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A long-term follow-up of the imatinib mesylate treatment for the patients with recurrent gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST): the liver metastasis and the outcome
About 80% of patients with GIST would experience tumor recurrence or metastasis after radical resection. The most common site of the metastasis is the liver. Imatinib mesylate has been proved effective for advanced GIST. The present study was designed to further observe the effectiveness of the imatinib mesylate treatment on the recurrent GIST and the correlation between the liver metastasis and the outcome.
Methods
Forty-two patients who had recurrent GIST after the first radical resection were enrolled. According to the recurrent sites, the patients were divided into 3 groups: group LG (recurrent liver GISTs), group AG (recurrent abdominal GISTs) and group ALG (recurrent abdominal and liver GISTs). All the patients were given imatinib mesylate at an initial dose of 400 mg per day. Their clinical data was prospectively collected. A follow-up over 3 years was conducted. Tumor response, time to progression and survival were evaluated.
Results
The long-term Imatinib mesylate treatment was safe and well tolerated. At a median follow-up time for 39.5 months, the 3-year survival rate was 66.7%. Median TTP and OS were 37 months (95% CI: 28.2~45.8 months) and 48 months (95% CI: 37.0~58.9 months), respectively. There was no statistical difference in tumor response among the 3 groups. The similar TTP (P = 0.291) and OS (P = 0.160) were observed in the 3 groups.
Conclusions
The imatinib mesylate treatment could prolong the survival of the patients who have recurrent GIST after the radical surgery in spite of an existence of the liver metastasis. Survival was not significantly affected by liver metastasis when imatinib mesylate was warranted.
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2407-10-199) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
JZ and MH designed the study and completed the protocol. JZ, YY, and MJ enrolled patients and performed the follow up. LZ was in charge of the measurement of tumor response. JZ and YY performed the data analysis. JZ drafted the manuscript. All the authors had read and approved the final manuscript.
Background
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) accounts for approximately 1% to 3% of all the gastrointestinal tract neoplasms and 5% to 6% of all the mesenchymal tumors (sarcomas) [1, 2]. GIST expresses mutant protein-tyrosine kinase KIT (CD117), which results in constitutive activation of the KIT receptor tyrosine kinase [3, 4].
Surgical operation, as the first-line treatment, has been the most effective method for the resectable GIST. Most of the chemotherapy agents and radiation have failed to treat GIST [5]. About 80% of the patients have the tumor recurrence or/and metastasis after the radical operation, and the most common site of the metastasis is the liver [6, 7]. Before the imatinib mesylate was used, another resection had to be performed to remove the relapsed tumor when GIST recurred after the first radical surgery. Unfortunately, the outcome was still rather poor, and the patients could only achieve a median survival of about 15 months even if they had undergone another surgical operation [8, 9]. If the relapsed tumor could not be removed, the patient would have a much worse prognosis.
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Imatinib mesylate, a small-molecule orally bioavailable drug, is able to inhibit KIT. Imatinib mesylate has proved to be the most active agent for advanced GIST [10, 11]. A long-term follow-up phase II study on the imatinib mesylate treatment for the patients with advanced GIST has revealed a response rate of 68% and a median overall survival time of 58 months [12]. A recent study has also proved the advantages of the adjuvant treatment with imatinib mesylate in recurrent-free survival [13]. Not a few patients with recurrent GIST after surgery have used imatinib mesylate as a salvage therapy, but no sufficient data about those patients are available. More than half of the recurrent GIST cases have liver metastasis. Liver involvement was always considered as a bad prognostic factor in solid tumors, but whether liver metastasis could influence the outcome of the recurrent GIST treated with imatinib mesylate has not been clear yet. The present study was focused on whether imatinib mesylate could prolong the survival of the patients who had the recurrent GIST after the first radical operation and whether the liver metastasis could influence the effectiveness of imatinib mesylate treatment. In order to confirm the final outcome, we performed a long-term follow-up.
