Pegaspargase and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Closed to Accrual 4-22-2011)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00866307 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified February 2017 by Children's Oncology Group.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : March 20, 2009
Results First Posted : December 7, 2016
Last Update Posted : March 24, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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B-cell Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia B-cell Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Untreated Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Untreated Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Drug: pegaspargase Drug: cytarabine Drug: vincristine sulfate Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Drug: cyclophosphamide Drug: prednisone Drug: dexamethasone Drug: methotrexate Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Drug: mercaptopurine Drug: thioguanine Radiation: prophylactic cranial irradiation Other: laboratory biomarker analysis | Not Applicable |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 104 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Intensified PEG-Asparaginase in High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): A Pilot Study |
Study Start Date : | February 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 30, 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: High Risk - Average (Day 29 MRD < 0.01%)
Cyclophosphamide IV days 1 & 29; cytarabine IV subcutaneously (SC) days 1-4, 8-11, 29-32, & 36-39; mercaptopurine PO once daily (QD) days 1-14 & 29-42; vincristine sulfate IV days 15, 22, 43, & 50; methotrexate IT days 1, 8, 15, & 22; & pegaspargase IV days 15 & 43. Int. Maint.: Vincristine sulfate IV days 1, 11, 21, 31, & 41; methotrexate IV days 1, 11, 21, 31, & 41; methotrexate IT days 1 & 31; and pegaspargase IV days 2 & 22. Delayed Intensification: Vincristine sulfate IV days 1, 8, 15, 43, & 50; dexamethasone IV or PO days 1-7 & 15-21; doxorubicin hydrochloride IV days 1, 8, & 15; cyclophosphamide IV day 29; cytarabine IV or SC days 29-32 & 36-39; thioguanine PO days 29-42; methotrexate IT days 1, 29, & 36; and pegaspargase IV days 4 & 43. Maint. begins day 57 of DI: Vincristine sulfate IV days 1, 29, & 57; prednisone PO days 1-5, 29-33, & 57-61; mercaptopurine PO days 1-84; methotrexate IT day 1; and methotrexate PO days 8, 15, 22, 29*, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, & 78.
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Drug: pegaspargase
Given IV
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Drug: cytarabine Given IT and IV or SC
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Drug: vincristine sulfate Given IV
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Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Given IV
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Drug: cyclophosphamide Given IV
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Drug: prednisone Given IV or PO
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Drug: dexamethasone Given IV
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Drug: methotrexate Given IT and PO
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Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Given IV
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Drug: mercaptopurine Given PO
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Drug: thioguanine Given PO
Other Name: 6-TG Radiation: prophylactic cranial irradiation Undergo radiation
Other Name: PCI Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies |
Experimental: High Risk - High (Day 29 MRD ≥ 0.01%) or other factors
Cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, mercaptopurine, vincristine sulfate, and methotrexate as in group A. Beginning on day 1, pegaspargase IV every 2 weeks. Patients with CNS3 disease undergo cranial radiotherapy QD for 10 days and patients with testicular disease undergo testicular radiotherapy QD for 12 days, beginning on day 1 of consolidation. Interim Maintenance: Patients receive vincristine sulfate and methotrexate as in group A. Beginning on day 1, pegaspargase IV every 2 weeks. Delayed Intensification: Vincristine sulfate, dexamethasone, doxorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, thioguanine, and methotrexate as in group A. Beginning on day 1, pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours every 2 weeks. Maint. begins day 57 of DI: Vincristine sulfate IV days 1, 29, & 57; prednisone PO days 1-5, 29-33, & 57-61; mercaptopurine PO days 1-84; methotrexate IT day 1; and methotrexate PO days 8, 15, 22, 29*, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, & 78.
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Drug: pegaspargase
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: cytarabine Given IT and IV or SC
Other Names:
Drug: vincristine sulfate Given IV
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Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Given IV
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Drug: cyclophosphamide Given IV
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Drug: prednisone Given IV or PO
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Drug: dexamethasone Given IV
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Drug: methotrexate Given IT and PO
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Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Given IV
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Drug: mercaptopurine Given PO
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Drug: thioguanine Given PO
Other Name: 6-TG Radiation: prophylactic cranial irradiation Undergo radiation
Other Name: PCI Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies |
- AALL08P1 Safety Outcome [ Time Frame: Consolidation through Delayed Intensification ]Percentage of Group B (High Risk-High) patients taking less than 49 weeks from day 1 of consolidation to day 1 of maintenance therapy. Only Group B analyzed since this is prespecified in protocol.
- AALL08P1 Feasibility Outcome [ Time Frame: Consolidation through Delayed Intensification ]Percentage of Group B (High Risk-High) patients that tolerate at least 8 of the 12-14 total doses of pegaspargase during Consolidation, Interim Maintenance, and Delayed Intensification periods. Only Grp B analyzed since this is prespecified in protocol.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Year to 30 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must be eligible for and enrolled on AALL03B1 or the successor classification study
- Patients must have newly diagnosed high-risk B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
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WBC criteria
- Age 1.00-9.99 years: WBC >= 50,000/uL
- Age 10.00 - 30.99 years: Any WBC
- Prior steroid therapy: Any WBC
- Patients with testicular leukemia: Any WBC
- Patients shall have had no prior cytotoxic chemotherapy with the exception of steroids and intrathecal cytarabine
- Intrathecal chemotherapy with cytarabine is allowed prior to registration for patient convenience; this is usually done at the time of the diagnostic bone marrow or venous line placement to avoid a second lumbar puncture; the CNS status must be determined based on a sample obtained prior to administration of any systemic or intrathecal chemotherapy, except for steroid pretreatment; systemic chemotherapy must begin within 72 hours of this intrathecal therapy
- Patients receiving prior steroid therapy are eligible for study; the dose and duration of previous steroid therapy should be carefully documented
- All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
- All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant female patients are ineligible; pregnancy tests with a negative result must be obtained in all post-menarchal females; males and females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method; lactating females must agree that they will not breastfeed a child while on this study
- Patients with Down syndrome (DS) are ineligible since excessive toxicities and death have been noted for those enrolled on AALL0232 receiving the prednisone/Capizzi methotrexate (PC) arm of treatment, which is the backbone regimen for the current study

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00866307

Principal Investigator: | ZoAnn Dreyer, MD | Children's Oncology Group |
Responsible Party: | Children's Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00866307 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
AALL08P1 NCI-2009-01169 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) COG-AALL08P1 ( Other Identifier: Children's Oncology Group ) CDR0000636174 ( Other Identifier: ClinicalTrials.gov ) AALL08P1 ( Other Identifier: Children's Oncology Group ) AALL08P1 ( Other Identifier: CTEP ) U10CA098543 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | March 20, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | December 7, 2016 |
Last Update Posted: | March 24, 2020 |
Last Verified: | February 2017 |
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 Liposomal doxorubicin |
Methotrexate Vincristine Daunorubicin Asparaginase Mercaptopurine Pegaspargase Thioguanine Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antirheumatic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents |