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This phase III trial studies how well blinatumomab works in combination with chemotherapy in treating patients with newly diagnosed, standard risk B-lymphoblastic leukemia or B-lymphoblastic lymphoma with or without Down syndrome. Monoclonal antibodies, such as blinatumomab, may induce changes in the body's immune system and may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as vincristine, dexamethasone, prednisone, prednisolone, pegaspargase, methotrexate, cytarabine, mercaptopurine, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and thioguanine, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Leucovorin decreases the toxic effects of methotrexate. Giving monoclonal antibody therapy with chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells. Giving blinatumomab and combination chemotherapy may work better than combination chemotherapy alone in treating patients with B-ALL. This trial also assigns patients into different chemotherapy treatment regimens based on risk (the chance of cancer returning after treatment). Treating patients with chemotherapy based on risk may help doctors decide which patients can best benefit from which chemotherapy treatment regimens.
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine in a randomized manner if the addition of 2 cycles of blinatumomab to standard therapy improves disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with standard risk (SR) B-ALL and higher risk features (SR-High), and patients with standard-risk average (SR-Avg) B-ALL who are negative for minimal residual disease (MRD) by flow cytometry but have detectable or indeterminate MRD as measured by high-throughput sequencing (HTS) at end of induction (EOI).
II. To confirm that boys in the standard-risk favorable (SR-Fav) subset of B-ALL, with or without Down syndrome (DS), will maintain a 5-year DFS of greater than 93% when treated with a standard chemotherapy regimen with a treatment duration of 2 years from the start of interim maintenance I (IM1).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To describe the 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 IM1, regardless of sex.
II. To describe the DFS for patients with standard-risk favorable (SR-Fav) B-ALL when treated with a standard chemotherapy regimen.
III. To determine if patients with DS-High achieve a reduction of treatment-related mortality (TRM) after replacement of intensive elements of standard chemotherapy (omission of anthracyclines in induction, omission of the second month of delayed intensification [DI]) with 3 cycles of blinatumomab.
IV. To describe the DFS characterized by the replacement of intensive elements of standard chemotherapy with 3 cycles of blinatumomab in patients with DS-High B ALL.
V. To describe the DFS for patients with localized (Murphy stage I and II) B lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LLy) receiving standard risk B-ALL therapy.
VI. To compare the change in neurocognitive functioning, as measured by the CogState Cognitive Composite, from baseline to end-of-therapy among patients with ALL ages 4- < 10 years at the time of diagnosis between children from poor families (defined as presence of household material hardship [HMH], including either food, housing or energy insecurity) and non-poor families (absence of HMH).
VII. To describe the impact of blinatumomab on caregiver burden and patient/proxy-reported symptoms among a subset of children enrolled in the HMH and neurocognitive outcome study.
VII. To evaluate available peripheral blood (PB) samples at EOI using HTS MRD and compare the results against bone marrow (BM) results.
IX. To evaluate available end of Consolidation (EOC) BM samples using HTS in patients who were Day 29 MRD positive by flow cytometry and who have submitted EOC BM flow cytometry results.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To explore adaptive and innate immune functions and host genetic factors associated with severe infectious complications in children with DS B-ALL.
II. To explore the impact of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and its therapy on neurocognitive, functional, and quality of life outcomes in patients with DS and ALL, as measured by caregiver (parent/legal guardian) questionnaires.
III. To define the prevalence of minimal marrow disease (MMD) in B-LLy and to correlate MMD at diagnosis with outcome in patients with B-LLy.
IV. To explore the significance of and genomic landscape of Ig clonal composition in pediatric B-ALL.
V. To explore the incidence of HTS MRD ≥ 0.01% versus (vs.) HTS MRD < 0.01% in patients with multiparameter flow cytometry defined MRD < 0.01% at end of Induction and genetically characterize those with discordance defined by the 0.01% threshold.
OUTLINE: All patients are assigned to, and complete an INDUCTION treatment regimen. Patients are then assigned to a CONSOLIDATION treatment regimen. Finally, following CONSOLIDATION, patients are either assigned or randomized to 1 of 7 arms.