Methods
Patients
From March 2003 to June 2006, 52 patients with pathologically-confirmed GIST were treated with imatinib mesylate (Glivec®, Novartis, Switzerland) in Cancer Center of West China Hospital. This program was supported by China Charity Federation (CCF). Each patient had signed a writing informed consent form before the imatinib mesylate treatment. Clinical data were gathered prospectively from 42 patients who had the recurrent GIST after the prior radical resection. No adjuvant chemotherapy, radiation or targeted therapy had been used for the patients. The median interval from the first surgery to the later tumor progression was 15.5 months (range, 2~108 months). According to the recurrent sites, the 42 patients were further divided into 3 groups: the LG group (recurrent liver GISTs) (n = 10), the AG group (recurrent abdominal GISTs) (n = 16) and the ALG group (recurrent abdominal and liver GISTs) (n = 16). Details of the patients' characteristics were listed in Table 1.
Table 1
Patients' characteristics.
Patient number (%)
Characteristic
LG group
AG group
ALG group
Pvalue
Patient treated
10
16
16
-
Age
-
Median
51.5
55
51.5
Range
27~75
23~71
34~87
Sex
0.694
Male
7(70%)
9 (56.3%)
11(68.8%)
Female
3(30%)
7 (43.7%)
5(31.2%)
Primary tumor site
0.711
Gastro
6 (60%)
9 (56.3%)
8(50%)
Small intestine
2 (20%)
4 (25%)
3(18.8%)
Colon
2 (20%)
2 (12.5%)
3(18.8%)
Rectum
0
1 (6.2%)
0
Mesentery
0
0
2(12.5%)
Recurrent-free time from surgery
-
Median (month)
15.5
12
24
Range (month)
9~108
2~100
3~108
ECOG performance status
0.815
0
3 (30%)
4 (25%)
6(37.5%)
1
6(60%)
9 (56.3%)
9(56.3%)
2
1 (10%)
2 (12.5%)
0
3
0
1 (6.2%)
1(6.2%)
Biomarker
CD117 positive
10 (100%)
16 (100%)
16(100%)
-
CD34 positive
7 (70%)
12 (75%)
14(87.5%)
0.518
Aggressive behavior
0.492
Very low & low risk
4(40%)
4(25%)
8(50%)
Intermediate risk
2(20%)
2(12.5%)
3(18.8%)
High risk
4(40%)
10(62.5%)
5(31.2%)
LG: Recurrent liver GISTs
AG: Recurrent abdominal GISTs
ALG: Recurrent abdominal and liver GISTs
The imatinib mesylate treatment
Imatinib mesylate (Glivec®) at an initial dose of 400 mg per day was suggested to be taken. The patients were also advised to take this drug orally after meals. The initial dose was used until the disease progression was detected, the unacceptable toxicity was observed or the patient's refusal was noted. The dose level would be upgraded to 600 mg per day or to a maximal 800 mg per day when the tumor progression was observed.
The medical examinations and the follow-up
Before the imatinib mesylate treatment, the patients underwent the following medical reviews: medical history collection, physical examination, evaluation of the performance status, full hematological tests, blood biochemistry (bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, albumin, serum lactate dehydrogenase, urea, creatinine, glucose, serum electrolytes), chest radiography, and full abdomen contrast spiral computerized tomography. During the treatment, the patients were asked to meet their doctors once a month and the frequency might be increased when they had any medical problems. Adverse effects, drug usage and other medical events were recorded at each of the visits. Hematological and biochemical tests were also performed. The follow-up was stopped only when the patient died or lost of the contact with the doctors.
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Evaluation on the response, toxicity and survival
The tumor response was evaluated every 3 months by the contrast spiral computerized tomography as planned or when necessary. An independent investigator was in charge of the measurement. The tumor response was defined according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) [14]. US National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) version 2.0 was used to evaluate the toxicities. Time to the tumor progression (TTP) was defined as the period from the first dose of imatinib mesylate to the tumor progression, and the overall survival (OS) was defined as the time from the beginning of the imatinib mesylate treatment to the patient's death.
