study of ripretinib versus sunitinib in patients with advanced GIST previously treated with imatinib exclusively harboring KIT exon 11 + 17/18 mutations detected by circulating tumor DNA. Clinical Trial Registration:NCT05734105 (ClinicalTrials.gov). © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords: adult; controlled study; treatment outcome; aged; middle aged; exon; genetics; mutation; exons; clinical trial; sunitinib; antineoplastic agents; antineoplastic agent; gastrointestinal stromal tumor; stem cell factor receptor; gastrointestinal stromal tumors; proto-oncogene proteins c-kit; protein kinase inhibitor; randomized controlled trial; drug resistance; pathology; drug resistance, neoplasm; protein kinase inhibitors; gastrointestinal neoplasms; multicenter study; targeted therapy; phase 3 clinical trial; drug therapy; tyrosine kinase inhibitor; kit mutations; urea; gastrointestinal tumor; naphthyridines; predictive marker; humans; human; male; female; phase iii trial; insight; ripretinib; naphthyridine derivative; ctdna mutational analysis; kit protein, human
Journal Title: Future Oncology
Volume: 20
Issue: 27
ISSN: 1479-6694
Publisher: Future Medicine  
Date Published: 2024-01-01
Start Page: 1973
End Page: 1982
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2024.2376521
PUBMED: 39229786
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC11497949
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