Treatment Response Evaluation in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Patients

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastrointestinal Tract; Soft Tissue Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01276483

REK-2010/2089

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of PET, DW MRI and CT separately and combined for the evaluation of treatment response and progression-free survival in patients with GIST.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Metastatic GIST patients suitable for TKI treatment
• GIST patients pursuing preoperative neoadjuvant TKI treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with contraindications to MRI and/or TKI treatment. For patients with renal failure, CT without intravenous contrast will be performed according to clinical practice.
• Patients who do not sign the consent paper for any reason or do not accept the study premises or patients who wish to withdraw for any reason during the study