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Low-Dose or High-Dose Vincristine and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified May 2013 by Children's Oncology Group
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Children's Oncology Group
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00381680
First received: September 26, 2006
Last updated: May 15, 2013
Last verified: May 2013
  Purpose

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) and giving the drugs in different ways and different doses may kill more cancer cells. It is not yet known whether low-dose vincristine is more effective than high-dose vincristine (closed to accrual as of 09/2010) when given together with different combination chemotherapy regimens in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying low-dose vincristine to see how well it works compared with high-dose vincristine(closed to accrual as of 09/2010) when given together with different combination chemotherapy regimens in treating young patients with intermediate-risk relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Condition Intervention Phase
Leukemia
Biological: filgrastim
Drug: asparaginase
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Drug: cytarabine
Drug: dexamethasone
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Drug: etoposide phosphate
Drug: leucovorin calcium
Drug: mercaptopurine
Drug: methotrexate
Drug: pegaspargase
Drug: prednisone
Drug: therapeutic hydrocortisone
Drug: vincristine sulfate
Radiation: radiation therapy
Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Intensive Treatment for Intermediate-Risk Relapse of Childhood B-Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): A Randomized Trial of Vincristine Strategies

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Further study details as provided by Children's Oncology Group:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Efficacy of therapy [ Time Frame: Assessed up to 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Efficacy of therapy of an intensive chemotherapy regimen. (based on POG 9412) for patients with intermediate-risk relapse of childhood B-precursor ALL. Power calculations are based on the assumption of proportional hazards, and using the log rank test (alpha=0.1, one-sided test). The efficacy stopping boundaries to be used will be based on the alpha x (time)^2 spending function. The study will also be monitored for futility. The lower boundaries are based on testing the alternative hypothesis at the 0.005 level.

  • Event-free survival at 3 years [ Time Frame: At 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    A 95% confidence interval will be constructed using data on the standard dosing VCR arm at the time of study completion. If the lower bound of the confidence interval is larger than 40%, then the intensified chemotherapy will be deemed as efficacious. correlation between MRD and EFS will be essentially descriptive.


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Frequency and severity of adverse effects assessed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 107 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    If 7 or more of the first 30 patients (combined in both arms) experience Grade 3 peripheral neurotoxicity then the accrual of adolescents will be temporarily closed. A one-sided Z-test for testing the equality of proportions with alpha=0.05 and with early stopping boundaries based on the t1/2 alpha spending function will be used. Osteonecrosis will be closely monitored on this study - overall and among patients less than ten years and those greater than or equal to ten years of age at the time of enrollment on study.

  • Gene expression profile of early versus late marrow relapse by DNA microarray [ Time Frame: Up to 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Genes predictive of outcome will be identified using statistical methods and multiple supervised machine learning algorithms with rigorous cross validation. Profiles will be correlated with time of relapse (early vs. late). Expression profiles derived from relapse samples will be compared to the gene expression classifiers derived from pretreatment samples. Three-year EFS for these two groups varies from less than 20% for early marrow relapse to 40% - 50% for late relapse


