Updated Overall Survival and Long-Term Safety With Ripretinib Versus Sunitinib in Patients With GI Stromal Tumor: Final Overall Survival Analysis From INTRIGUE

M Michael C. Heinrich (Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR) J Jean-Yves Blay H Hans Gelderblom S Suzanne George (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA) P Patrick Schöffski (From the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center (J.D.W.) and the Department of Medicine (J.D.W., M.A.P.), Weill Cornell Medicine, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (M.A.P.) — both in New York; Istituto Oncologico Veneto, IRCCS, Padua (V.C.-S.), European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan (P.Q.), Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, IRCCS, Meldola (M.G.), University of Siena and the Center for Immuno-Oncology, University Hospital of Siena, Siena (M.M.), and Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Naples (P.A.A.) — all in Italy; Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland (P.R.); Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas (C.L.C.); University Hospital Essen, the German Cancer Consortium, the National Center for Tumor Diseases–West, the Research Alliance Ruhr, Research Center One Health, and University Duisburg-Essen — all in Essen, Germany (D.S.); the College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea (J.W.), Brist...) M Margaret von Mehren J John R. Zalcberg (Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Department of Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia) R Robin L. Jones Y Yoon-Koo Kang A Albiruni Abdul Razak J Jonathan Trent (Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL) S Steven Attia (avin Ratan, MD, MEd, Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Bernd Kasper, MD, PhD, Sarcoma Unit, Mannheim University Medical Center, Mannheim Cancer Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Thierry Alcindor, MD, MS, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Patrick Schöffski, MD, Department of General Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven Cancer Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Winette T. van der Graaf, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Noah Federman, MD, Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopedics, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Nam Q. Bui, MD, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Gina D'Amato, MD, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL; Richard...) A Axel Le Cesne K Kjetil Boye (Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway) D David Goldstein C Cesar Sanchez (26University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, United States) B Brittany L. Siontis (Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN) P Paulina Cox (AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston, MA) E Erika Davis (Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Waltham, MA) M Matthew L. Sherman (Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Waltham, MA) R Rodrigo Ruiz-Soto (Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Waltham, MA) S Sebastian Bauer

Abstract

In the INTRIGUE phase III trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03673501 ), adult patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor previously treated with imatinib were randomly assigned 1:1 to ripretinib 150 mg once daily or sunitinib 50 mg once daily (4 weeks on/2 weeks off). In the primary analysis, overall survival (OS) was immature. In this study, we report the final planned analysis of OS (key secondary end point), progression-free survival (PFS) on third-line therapy (second PFS; prespecified exploratory end point), and long-term safety. Final OS analysis was prespecified to occur with approximately 200 and ≥145 events in the overall and KIT exon 11 intention-to-treat (ITT) populations, respectively. As of March 15, 2023, there were 211 and 151 OS events in the overall ITT and KIT exon 11 ITT populations, respectively. Median OS was similar between second-line ripretinib and sunitinib in both populations (overall, 35.5 v 31.5 months; KIT exon 11, 35.5 v 32.8 months). Median second PFS (on third-line therapy) for the overall ITT population was similar between the ripretinib and sunitinib arms (7.7 v 7.4 months). Safety was consistent with the primary analysis. OS from this analysis was similar between arms, and second PFS suggests that receiving ripretinib did not adversely affect the PFS of third-line therapy.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 43, Issue 20
Published July 10, 2025
Pages 2239-2244
ISSN 0732-183X
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Journal Info

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISSN: 0732-183X Health Sciences

Authors (22)

M

Michael C. Heinrich

Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

J

Jean-Yves Blay

H

Hans Gelderblom

S

Suzanne George

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

P

Patrick Schöffski

From the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center (J.D.W.) and the Department of Medicine (J.D.W., M.A.P.), Weill Cornell Medicine, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (M.A.P.) — both in New York; Istituto Oncologico Veneto, IRCCS, Padua (V.C.-S.), European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan (P.Q.), Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, IRCCS, Meldola (M.G.), University of Siena and the Center for Immuno-Oncology, University Hospital of Siena, Siena (M.M.), and Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Naples (P.A.A.) — all in Italy; Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland (P.R.); Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas (C.L.C.); University Hospital Essen, the German Cancer Consortium, the National Center for Tumor Diseases–West, the Research Alliance Ruhr, Research Center One Health, and University Duisburg-Essen — all in Essen, Germany (D.S.); the College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea (J.W.), Brist...

M

Margaret von Mehren

J

John R. Zalcberg

Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Department of Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

R

Robin L. Jones

Y

Yoon-Koo Kang

A

Albiruni Abdul Razak

J

Jonathan Trent

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL

S

Steven Attia

avin Ratan, MD, MEd, Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Bernd Kasper, MD, PhD, Sarcoma Unit, Mannheim University Medical Center, Mannheim Cancer Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Thierry Alcindor, MD, MS, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Patrick Schöffski, MD, Department of General Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven Cancer Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Winette T. van der Graaf, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Noah Federman, MD, Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopedics, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Nam Q. Bui, MD, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Gina D'Amato, MD, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL; Richard...

A

Axel Le Cesne

K

Kjetil Boye

Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

D

David Goldstein

C

Cesar Sanchez

26University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, United States

B

Brittany L. Siontis

Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN

P

Paulina Cox

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston, MA

E

Erika Davis

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Waltham, MA

M

Matthew L. Sherman

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Waltham, MA

R

Rodrigo Ruiz-Soto

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Waltham, MA

S

Sebastian Bauer