Risk-Adjusted Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00764907 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified July 2009 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : October 2, 2008
Last Update Posted : July 8, 2009
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells. A donor stem cell transplant may replace the patient's immune cells and help destroy any remaining cancer cells (graft-versus-tumor effect). Giving combination chemotherapy before the transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells and stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying different risk-adjusted combination chemotherapy regimens in treating young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Leukemia | Drug: asparaginase Drug: cyclophosphamide Drug: cytarabine Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Drug: dexamethasone Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Drug: etoposide Drug: ifosfamide Drug: leucovorin calcium Drug: mercaptopurine Drug: methotrexate Drug: prednisone Drug: thioguanine Drug: vincristine sulfate Drug: vindesine | Phase 3 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 4000 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized Trial of the I-BFM-SG for the Management of Childhood Non-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
Study Start Date : | November 2002 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 2007 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Arm I
During reinduction, patients receive 1 course of protocol II.
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Drug: asparaginase
Given IV during reinduction Drug: cyclophosphamide Given IV during reinduction Drug: cytarabine Given IV during reinduction Drug: dexamethasone Given IV or orally during reinduction Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Given IV during reinduction Drug: methotrexate Given orally during reinduction Drug: thioguanine Given orally during reinduction Drug: vincristine sulfate Given IV during reinduction |
Experimental: Arm II
During reinduction, patients receive 2-3 course of protocol III and interim maintenance therapy.
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Drug: asparaginase
Given IV during reinduction Drug: cyclophosphamide Given IV during reinduction Drug: cytarabine Given IV during reinduction Drug: dexamethasone Given IV or orally during reinduction Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Given IV during reinduction Drug: mercaptopurine Given orally during reinduction Drug: methotrexate Given orally during reinduction Drug: thioguanine Given orally during reinduction Drug: vincristine sulfate Given IV during reinduction |
Experimental: Arm III
During reinduction, patients are receive 2 courses of protocol II and interim maintenance therapy OR 3-block consolidation regimen and 1 course of protocol II.
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Drug: asparaginase
Given IV during reinduction Drug: cyclophosphamide Given IV during reinduction Drug: cytarabine Given IV during reinduction Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Given IV during reinduction Drug: dexamethasone Given IV or orally during reinduction Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Given IV during reinduction Drug: etoposide Given IV during reinduction Drug: ifosfamide Given IV during reinduction Drug: leucovorin calcium Given IV during reinduction Drug: mercaptopurine Given orally during reinduction Drug: methotrexate Given orally during reinduction Drug: prednisone Given intrathecally during reinduction Drug: thioguanine Given orally during reinduction Drug: vincristine sulfate Given IV during reinduction Drug: vindesine Given IV during reinduction |
- Disease-free survival
- Event-free survival
- Overall survival

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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Cytologically proven acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- No relapse of a previously unrecognized ALL
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Patients must meet one of the following risk criteria:
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Standard-risk (SR) group meeting all of the following criteria:
- Blasts < 1,000/μL in peripheral blood (PB) on day 8
- Aged 1 to < 6 years
- Initial WBC < 20,000/μL
- M1 (5%) or M2 (≥ 5% to < 25%) blasts in bone marrow on day 15
- M1 marrow on day 33
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Intermediate-risk (IR) group meeting all of the following criteria:
- Aged < 1 or ≥ 6 years and/or WBC ≥ 20,000/μL
- Blasts < 1,000/μL in PB on day 8
- M1 or M2 marrow on day 15
- M3 (≥ 25%) marrow on day 15 OR meets SR criteria but M3 marrow on day 15 and M1 marrow on day 33
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High-risk (HR) group meeting ≥ 1 of the following criteria:
- Meets IR criteria and M3 marrow on day 15 (not SR and M3 on day 15)
- Blasts ≥ 1,000/μL in PB on day 8
- M2 or M3 marrow on day 33
- Translocation t(9;22) [BCR/ABL+] (Philadelphia chromosome-positive) or t(4;11) [MLL/AF4+]
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- No secondary ALL
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- No Down syndrome
- No other major disease that prohibits study treatment (e.g., severe congenital heart disease)
- Not requiring significant therapy modification owing to study therapy-associated complications
- No complications due to other interventions
- No one with missing data that are needed for the differential diagnosis, or for selection of the proper therapy arm
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- No steroids or cytostatic drugs within four weeks prior to start of study therapy

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00764907
Czech Republic | |
University Hospital Motol | Recruiting |
Prague, Czech Republic, 150 06 | |
Contact: Jan Stary, MD 420-2-2443-6401 jan.stary@lfmotol.cuni.cz |
Principal Investigator: | Jan Stary, MD | University Hospital, Motol |
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00764907 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000613220 MOTOL-ALL-IC-BFM-2002 EU-20871 |
First Posted: | October 2, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 8, 2009 |
Last Verified: | July 2009 |
T-cell childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia B-cell childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia untreated childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal Leukemia Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Leukemia, Lymphoid Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Cytarabine Dexamethasone Prednisone Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin |
Methotrexate Etoposide Vincristine Ifosfamide Daunorubicin Asparaginase Mercaptopurine Thioguanine Vindesine Anti-Inflammatory Agents Antiemetics Autonomic Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Gastrointestinal Agents |