Treatment Patterns in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in the Community Oncology Setting

Completed

Conditions studied: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

In brief

This is a retrospective medical record abstraction to evaluate the patterns of care for Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in the community setting. Patient demographics and characteristics along with the treatments received will be described. Investigators will establish the percentage of patients who undergo surgery, the percentage of patients who are treated with kinase inhibitors as well as in what setting (adjuvant or metastatic) as well as the duration of therapy. Physician information will also be collected to assess for differences in treatment based on physician or geographical differences.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00877045

Run by

SCRI Development Innovations, LLC

People needed

200

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-08-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients diagnosed with GIST based on ICD-9 code from January 2005 to present will be eligible. This will include current active patients as well as patients who have expired and have medical chart available.

Where it is running

• Florida Cancer Specialists — Fort Myers, Florida, United States
• Georgia Cancer Specialists — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Chattanooga Oncology Hematology Associates — Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
• Tennessee Oncology, PLLC — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Virginia Cancer Institute — Richmond, Virginia, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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