Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Treatment of Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With Unfavorable Features: A Phase III Group-wide Study
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Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving the drugs in different combinations may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of standard combination chemotherapy treatment with more intensive combination chemotherapy in treating children with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_3 leukemia
35 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 1996
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 1, 1999
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 24, 2003
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 1, 2006
CompletedAugust 26, 2013
August 1, 2013
9.5 years
November 1, 1999
August 23, 2013
Conditions
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Event Free Survival
The primary outcome index used in examining most of the randomized treatment groups will be event-free survival (EFS).
from the time of randomization where the life table events will consist of the first occurrence of the following events: failure to achieve remission, leukemic relapse at any site, death, or occurrence of a second malignancy.
Study Arms (4)
Arm A - Standard BFM of Standard Duration (RER)
EXPERIMENTALInduction chemotherapy Days 0 - 7. Prednisone 60 mg/m² PO 4 x day. Vincristine sulfate 1.5 mg/m² IV push weekly x 2 Days 0 and 7. Daunomycin (daunorubicin hydrochloride) 25 mg/m² IV push (over 15 min.) weekly x 2 Days 0 and 7. IT Cytosine Arabinoside (cytarabine, Ara-C) Day 0. Asparaginase 6000 IU/m² IM x 3 Days 3, 5, and 7. Day 7 Bone Marrow. Consolidation (Phase II) (5 weeks) Prednisone Taper, cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), mercaptopurine, vincristine sulfate, pegaspargase, IT Methotrexate and radiation therapy.
Arm B - Standard BFM with Double Delayed Intensification (RER)
EXPERIMENTALInduction chemotherapy Days 0 - 7. Prednisone 60 mg/m² PO 4 x day. Vincristine sulfate 1.5 mg/m² IV push weekly x 2 Days 0 and 7. Daunomycin (daunorubicin hydrochloride) 25 mg/m² IV push (over 15 min.) weekly x 2 Days 0 and 7. IT Cytosine Arabinoside (cytarabine, Ara-C) Day 0. Asparaginase 6000 IU/m² IM x 3 Days 3, 5, and 7. Day 7 Bone Marrow Consolidation (5 weeks) (Phase II) Prednisone Taper, cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), mercaptopurine, vincristine sulfate, pegaspargase, IT Methotrexate and radiation therapy.
Arm C - Augumented BFM of Standard Duration (RER)
EXPERIMENTALInduction chemotherapy Days 0 - 7. Prednisone 60 mg/m² PO 4 x day. Vincristine sulfate 1.5 mg/m² IV push weekly x 2 Days 0 and 7. Daunomycin (daunorubicin hydrochloride) 25 mg/m² IV push (over 15 min.) weekly x 2 Days 0 and 7. IT Cytosine Arabinoside (cytarabine, Ara-C) Day 0. Asparaginase 6000 IU/m² IM x 3 Days 3, 5, and 7. Day 7 Bone Marrow Consolidation (9 weeks) (Phase II) Prednisone Taper, cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), mercaptopurine, vincristine sulfate, pegaspargase, IT Methotrexate and radiation therapy.
Arm D - Augmented BFM with Dbl Delayed Intensification (RER)
EXPERIMENTALInduction chemotherapy Days 0 - 7. Prednisone 60 mg/m² PO 4 x day. Vincristine sulfate 1.5 mg/m² IV push weekly x 2 Days 0 and 7. Daunomycin (daunorubicin hydrochloride) 25 mg/m² IV push (over 15 min.) weekly x 2 Days 0 and 7. IT Cytosine Arabinoside (cytarabine, Ara-C) Day 0. Asparaginase 6000 IU/m² IM x 3 Days 3, 5, and 7. Day 7 Bone Marrow Consolidation (9 weeks) (Phase II) Prednisone Taper, cyclophosphamide, cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), mercaptopurine, vincristine sulfate, pegaspargase, IT Methotrexate and radiation therapy.
