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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: early-phase trial registry

4 of 12 indexed Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

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12 US clinical trials · 4 currently recruiting · #1,429 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: 12 US clinical trials tracked, 4 recruiting.

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors is the subject of 12 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 4 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 9 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Novartis Pharmaceuticals, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition gastrointestinal-stromal-tumors

OPEN 4 | RECR 33% | LATE 2 | EARLY 9 | RANK #1429 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Adherence, Treatment (33% recruiting · 6 trials)

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors lists 4 open slots (33% of 12 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    4 of 12 indexed trials (33.3%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors research.

    Novartis Pharmaceuticals accounts for 2 of 12 trials (16.7%). 11 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 40 among the 11 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 9 of those (81.8%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors research is mostly interventional.

    11 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (91.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 13Phase 26Phase 32

Open and recent trials

12 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING open-ended (no fixed target)

Integrated Cancer Repository for Cancer Research

University of Nebraska

NCT02012699

RECRUITING Phase 1 67 participants

A Study of the c-Kit Specific Antibody-Drug Conjugate NN3201 for Advanced and/or Metastatic Solid Tumors Known to Express c-Kit

Novelty Nobility

NCT06805825

RECRUITING Phase 2 48 participants

ctDNA-Guided Sunitinib And Regorafenib Therapy for GIST

University of Miami

NCT05366816

RECRUITING Phase 2 28 participants

Imatinib TDM in GIST

Reema A. Patel

NCT05493215

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 453 participants

A Study of Ripretinib vs Sunitinib in Advanced GIST Patients After Treatment With Imatinib

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals

NCT03673501

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

SARC044: A Phase II Trial of Bezuclastinib in Combination With Sunitinib in Patients With GIST

Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration

NCT06208748

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 23 participants

Temozolomide (TMZ) in Advanced Succinate Dehydrogenase (SDH)-Mutant/Deficient Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)

Adam Burgoyne, MD, PhD

NCT03556384

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 3 participants

Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Regorafenib in Specific GIST Mutation Subsets (KIT Exon 17, 18, or 14 Mutation and SDHB Deficient GIST) in the Post-imatinib Second-line Setting.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06087263

COMPLETED Phase 3 199 participants

Study of Regorafenib as a 3rd-line or Beyond Treatment for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)

Bayer

NCT01271712

COMPLETED Phase 1 59 participants

Study of AMN107 With Imatinib in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT00135005

COMPLETED Phase 2 16 participants

A Phase 2 Study of XL820 in Adults With Advanced GIST Resistant to Imatinib and/or Sunitinib

Exelixis

NCT00570635

COMPLETED Phase 1 14 participants

Patients Completing Core Protocol (CAMN107A2103), Exhibiting Stable Disease (SD), Partial Response (PR) or Complete Response (CR) to Nilotinib in Combination With Imatinib

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT00441155

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 3
Phase 2 6
Phase 3 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Regorafenib Drug
2 trials
Sunitinib Drug
2 trials
Best supportive care Drug
1 trials
Regorafenib (Stivarga, BAY73-4506) Drug
1 trials
XL820 Drug
1 trials
AMN107, STI571 Drug
1 trials
Nilotinib, Imatinib Drug
1 trials
Bezuclastinib in combination with sunitinib Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Massachusetts 6 trials
Pennsylvania 5 trials
Florida 5 trials
Oregon 4 trials
Illinois 4 trials
California 3 trials
Texas 2 trials
Minnesota 2 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors page

12 registered trials, 4 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 4 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Novartis Pharmaceuticals sponsors the most Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Novartis Pharmaceuticals's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors condition card totals 12 registered trials; most-linked intervention Regorafenib; top US site state Massachusetts. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.