NON-DS SR B-ALL INDUCTION: Patients receive cytarabine intrathecally (IT) on day 1, vincristine intravenous (IV) push over 1 minute on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, dexamethasone orally (PO) or IV twice daily (BID) on days 1-28, pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours or intramuscularly (IM) on day 4, and methotrexate IT on days 8 and 29. CNS2 patients also receive cytarabine IT twice weekly except during weeks when days 8 and 29 methotrexate is administered. Treatment continues for 35 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* After Non-DS SR B-ALL INDUCTION, SR-Fav and SR-Avg patients complete SR CONSOLIDATION, while patients with SR-High complete high-risk (HR) CONSOLIDATION.
DS B-ALL INDUCTION: Patients receive cytarabine IT on day 1, vincristine IV push over 1 minute on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours or IM on day 4, methotrexate IT on days 8 and 29, and leucovorin PO or IV every 6 hours for 2 doses on days 9 and 30. Additionally, patients under 10 years of age receive dexamethasone PO or IV BID on days 1-28, and patients 10 years of age or older receive prednisone or prednisolone PO or IV BID on days 1-28. CNS2 patients also receive cytarabine IT twice weekly except during weeks when days 8 and 29 IT methotrexate is administered. CNS3 patients also receive methotrexate IT on days 15 and 22, and leucovorin PO or IV every 6 hours for 2 doses on days 16 and 23. Treatment continues for 35 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* After DS B-ALL INDUCTION, patients without high risk features and MRD < 0.01 % complete SR CONSOLIDATION. Patients without high risk features and MRD >= 0.01%, OR with high risk features and any MRD complete HR CONSOLIDATION.
NON-DS B-LLy INDUCTION: Patients receive cytarabine IT on day 1 and twice weekly if CNS2, vincristine IV push over 1 minute on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, dexamethasone PO or IV BID on days 1-28, pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours or IM on day 4, and methotrexate IT on days 8 and 29. Treatment continues for 35 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* After NON-DS B-LLy INDUCTION, all B-LLy patients then complete SR CONSOLIDATION.
DS B-LLY INDUCTION: Patients receive cytarabine IT on day 1, vincristine IV push over 1 minute on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours or IM on day 4, methotrexate IT on days 8 and 29, and leucovorin PO or IV every 6 hours for 2 doses on days 9 and 30. Additionally, patients under 10 years of age receive dexamethasone PO or IV BID on days 1-28, and patients 10 years of age or older receive PO or IV prednisone or methylprednisolone on days 1-28. Treatment continues for 35 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* After DS B-LLy INDUCTION, patients then complete SR CONSOLIDATION.
SR CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive vincristine IV push over 1 minute on day 1, mercaptopurine PO on days 1-28, and methotrexate IT on days 1, 8, and 15. DS patients also receive leucovorin PO or IV every 6 hours for 2 doses on days 2, 9, and 16. Treatment continues for 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* After SR CONSOLIDATION, patients with MRD undetectable are assigned to ARM A, and patients with MRD detectable/indeterminate/unavailable are randomized to ARM A or B. Patients with SR-Fav and all B-LLy patients are assigned to treatments identical to that in ARM A.
HR CONSOLIDATION: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1 and 29, cytarabine IV over 1-30 minutes or SC on days 1-4, 8-11, 29-32, and 36-39, vincristine IV push over 1 minute on days 15, 22, 43, and 50, mercaptopurine PO on days 1-14 and 29-42, methotrexate IT on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 , and pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours or IM on days 15 and 43. DS patients also receive leucovorin PO or IV every 6 hours for 2 doses on days 2, 9, 16, and 23 (on days 2 and 9 only for DS CNS3 patients). Treatment continues for 56 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with continued clinical evidence of DS or testicular leukemia (from diagnosis through the end of Induction) undergo testicular radiation therapy over 12 fractions once daily (QD).
* After HR CONSOLIDATION, patients are randomized to ARM C or D. DS B-ALL patients with MRD < 1% are assigned to an arm including three blocks of blinatumomab.
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ARM D:
DS-HIGH B-ALL:
All B-LLy patients:
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 4 weeks until complete blood count(CBC)/differential/platelet count recovery, then every 3 months for the first 2 years, then every 4-6 months for the 3rd year, and every 6-12 months for the 4th and 5th years.
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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.
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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;
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:
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).
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:
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.
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