Interventions
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Eligibility Criteria
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Sponsors & Collaborators
- Children's Oncology Grouplead
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)collaborator
Study Sites (35)
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Long Beach, California, 90806, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90027-0700, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781, United States
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California, 92868, United States
UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
San Francisco, California, 94143-0128, United States
Children's Hospital of Denver
Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States
Children's National Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010-2970, United States
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637-1470, United States
Indiana University Cancer Center
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-5289, United States
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, 52242-1009, United States
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0752, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-3330, United States
Saint Peter's University Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901-1780, United States
NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10016, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10021, United States
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York, 10029, United States
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7295, United States
Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229-3039, United States
Ireland Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5065, United States
Children's Hospital of Columbus
Columbus, Ohio, 43205-2696, United States
Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Portland, Oregon, 97201-3098, United States
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-6838, United States
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030-4009, United States
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle
Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington, 98109-1024, United States
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
Madison, Wisconsin, 53792-6164, United States
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
Perth, Western Australia, 6001, Australia
British Columbia Children's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3V4, Canada
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3G9, Canada
Related Publications (23)
Nguyen K, Devidas M, Cheng SC, La M, Raetz EA, Carroll WL, Winick NJ, Hunger SP, Gaynon PS, Loh ML; Children's Oncology Group. Factors influencing survival after relapse from acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group study. Leukemia. 2008 Dec;22(12):2142-50. doi: 10.1038/leu.2008.251. Epub 2008 Sep 25.
PMID: 18818707BACKGROUNDButturini AM, Dorey FJ, Lange BJ, Henry DW, Gaynon PS, Fu C, Franklin J, Siegel SE, Seibel NL, Rogers PC, Sather H, Trigg M, Bleyer WA, Carroll WL. Obesity and outcome in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2007 May 20;25(15):2063-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.7792.
PMID: 17513811BACKGROUNDAvramis VI, Panosyan EH. Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationships of asparaginase formulations: the past, the present and recommendations for the future. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2005;44(4):367-93. doi: 10.2165/00003088-200544040-00003.
PMID: 15828851BACKGROUNDSeibel NL, Asselin BL, Nachman JB, et al.: Treatment of high risk T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL): comparison of recent experience of the Children's Cancer Group (CCG) and Pediatric Oncology Group (POG). [Abstract] Blood 104 (11): A-681, 2004.
BACKGROUNDArce FJ, Seibel N, Gaynon PS, et al.: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of asparaginases in antibody-negative pediatric patients with higher risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): a report from CCG-1961. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 24 (Suppl 18): A-9027, 508s, 2006.
RESULTAvramis VI, Ettinger L, Martin-Aragon S, et al.: Anti-asparaginase (ASNase) antibody (Ab) in pediatric patients in high risk ALL study (CCG-1961): correlation of Ab and clinical allergy. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A2319, 2000.
RESULTAvramis VI, Panosyan E, Avramis IA, et al.: Anti-asparaginase (ASNase) antibody (Ab) and ASNase activity in children with higher risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (HR ALL) (CCG-1961). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-1592, 2002.
RESULTBhojwani D, Kang H, Menezes RX, Yang W, Sather H, Moskowitz NP, Min DJ, Potter JW, Harvey R, Hunger SP, Seibel N, Raetz EA, Pieters R, Horstmann MA, Relling MV, den Boer ML, Willman CL, Carroll WL; Children's Oncology Group Study; Dutch Childhood Oncology Group; German Cooperative Study Group for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Gene expression signatures predictive of early response and outcome in high-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A Children's Oncology Group Study [corrected]. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Sep 20;26(27):4376-84. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.4519.
PMID: 18802149RESULTDhall G, Jones T, Radvinsky D, et al.: Adverse reactions to PEG and Erwinia asparaginase and correlation with anti-asparaginase antibody data and survival in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): A report from the Children's Oncology Group study CCG 1961. [Abstract] Blood 114 (22): A-3077, 2009.
RESULTDhall G, Robison NJ, Rubin JI, et al.: Incidence of adverse reactions to post-induction asparaginase (ASP) therapy in children and adolescents with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): A report from the Children's Oncology Group Study CCG-1961. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-10021, 2008.
RESULTFreyer DR, Devidas M, La M, Carroll WL, Gaynon PS, Hunger SP, Seibel NL. Postrelapse survival in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is independent of initial treatment intensity: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2011 Mar 17;117(11):3010-5. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-07-294678. Epub 2010 Dec 30.