Statistical analysis
The tumor response, median TTP and median OS of the 42 patients were calculated. The Chi-Square test was used to compare the response rates among the 3 groups, the Kaplan-Meier method and the Log-Rank test were used to evaluate the survival. P values <0.05 were considered significantly different among the groups.
Results
The treatment exposure and the follow-up
The 42 patients with recurrent or/and metastatic GIST after the first radical resection were treated with imatinib mesylate at an initial dose of 400 mg per day. 11 of the patients increased the dose level to 600 mg per day due to the tumor progression, 3 of the patients changed to use sunitinib because of the failure of imatinib mesylate treatment. None of the 42 patients discontinued the imatinib mesylate administration except those who experienced tumor progression or died. Median time of the follow-up was 39.5 months (range, 5~66 months). No patient lost the observation. Among the patients, 26 had the tumor progression and 21 died before the clinical data were analyzed.
Toxicity
Adverse effects of imatinib mesylate were generally mild and were well tolerated. No patient discontinued the imatinib mesylate treatment because of its toxicity. The most common hematological and non-hematological adverse events were anemia (33.3%) and edema (59.5%), respectively. Other toxicities included fatigue, nausea, rash, neutropenia, aminopherase abnormal, vomiting, and thrombocytopenia. Most of the adverse effects needed no medicinal treatment. No grade 4 adverse effect or the treatment related death occurred. Details of the adverse effects were listed in Table 2.
Table 2
Main toxicities per patient.
Toxicity
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Hematological
Hemoglobin
11(26.2%)
2(4.8%)
1(2.4%)
0
Neutrophil
7(16.7%)
3(7.1%)
0
0
Platelet
2(4.8%)
0
0
0
Non-hematological
Edema
23(54.8%)
2(4.8%)
0
0
Fatigue
11(26.2%)
3(7.1%)
1(2.4%)
0
Nausea
13(30.9%)
1(2.4%)
0
-
Rash
9(21.4%)
1(2.4%)
0
0
Vomiting
3(7.1%)
0
0
0
SGOT (AST)
3(7.1%)
0
0
0
SGPT (ALT)
2(4.8%)
0
0
0
Tumor response
All the 42 patients were evaluated on the tumor response to the imatinib mesylate treatment. Among the patients in the LG group, 1 (10%) achieved the best response as a partial remission and 9 (90%) had a stable disease. Among the patients in the AG group, 1 (6.3%) had a complete remission, 4 (25%) had a partial remission, 8 (50%) had a stable disease and 3 (18.7%) had a disease progression. Among the patients in the ALG group, 8 (50%) had a partial remission, 7 (43.8%) had a stable disease and 1 (6.3%) had a disease progression. The tumor control rates in the three groups were 100%, 81.3% and 93.8%, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in the tumor response among the LG, the AG and the ALG groups (10%, 31.3% and 50%, respectively, P = 0.106). Details of the tumor response were presented in Table 3.
Table 3
Tumor response.
Response evaluation
Group
CR
PR
SD
PD
Response rate
Pvalue
Tumor control rate
Pvalue
LG
0
1
9
0
10%
100%
AG
1
4
8
3
31.3%
0.106
81.3%
0.243
ALG
0
8
7
1
50%
93.8%
CR: complete remission
PR: partial remission
SD: stable disease
PD: disease progression
Survival
At the time the analysis was performed, 26 patients had a tumor progression and 21 patients died. Among the enrolled 42 patients, the median TTP was 37 months (95% CI: 28.2~45.8 months) and the median OS was 48 months (95% CI: 37.0~58.9 months). The 1-year, 2-year and 3-year survival rates were 95.2%, 83.3% and 66.7%, respectively. Patients in the LG group achieved the highest 3-year survival rate of 80% and the ALG group presented the lowest 3-year survival rate of 56.3%.
In the LG group, the median TTP was 48 months (95% CI: unavailable) and the median OS was unavailable because over 50% of the patients were alive. In the AG group, the median TTP was 39 months (95% CI: 28.6~49.4 months) and the median OS was 43 months (95% CI: unavailable). In the ALG group, the median TTP was 33 months (95% CI: 15.4~50.6 months) and the median OS was 39 months (95% CI: 24.4~53.6 months). According to the results of the Log-Rank test, there was no statistically significant difference in TTP (Fig. 1) or in OS (Fig. 2) among the 3 groups (P = 0.291, P = 0.160, respectively).