Estimated Enrollment: 418
Study Start Date: March 2007
Estimated Primary Completion Date: March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Arm I (low-dose vincristine and combination chemotherapy)
Pts receive cranial radiation therapy. Induction of low-dose vincristine sulfate in combo chemotherapy (etoposide phosphate, prednisone, doxorubicin hydrochloride, pegaspargase, cytarabine, methotrexate) on wks 1-5. CNS+ pts receive (ITT-methotrexate, therapeutic hydrocortisone, cytarabine). They also receive additional induction (etoposide phosphate, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, leucovorin calcium, cytarabine, asparaginase and filgrastim) on wks 6-10 & 11-15, an intensified regimen (vincristine, methotrexate, leucovorin calcium, mercaptopurine, etoposide phosphate, cyclophosphamide) on wks 16-7, re-induction regimen on wks 28-32 (vincristine,doxorubicin,dexamethasone,pegaspargase, methotrexate), intensified regimen on wks 33-56 (cytarabine, pegaspargase, vincristine sulfate, methotrexate, leucovorin calcium,mercaptopurine,etoposide and cyclophosphamide), a maintenance regimen on wks 57-106 (methotrexate, mercaptopurine, dexamethasone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide).
Biological: filgrastim
Given IV, subcutaneously
Other Names:
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • r-metHuG-CSF
  • G-CSF
  • Neupogen
  • NSC #614629
Drug: asparaginase
Given IM
Other Names:
  • E. coli L-asparaginase
  • EC 3.5.2.2
  • colaspase
  • L-asnase
  • Elspar
  • Kidrolase
  • Crasnitin
  • Leunase
  • NSC#109229
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Cytoxan
  • NSC#26271
Drug: cytarabine
Given IV, intrathecally
Other Names:
  • Cytosine arabinoside
  • Ara-C
  • Cytosar
  • NSC #063878
Drug: dexamethasone
Given orally
Other Names:
  • Decadron
  • Hexadrol
  • Dexone
  • Dexameth
  • NSC #34521
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Adriamycin
  • NSC #123127
Drug: etoposide phosphate
Given IV
Other Names:
  • VePesid
  • Etopophos
  • VP-16
  • NSC #141540
Drug: leucovorin calcium
Given IV or orally
Other Names:
  • LCV
  • Wellcovorin
  • citrovorum factor
  • folinic acid
  • NSC#003590
Drug: mercaptopurine
Given orally
Other Names:
  • 6-MP
  • Purinethol
  • 6-mercaptopurine
  • NSC #000755
Drug: methotrexate
Given orally, intrathecally
Other Names:
  • MTX
  • amethopterin
  • Trexall
  • NSC #000740
Drug: pegaspargase
Given IM
Other Names:
  • PEG-asparaginase
  • PEGLA
  • PEG-L-asparaginase
  • polyethylene glycol-L-asparaginase
  • Oncaspar
  • NSC #624239
Drug: prednisone
Given orally 3 times daily
Other Names:
  • Deltasone
  • Meticorten
  • Orasone
  • Liquid Pred
  • Pediapred
  • Sterapred
  • NSC 010023
Drug: therapeutic hydrocortisone
Given intrathecally
Other Names:
  • INTRATHECAL TRIPLES
  • Methotrexate/Hydrocortisone/Cytarabine
  • IT-3
Drug: vincristine sulfate
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Oncovin
  • VCR
  • LCR
  • NSC #67574
Radiation: radiation therapy
Beginning in week 1 of the first maintenance therapy course, patients with CNS relapse undergo cranial radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week, for 10 days.
Experimental: Arm II (high-dose vincristine and combination chemotherapy)
Patients receive induction therapy comprising high-dose vincristine sulfate in combination with chemotherapy on weeks 1-5. They also receive additional induction therapy on weeks 6-10 and 11-15, an intensified chemotherapy regimen on weeks 16-7, a re-induction regimen on weeks 28-32, an intensified regimen on weeks 33-56, and a maintenance regimen on weeks 57-106.(closed to accrual as of 09/2010).
Biological: filgrastim
Given IV, subcutaneously
Other Names:
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • r-metHuG-CSF
  • G-CSF
  • Neupogen
  • NSC #614629
Drug: asparaginase
Given IM
Other Names:
  • E. coli L-asparaginase
  • EC 3.5.2.2
  • colaspase
  • L-asnase
  • Elspar
  • Kidrolase
  • Crasnitin
  • Leunase
  • NSC#109229
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Cytoxan
  • NSC#26271
Drug: cytarabine
Given IV, intrathecally
Other Names:
  • Cytosine arabinoside
  • Ara-C
  • Cytosar
  • NSC #063878
Drug: dexamethasone
Given orally
Other Names:
  • Decadron
  • Hexadrol
  • Dexone
  • Dexameth
  • NSC #34521
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Adriamycin
  • NSC #123127
Drug: etoposide phosphate
Given IV
Other Names:
  • VePesid
  • Etopophos
  • VP-16
  • NSC #141540
Drug: leucovorin calcium
Given IV or orally
Other Names:
  • LCV
  • Wellcovorin
  • citrovorum factor
  • folinic acid
  • NSC#003590
Drug: mercaptopurine
Given orally
Other Names:
  • 6-MP
  • Purinethol
  • 6-mercaptopurine
  • NSC #000755
Drug: methotrexate
Given orally, intrathecally
Other Names:
  • MTX
  • amethopterin
  • Trexall
  • NSC #000740
Drug: pegaspargase
Given IM
Other Names:
  • PEG-asparaginase
  • PEGLA
  • PEG-L-asparaginase
  • polyethylene glycol-L-asparaginase
  • Oncaspar
  • NSC #624239
Drug: prednisone
Given orally 3 times daily
Other Names:
  • Deltasone
  • Meticorten
  • Orasone
  • Liquid Pred
  • Pediapred
  • Sterapred
  • NSC 010023
Drug: therapeutic hydrocortisone
Given intrathecally
Other Names:
  • INTRATHECAL TRIPLES
  • Methotrexate/Hydrocortisone/Cytarabine
  • IT-3
Drug: vincristine sulfate
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Oncovin
  • VCR
  • LCR
  • NSC #67574
Radiation: radiation therapy
Beginning in week 1 of the first maintenance therapy course, patients with CNS relapse undergo cranial radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week, for 10 days.

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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   1 Year to 29 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

    • Bone marrow with > 25% L1 or L2 lymphoblasts (M3 marrow)

      • Patients with > 25% L3 marrow lymphoblasts and/or evidence of c-myc translocation are not eligible (considered Burkitt's or mature B-cell leukemia)
  • Intermediate-risk relapsed disease, meeting 1 of the following criteria:

    • Bone marrow relapse ≥ 36 months after initial diagnosis (defined as M3 marrow after previous remission from ALL)
    • Combined bone marrow and extramedullary (CNS* and/or testicular**) relapse ≥ 36 months after initial diagnosis
    • Isolated extramedullary (CNS* and/or testicular**) relapse < 18 months after initial diagnosis NOTE: *CNS relapse is defined as WBC ≥ 5/mm³ in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) with blasts present on cytospin OR any number of WBC in CSF with immunophenotypic proof of leukemic relapse (defined as identifiable blasts plus [for B-lineage] TdT or CD-10 positivity on 2 consecutive CSF samples obtained 4 weeks apart)

NOTE: **Testicular relapse is defined as unilateral or bilateral testiculomegaly with biopsy-proven testicular involvement OR unilateral or bilateral testiculomegaly with concurrent relapse in the bone marrow and/or CNS

  • The following subtypes are not allowed:

    • T-lineage ALL
    • Mature B-cell (Burkitt's) leukemia (defined as L3 morphology and/or evidence of c-myc translocation)
    • Philadelphia-chromosome positive disease
  • No Down syndrome (trisomy 21)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Shortening fraction ≥ 27% by echocardiogram OR ejection fraction ≥ 50% by radionuclide angiogram
  • Bilirubin < 3.0 mg/dL
  • Not pregnant
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No history of peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 3 within the past month
  • No toxicity (i.e. peripheral neuropathy) ≥ grade 3 attributable to vincristine within the past month

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • At least 5 days since prior intrathecal chemotherapy
  • No prior hematopoietic stem cell or marrow transplantation
  • No prior cranial radiotherapy > 1200 cGy (for patients with CNS relapse)
  • No concurrent stem cell transplant
  • No concurrent alternative therapy
  • No concurrent itraconazole in patients receiving vincristine
  • No concurrent intensity-modulated radiotherapy
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00381680

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Oncology Group
Investigators
Study Chair: Glen Lew, MD AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Scottish Rite Campus
Study Chair: Rochelle A. Yanofsky, MD CancerCare Manitoba
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Responsible Party: Children's Oncology Group
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00381680     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: AALL0433, COG-AALL0433, CDR0000495359
Study First Received: September 26, 2006
Last Updated: May 15, 2013
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Children's Oncology Group:
B-cell childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
L1 childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
L2 childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Burkitt Lymphoma
Leukemia
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Tumor Virus Infections
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Lymphoma
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Neoplasms, Experimental
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
6-Mercaptopurine
Cytarabine
Methotrexate
Cyclophosphamide
Etoposide phosphate
Pegaspargase
Asparaginase
Dexamethasone
Doxorubicin
Etoposide
Prednisone

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