A Study to Investigate Blinatumomab in Combination With Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
![]() |
The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03914625 |
Recruitment Status :
Suspended
(Other - FDA Partial Clinical Hold)
First Posted : April 16, 2019
Last Update Posted : June 7, 2023
|
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
---|---|---|
B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia B Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Down Syndrome | Drug: Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi Biological: Blinatumomab Drug: Cyclophosphamide Drug: Cytarabine Drug: Dexamethasone Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Drug: Mercaptopurine Drug: Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension Drug: Methotrexate Drug: Pegaspargase Drug: Prednisolone Drug: Prednisone Radiation: Radiation Therapy Drug: Thioguanine Drug: Vincristine Sulfate | Phase 3 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 6720 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 3 Trial Investigating Blinatumomab (NSC# 765986) in Combination With Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Standard Risk or Down Syndrome B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) and the Treatment of Patients With Localized B-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (B-LLy) |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 28, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 31, 2030 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 31, 2030 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
---|---|
Active Comparator: Arm A (SR-Avg control)
Arm A: See detailed description.
|
Drug: Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Cyclophosphamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cytarabine Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Dexamethasone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Pegaspargase Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Thioguanine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate Given IV
Other Names:
|
Experimental: Arm B (SR-Avg experimental)
Arm B: See detailed description.
|
Drug: Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Biological: Blinatumomab Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cyclophosphamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cytarabine Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Dexamethasone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Pegaspargase Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Thioguanine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate Given IV
Other Names:
|
Active Comparator: Arm C (SR-High Control)
Arm C: See detailed description.
|
Drug: Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Cyclophosphamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cytarabine Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Dexamethasone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Pegaspargase Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisolone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Thioguanine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate Given IV
Other Names:
|
Experimental: Arm D (SR-High experimental)
Arm D See detailed description.
|
Drug: Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Biological: Blinatumomab Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cyclophosphamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cytarabine Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Dexamethasone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Pegaspargase Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisolone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Thioguanine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate Given IV
Other Names:
|
Experimental: B-LLy
See detailed description.
|
Drug: Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Cyclophosphamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cytarabine Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Dexamethasone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Pegaspargase Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisolone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Thioguanine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate Given IV
Other Names:
|
Experimental: DS B-ALL
See detailed description.
|
Drug: Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Cyclophosphamide Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Cytarabine Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Dexamethasone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Pegaspargase Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Radiation: Radiation Therapy Undergo cranial radiation therapy
Other Names:
Radiation: Radiation Therapy Undergo testicular radiation therapy
Other Names:
Drug: Thioguanine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate Given IV
Other Names:
|
Experimental: NCI SR or HR DS B-ALL
See detailed description.
|
Drug: Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi
Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Biological: Blinatumomab Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Dexamethasone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Leucovorin Calcium Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Mercaptopurine Oral Suspension Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Methotrexate Given IT or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Pegaspargase Given IV or IM
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisolone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Prednisone Given PO or IV
Other Names:
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate Given IV
Other Names:
|
- Disease free survival (DFS) in randomization eligible patients with higher risk features (SR-High) or standard risk average (SR-Avg) B-ALL patients based on randomization with addition of blinatumomab [ Time Frame: 5.3 years ]Will be assessed in SR-High patients and SR-Avg B-ALL patients who are negative for MRD by flow cytometry but have detectable or indeterminate MRD as measured by high throughput sequencing (HTS) at end of induction (EOI), and patients with double trisomy of chromosomes 4 and 10 (DT) with MRD (flow) 0.01% - < 0.1%. DFS is calculated as the time from randomization at the end of consolidation to first event (relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or censored at date of last contact. Five year DFS estimates will be calculated from the point of randomization for both groups. Two-sided 95% confidence intervals will be calculated.
- DFS in boys in the SR-favorable subset of SR B-ALL with or without Down syndrome (DS) [ Time Frame: 5.1 years ]DFS is calculated as the time from end of induction to first event (relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or censored at date of last contact. A five year DFS estimate and two-sided 80% confidence interval will be calculated.
- DFS for patients with SR-Avg B-ALL who are negative for MRD measured by flow cytometry and HTS at EOI when treated with standard chemotherapy with a treatment duration of 2 years from the start of interim maintenance (IM)1, regardless of sex [ Time Frame: 5.1 years ]DFS is calculated as the time from end of induction to first event (relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or censored at date of last contact. A five year DFS estimate and a two-sided 95% confidence interval will be calculated.