Figure 1
Comparison of the time to progression among the three groups.
GIST is the most common sarcoma of the alimentary tract that has a high resistance to chemotherapy and radiation. It is now categorized as a spindle-cell or a mixed epithelioid neoplasm located in the gastrointestinal tract, presumably originated from the same progenitor cell with the interstitial cells of Cajal [15]. GIST expresses a KIT protein (CD117) as its characteristic, which establishes the diagnosis. Surgery is always the first choice of treatment for the localized, resectable GIST; unfortunately, half of the patients have a tumor recurrence within months [5, 16].
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Liver was reported to be the most common site of the GIST metastasis. Over 60% of the patients were found to have a liver involvement during the disease process [6, 7]. Recurrence in the primary site and/or the other sites was also found whether or not accompanied by the liver metastasis. The liver metastasis was always regarded as an impressive poor prognostic factor in solid tumors, and the patients had a short survival for several months [17, 18]. The patients with a resectable liver-metastatic GIST had to undergo a second line localized resection or so-called cytoreductive surgery [19]. Imatinib mesylate was proved to have an impressive therapeutic effect on the patients with an advanced GIST. A good 2-year survival rate of 95.2% was found in the patients who had only a liver-metastatic GIST after the prior radical resection combined with the treatment of imatinib mesylate [20]. However, the relationship between the liver metastasis and the outcome of the imatinib mesylate treatment has rarely been studied. So, the present study was focused on whether the liver metastasis would influence the survival of the patients who were treated with imatinib mesylate.
Although the results from our previous study answers the above question to some extent. The present study further proved that imatinib mesylate was able to prolong the survival time of the patients who had suffered from recurrent GIST after the radical surgery. Our median follow-up for 39.5 months revealed that 21 patients were still alive, with a 3-year survival rate of 66.7% and a median overall survival of 48 months (95% CI: 37.0~58.9 months). Oral imatinib mesylate, instead of another palliative surgery, was the reasonable choice for the patients who had recurrent GISTs that can not be radically removed. The clinical data from the patients in the LG, the AG and the ALG group were comparable. The analysis showed that the patients in the three groups had a similar tumor-response rate, TTP and OS. In the LG group, 7 of the 10 patients who had only liver-metastatic GIST were still alive when the clinical data were evaluated. Those patients achieved the highest 3-year survival rate of 80% in the current study. Survival was not significantly affected by liver metastases when imatinib mesylate was warranted.
Edema and anemia, although mild and well tolerated, were the commonest adverse effects observed during this long-term imatinib mesylate treatment. No treatment-related death occurred.
Tumor's resistance to imatinib mesylate is still a major problem. An increase of the imatinib mesylate dose to 600 mg per day or a maximal dose of 800 mg per day is useful but its effectiveness only lasts for a short time. A change to another targeting agent, such as sunitinib, could improve the outcome [21]. In our study, for the economic reason, only 12 of the 26 patients (46.2%) who had tumor progression used an increased dose of imatinib mesylate, only 3 patients (11.5%) were given sunitinib. The tumor control rate achieved by the second-line therapy was 23.1% in our study. The median survival time was 5 months (range, 1~23 months) after the failure of the imatinib mesylate treatment of 400 mg per day.
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Conclusions
The imatinib mesylate treatment could prolong the survival of the patients who have recurrent GIST after the radical surgery in spite of an existence of the liver metastasis. Survival was not significantly affected by liver metastasis when imatinib mesylate was warranted.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Miss Juying Dai from China Charity Federation, who gave us an important help in the present study.
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Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
JZ and MH designed the study and completed the protocol. JZ, YY, and MJ enrolled patients and performed the follow up. LZ was in charge of the measurement of tumor response. JZ and YY performed the data analysis. JZ drafted the manuscript. All the authors had read and approved the final manuscript.
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