A 24-week With Possible Extension, Prospective, Multicentre, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled, 2-parallel Group With a Randomization 1:1, Phase III Study to Compare Efficacy and Safety of Masitinib at 6 mg/kg/Day to Placebo in Treatment of Patients With Smouldering Systemic, Indolent Systemic or Cutaneous Mastocytosis With Handicap
Mastocytosis is a disease characterized by mast cell invasion in various organs. Mast cells
are bone marrow derived cells which produce histamine and other substances causing allergic
and anaphylactic reactions. Accumulation of mast cells in body organs can inhibit the
functionality of the organ and eventually cause degeneration.
Mutations of the mast cell growth factor receptor (KIT protein, the product of the c-Kit
proto-oncogene) might be found in patients with mastocytosis.
Masitinib (AB1010) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), selectively and effectively
inhibiting c-kit. Its effect may include inhibition of cell proliferation, inhibition of
cell cycle progression and induction of apoptosis resulting in the reduction of mast cell
accumulation in body tissues. This drug is thereby specific to mastocytosis and active in
slowing or reducing the number of mast cells particularly in aggressive forms of the
disease.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
Responder rate at week 24
24 weeks
No
Olivier Lortholary, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
United States: Food and Drug Administration
AB06006
NCT00814073
December 2008
June 2013
Name | Location |
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MD Anderson Cancer Centre | Houston, Texas 77030 |
UC Davis Health System , Department of Dermatology | Sacramento, California 95816 |