- DFS for patients with standard-risk favorable (SR-Fav) B-ALL when treated with a standard chemotherapy regimen [ Time Frame: 5.1 years ]DFS is calculated as the time from end of induction to first event (relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or censored at date of last contact. A five year DFS estimate and a two-sided 95% confidence interval will be calculated.
- Treatment-related mortality in Down syndrome high risk (DS-high) patients after replacement of intensive elements of standard chemotherapy (omission of anthracyclines in induction, omission of the second month of DI) with 3 cycles of blinatumomab [ Time Frame: 2.3 years ]Percent of DS-high patients with treatment related mortalities will be reported with 95% confidence interval.
- DFS of DS-High B-ALL patients when intensive elements of chemotherapy are replaced with 3 cycles of blinatumomab [ Time Frame: 5.3 years ]DFS is calculated as the time from the end of consolidation to first event (relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or censored at date of last contact. A five year DFS estimate and a two-sided 80% confidence interval will be calculated.
- DFS of patients with localized B-lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LLy) receiving standard risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia therapy [ Time Frame: 5 years ]DFS is calculated as the time from study enrollment to first event (disease progression, relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or censored at date of last contact. A five year DFS estimate and a two-sided 95% confidence interval will be calculated.
- Change in neurocognitive functioning from baseline to end-of-therapy between children from poor (defined as presence of household material hardship [HMH], including either food, housing or energy insecurity) and non-poor families (absence of HMH) [ Time Frame: 3.3 years ]Neurocognitive functioning will be measured by the CogState Cognitive Composite at end of induction therapy and at follow-up one year off-therapy among patients with ALL ages 4-< 10 years at the time of diagnosis. Mean and 95% confidence interval for change scores will be reported by HMH group.
- Caregiver burden as measured by the Mean Total score from the Care of My Child with Cancer questionnaire among a subset of children enrolled in the HMH and neurocognitive outcome study [ Time Frame: 1 year ]The Mean Total score from the Care of My Child with Cancer questionnaire from end of Maintenance Cycle 1. Mean scores and 95% confidence intervals will be reported by randomization group.
- Caregiver burden as measured by the At-Work Productivity Loss summary score from the Caregiver Work Limitations questionnaire among a subset of children enrolled in the HMH and neurocognitive outcome study [ Time Frame: 1 year ]The Mean Total score from the Care of My Child with Cancer questionnaire from end of Maintenance Cycle 1. Mean scores and 95% confidence intervals will be reported by randomization group.
- Peripheral blood (PB) samples using HTS MRD vs. bone marrow (BM) results at EOI [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Will use the Kendall's Tau-b rank correlation coefficient accounting for the left censoring inherent to sensitivity of the method. A high positive value would be strong evidence that the PB retains the relative information contained in the BM readings. An estimate and two-sided 95% Confidence interval will be calculated using banked SR-Average and SR-High samples at EOI.
- BM using HTS MRD vs. BM by flow cytometry at EOC in patients who were Day 29 MRD positive by flow cytometry [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Will use the Kendall's Tau-b rank correlation coefficient accounting for the left censoring inherent to sensitivity of the methods30. A high positive value would be strong evidence that HTS of IgH loci determined-MRD from the BM at EOC retains the relative information contained in the flow-cytometry-determined readings. An estimate and 95% Confidence interval will be calculated using pairs of banked samples at EOC.
- To explore adaptive and innate immune functions and host genetic factors associated with severe infectious complications in children with DS B-ALL [ Time Frame: 5 years ]FlowSom high resolution clustering approach to identify cellular subsets and/or activation states (endophenotypes) that distinguish cases from controls. Perform secondary analysis using the "diffCyt" framework to identify those cell clusters that differ significantly between groups.
- Neurocognitive, functional, and quality of life outcomes in patients with DS and ALL [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Measured by caregiver (parent/legal guardian) using questionnaires that rate executive function, behavior, adaptive skills, and quality of life.
- Prevalence of minimal marrow disease (MMD) in B-LLy [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Correlate MMD at diagnosis with outcome in patients with B-LLy.

Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 365 Days to 31 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- All B-ALL patients must be enrolled on APEC14B1 and consented to Eligibility Screening (Part A) prior to treatment and enrollment on AALL1731. APEC 14B1 is not a requirement for B-LLy patients. B-LLy patients may directly enroll on AALL1731.
-
Age at diagnosis:
- Patients must be >= 365 days and < 10 years of age (B-ALL patients without DS).
- Patients must be >= 365 days and =< 31 years of age (B-ALL patients with DS).
- Patients must be >= 365 days and =< 31 years of age (B-LLy patients with or without DS).
