The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of imatinib mesylate in combination with panitumumab for the treatment of stage IV colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver. It will also assess the whether imatinib mesylate, either alone or in combination with panitumumab, is effective in treating this type of cancer. In addition, the study will evaluate the feasibility of a predefined lab score and whether it can predict which patients will respond to treatment with imatinib mesylate.
Name: Imatinib mesylate and panitumumab
Name: Standard-of-care treatment with panitumumab
Description: Information about all adverse events, whether volunteered by the subject, discovered by investigator questioning, or detected through physical examination, laboratory test or other means, will be collected and recorded.
Measure: Number of Patients With Adverse Events Time: From consent up until 4 weeks after patient has stopped study participationDescription: Results reported as number of patients with stabilization or reduction in tumor size. Tumor response is defined by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) solid tumor response criteria, evaluated by CT.
Measure: Number of Participants With Stabilization or Reduction in Tumor Size Time: 8 weeks after baselineAllocation: Non-Randomized
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Colorectal Neoplasm Colorectal Cancer Colorectal Neoplasms Recently, a series of clinical trial outcome reports have shown that KRAS mutations (and to a lesser extent KRAS mutations with BRAF V600E mutation) significantly negatively correlate with response to anti-epidermal growth factor (EGFR) mAbs, such as panitumumab, in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients. --- V600E ---