Disease index

gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Oncology · 2007–2021

4decisions
3medicines
1carried consumer input
3individual submissions

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
ripretinib Advanced unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) in patients who have progressed or are intolerant to imatinib and sunitinib. Jul 2021 Recommended with restriction 3 individuals Medical Oncology Group
imatinib Adjuvant treatment for 12 months of patients at high risk of recurrence following complete resection of primary gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST). Nov 2009 Not recommended no section in document
sunitinib malate Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) after failure of imatinib mesylate treatment due to resistance or intolerance. Mar 2008 Not recommended no section in document
sunitinib malate Treatment of adult patients with metastatic or unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) after failure of PBS-subsidised imatinib mesylate treatment… Mar 2007 Recommended no section in document

Who spoke

Medical Oncology Group

What the PBS pays

$17M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 30,402 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
imatinib $8.6M
ripretinib $7.9M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 6 technologies for this condition, recommending 4 . A different committee, a different population and a different price: this is what has been looked at there, not a verdict on what happened here.

TechnologyAppraisalOutcomeDate
ripretinibRipretinib for treating advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours after 3 or more kinase inhibitors TA1146 recommended restricted 2026-04
avapritinibAvapritinib for treating unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours (terminated appraisal) TA730 terminated 2021-09
regorafenibRegorafenib for previously treated unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours TA488 recommended restricted 2017-11
imatinibImatinib for the adjuvant treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours TA326 recommended 2014-11
imatinibImatinib for the treatment of unresectable and/or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours TA209 unknown 2010-11
sunitinibSunitinib for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours TA179 recommended 2009-09

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 1 of 1 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.