Clinical trial · Interventional
Masitinib in Severe Indolent or Smoldering Systemic Mastocytosis Unresponsive to Optimal Symptomatic Treatment
Phase 3 Study to Compare Oral Masitinib to Placebo in Treatment of Patients With Smouldering or Indolent Severe Systemic Mastocytosis, Unresponsive to Optimal Symptomatic Treatment
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral masitinib versus placebo in the treatment of patients suffering from smouldering or indolent systemic mastocytosis with severe symptoms of mast cell mediator release, unresponsive to optimal symptomatic treatment.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis | Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Supportive Care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Masitinib | Drug | Masitinib | ALIAS |
| Placebo | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Masitinib & BSC
- description
- Experimental Arm: Masitinib (titration to 6.0 mg/kg/day) administered as an add-on to optimal concomitant symptomatic treatment (i.e. best supportive care, BSC). Participants receive masitinib (3.0 mg/kg/day), given orally twice daily, with a dose escalation to 4.5 mg/kg/day after 4 weeks of treatment, followed by dose escalation to 6.0 mg/kg/day after 4 weeks of treatment. Each ascending dose titration is subjected to a safety control.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Masitinib
- Other: Best Supportive Care
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Placebo & BSC
- description
- Placebo Comparator: Matching placebo administered as an add-on to optimal concomitant symptomatic treatment (i.e. best supportive care, BSC)
- interventionNames
- Other: Placebo
- Other: Best Supportive Care
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient with one of the following documented mastocytosis subtypes (variants): Smouldering Systemic Mastocytosis, Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis 2. An excess of mast cells or a presence of abnormal mast cells in at least two organs (among skin, bone-marrow and GI Tract). 3. Patient with documented systemic mastocytosis and evaluable disease based upon histological criteria 4. Patient with documented treatment failure of his/her symptom(s) (within the past 2 years) with at least two of the symptomatic treatments used at optimized dose: Anti H1, Anti H2, Proton pump inhibitor, Antidepressants, Cromoglycate Sodium, Antileukotriene. 5. Patient with severe symptoms of mastocytosis over the 14-day run-in period including at least one among pruritus, flushes, and depression: pruritus score ≥ 9, number of flushes per week ≥ 8, Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAMD-17) score ≥ 19. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient with one of the following mastocytosis: Cutaneous Mastocytosis, Systemic Mastocytosis with an Associated clonal Hematologic Non Mast cell lineage Disease (SM-AHNMD), Mast cell leukemia (MCL), Aggressive systemic mastocytosis (ASM) 2. Previous treatment with any Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor 3. Treatment with any investigational agent within 8 weeks prior to screening.
References
Publications (3)
- BACKGROUNDPaul C, Sans B, Suarez F, Casassus P, Barete S, Lanternier F, Grandpeix-Guyodo C, Dubreuil P, Palmerini F, Mansfield CD, Gineste P, Moussy A, Hermine O, Lortholary O. Masitinib for the treatment of systemic and cutaneous mastocytosis with handicap: a phase 2a study. Am J Hematol. 2010 Dec;85(12):921-5. doi: 10.1002/ajh.21894. PMID 21108325
- BACKGROUNDLortholary O, Chandesris MO, Bulai Livideanu C, Paul C, Guillet G, Jassem E, Niedoszytko M, Barete S, Verstovsek S, Grattan C, Damaj G, Canioni D, Fraitag S, Lhermitte L, Georgin Lavialle S, Frenzel L, Afrin LB, Hanssens K, Agopian J, Gaillard R, Kinet JP, Auclair C, Mansfield C, Moussy A, Dubreuil P, Hermine O. Masitinib for treatment of severely symptomatic indolent systemic mastocytosis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study. Lancet. 2017 Feb 11;389(10069):612-620. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31403-9. Epub 2017 Jan 7. PMID 28069279
- DERIVEDLatham BD, Oskin DS, Crouch RD, Vergne MJ, Jackson KD. Cytochromes P450 2C8 and 3A Catalyze the Metabolic Activation of the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Masitinib. Chem Res Toxicol. 2022 Sep 19;35(9):1467-1481. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00057. Epub 2022 Sep 1. PMID 36048877