- B-ALL patients without DS must have an initial white blood cell count < 50,000/uL (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment).
- B-ALL patients with DS are eligible regardless of the presenting white blood cell count (WBC) (performed within 7 days prior to enrollment).
-
Patient has newly diagnosed B-cell ALL, with or without Down syndrome: > 25% blasts on a bone marrow (BM) aspirate;
- OR if a BM aspirate is not obtained or is not diagnostic of B-ALL, the diagnosis can be established by a pathologic diagnosis of B-ALL on a BM biopsy;
- OR a complete blood count (CBC) documenting the presence of at least 1,000/uL circulating leukemic cells;
- OR patient has newly diagnosed B-cell LLy Murphy stages I or II, with or without Down syndrome.
- Note: For B-LLy patients with tissue available for flow cytometry, the criterion for diagnosis should be analogous to B-ALL. For tissue processed by other means (i.e., paraffin blocks), the methodology and criteria for immunophenotypic analysis to establish the diagnosis of B-LLy defined by the submitting institution will be accepted (diagnostic biopsy for B-LLy must be performed within 14 days prior to enrollment).
- 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:
- Patient must not have secondary ALL that developed after treatment of a prior malignancy with cytotoxic chemotherapy. Note: patients with Down syndrome with a prior history of transient myeloproliferative disease (TMD) are not considered to have had a prior malignancy. They would therefore be eligible whether or not the TMD was treated with cytarabine.
- With the exception of steroid pretreatment or the administration of intrathecal cytarabine, patients must not have received any prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for either the current diagnosis of B ALL or B LLy or for any cancer diagnosed prior to initiation of protocol therapy on AALL1731.
-
For patients receiving steroid pretreatment, the following additional exclusion criteria apply:
- Non-DS B-ALL patients must not have received steroids for more than 24 hours in the 2 weeks prior to diagnosis without a CBC obtained within 3 days prior to initiation of the steroids.
- DS and non-DS B-LLy patients must not have received > 48 hours of oral or IV steroids within 4 weeks of diagnosis.
- Patients who have received > 72 hours of hydroxyurea within 1 week (7 days) prior to the start of systemic protocol therapy.
- B-ALL patients who do not have sufficient diagnostic bone marrow submitted for APEC14B1 diagnostic testing and who do not have a peripheral blood sample submitted containing > 1,000/uL circulating leukemia cells.
- Patient must not have acute undifferentiated leukemia (AUL).
-
Non-DS B-ALL patients with central nervous system [CNS]3 leukemia (CNS status must be known prior to enrollment).
- Note: DS patients with CNS3 disease are eligible but will be assigned to the DS-High B-ALL arm. CNS status must be determined based on a sample obtained prior to administration of any systemic or intrathecal chemotherapy, except for steroid pretreatment.
- Non-DS B-ALL patients with testicular leukemia. (Note: DS patients with testicular disease are eligible but will be assigned to the DS-High B-ALL arm).
-
For LLy patients, the following additional exclusion criteria apply:
- T-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma.
- Morphologically unclassifiable lymphoma.
- Absence of both B-cell and T-cell phenotype markers in a case submitted as lymphoblastic lymphoma.
- CNS positive disease or testicular involvement.
- M2 (5% - 25% blasts) or M3 (> 25% blasts) marrow.
- Patients with known Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
- Patients with known MYC translocation associated with mature (Burkitt) B-cell ALL, regardless of blast immunophenotype.
- Patients requiring radiation at diagnosis.
- Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs. A pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential.
- Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants.
- Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03914625

Principal Investigator: | Sumit Gupta | Children's Oncology Group |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03914625 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NCI-2019-02187 NCI-2019-02187 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) AALL1731 ( Other Identifier: Children's Oncology Group ) AALL1731 ( Other Identifier: CTEP ) U10CA180886 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | April 16, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 7, 2023 |
Last Verified: | May 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | NCI is committed to sharing data in accordance with NIH policy. For more details on how clinical trial data is shared, access the link to the NIH data sharing policy page |
URL: | https://grants.nih.gov/policy/sharing.htm |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Lymphoma Leukemia Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Leukemia, Lymphoid Down Syndrome Syndrome Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Disease Pathologic Processes Intellectual Disability |
Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases Abnormalities, Multiple Congenital Abnormalities Chromosome Disorders Genetic Diseases, Inborn Calcium, Dietary Leucovorin Folic Acid Cytarabine Dexamethasone Dexamethasone acetate Prednisone Prednisolone |