PMID: 21193696RESULTFreyer DR, Seibel NL, La MK, et al.: Survival after relapse in higher risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children and adolescents is independent of prior treatment intensity: a report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG). [Abstract] Blood 112 (11): A-917, 2008.
RESULTHastings C, Sather HN, Seibel NL, et al.: Outcomes in children and adolescents with a markedly elevated white blood cell count (>200,000) at diagnosis of high risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): a report from the Children's Oncology Group. [Abstract] Blood 108 (11): A-1870, 2006.
RESULTHastings C, Whitlock JA, La M, et al.: Improved outcome of children with Down syndrome (DS) and high risk acute lymphocytic leukemia (HR-ALL): a report of CCG-1961. [Abstract] Blood 110 (11): A-586, 2007.
RESULTHenze G. Early postinduction intensification therapy is essential in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2008 Sep;5(9):502-3. doi: 10.1038/ncponc1184. Epub 2008 Jul 22.
PMID: 18648353RESULTMattano LA Jr, Devidas M, Nachman JB, Sather HN, Hunger SP, Steinherz PG, Gaynon PS, Seibel NL; Children's Oncology Group. Effect of alternate-week versus continuous dexamethasone scheduling on the risk of osteonecrosis in paediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: results from the CCG-1961 randomised cohort trial. Lancet Oncol. 2012 Sep;13(9):906-15. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70274-7. Epub 2012 Aug 15.
PMID: 22901620RESULTNachman JB, La MK, Hunger SP, Heerema NA, Gaynon PS, Hastings C, Mattano LA Jr, Sather H, Devidas M, Freyer DR, Steinherz PG, Seibel NL. Young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia have an excellent outcome with chemotherapy alone and benefit from intensive postinduction treatment: a report from the children's oncology group. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 1;27(31):5189-94. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.8959. Epub 2009 Oct 5.
PMID: 19805689RESULTNachman J, Siebel N, Sather H, et al.: Outcome for adolescent and young adults 16-21 years of age (AYA) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated on the Children' s Cancer Group (CCG) 1961 study. [Abstract] Blood 104 (11): A-683, 2004.
RESULTPanosyan EH, Grigoryan RS, Avramis IA, Seibel NL, Gaynon PS, Siegel SE, Fingert HJ, Avramis VI. Deamination of glutamine is a prerequisite for optimal asparagine deamination by asparaginases in vivo (CCG-1961). Anticancer Res. 2004 Mar-Apr;24(2C):1121-5.
PMID: 15154634RESULTPanosyan EH, Seibel NL, Grigoryan RS, et al.: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of three asparaginases in pediatric patients with higher risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from CCG-1961. [Abstract] Blood 104 (11): A-2745, 2004.
RESULTPanosyan EH, Seibel NL, Martin-Aragon S, Gaynon PS, Avramis IA, Sather H, Franklin J, Nachman J, Ettinger LJ, La M, Steinherz P, Cohen LJ, Siegel SE, Avramis VI; Children's Cancer Group Study CCG-1961. Asparaginase antibody and asparaginase activity in children with higher-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Children's Cancer Group Study CCG-1961. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 Apr;26(4):217-26. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200404000-00002.
PMID: 15087948RESULTSeibel NL, Steinherz PG, Sather HN, Nachman JB, Delaat C, Ettinger LJ, Freyer DR, Mattano LA Jr, Hastings CA, Rubin CM, Bertolone K, Franklin JL, Heerema NA, Mitchell TL, Pyesmany AF, La MK, Edens C, Gaynon PS. Early postinduction intensification therapy improves survival for children and adolescents with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2008 Mar 1;111(5):2548-55. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-02-070342. Epub 2007 Nov 26.
PMID: 18039957RESULTWithycombe JS, Post-White JE, Meza JL, Hawks RG, Smith LM, Sacks N, Seibel NL. Weight patterns in children with higher risk ALL: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) for CCG 1961. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;53(7):1249-54. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22237.
PMID: 19688832RESULT
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Study Officials
- STUDY CHAIR
Nita L. Seibel, MD
Children's National Research Institute
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- NETWORK
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 1, 1999
First Posted
November 24, 2003
Study Start
September 1, 1996
Primary Completion
March 1, 2006
Last Updated
August 26, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-08