LAL-AR-N-2005:Study Treatment for Children High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

PETHEMA Foundation

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Treatments: Drug: Prednisolone; Drug: Daunorubicin; Drug: Vincristine; Drug: Methotrexate; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Drug: L-Asparaginase; Drug: Cytosine Arabinoside

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00526409

LAL-AR-N-2005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study objective is to improve the global results obtained with LAL-AR-93 study, reaching an event free survival between 60-70%.

Identify patients with bad prognosis, with minimal residual disease,who can benefit of allogenic bone marrow transplantation

Full description

INDUCTION TREATMENT

Systemic chemotherapy:

PREDNISOLONE 60 mg/m2 /day, oral or i.v. x 21 days (1 to 22) 30 mg/m2 /day, oral or i.v. x 7 days (23 to 29)

DAUNORUBICIN 30 mg/m2 , i.v. days 1,8,15 and 22

VINCRISTINE 1,5 mg/m2, i.v. days 1,8,15 and 22

L-ASPARAGINASE 10.000U/m2 i.m or i.v day 9,11,13,16,18,20,23,25 and 27

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 500 mg/m2 i.v. days 1,2 and 29

Intrathecal chemotherapy:

Days 1 and 22 according age:

Age <1 years 1-3 years >3 years

Methotrexate (MTX), mg 5 8 12 Ara-C, mg 16 20 30 Hydrocortisone,mg 10 10 20

Patients with <10% blasts in M.O (day 14), and in complete response on week 5 or 6, and without MDR, start consolidation-intensification phase.

Patients with >10% blasts in MO day +14 or without CR after induction treatment, start consolidation-intensification phase and identifier a donor for a transplantation.

CONSOLIDATION/INTENSIFICATION (C.I.)

Two sequential cycles, alternating bloc I and bloc II

BLOC I

DEXAMETHASONE 10 mg/m2/d vo. days 1 to 5 and 5 mg/m2/d vo. days 6 and 7

VINCRISTINE 1.5 mg/m2/d, i.v. days 1 and 8

METHOTREXATE 5 g/m2 24 hours infusion + AF, day 1

ARA-C 1 g/m2/12 h, i.v., days 5 and 6

MERCAPTOPURINE 100 mg/m2/d, oral, days 1 to 5

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 500 mg/m2 i.v. el day +8

INTRATHECAL CHEMOTHERAPY day 1.

BLOC II

DEXAMETHASONE 10 mg/m2/d, v o. days 1-5 and 5 mg/m2/d, v o. days 6 and 7

VINCRISTINE 1.5 mg/m2/d, days 1 and 8

METHOTREXATE 5 g/m2 24 h infusion + AF, day 1

ARA-C 1 g/m2 i.v/12 h, days 5 and 6

DAUNORUBICINE 30 mg/m2 i.v.day 1

L-ASPARAGINASE 20.000 u/m2/d, i.m. or i.v. day 7

INTRATHECAL CHEMOTHERAPY day 1

Patients with CR and MRD negative, follow chemotherapy. Patients with MDR >0.01% after second cycle or considered previously MRD are candidates to allogenic transplantation after second cycle.

REINDUCTION/INTENSIFICATION TREATMENT (R.I.)

PREDNISOLONE 60 mg/m2/d, oral x 14 days (1-14) 30 mg/m2/d, oral x 7 days (15-22)

VINCRISTINE 1.5 mg/m2, i.v. x 2 days 1 and 8

DAUNORUBICINE 30 mg/m2 i.v x 2 , days 1 and 8

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 500 mg/m2 I.V. day 15

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METHOTREXATE 3 g/m2 /24 h infusion + AF day 29

MERCAPTOPURINE 50 mg/m2/d, oral, days 29-35 and 43-50

ARA-C 1 g/m2/12 h., i.v., days 43 and 44

INTRATHECAL CHEMOTHERAPY , days 1, 15, 29 and 43

MAINTENANACE TREATMENT (M1)

Six cycles of:

MERCAPTOPURINE 50 mg/m2/d, oral x 21 days (1-21)

METHOTREXATE 20 mg/m2/d, i.m. /week x 3 (1,7,14)

PREDNISOLONE 60 mg/m2/d, oral x 7 days (22-28)

VINCRISTINE 1.5 mg/m2 i.v.day 22

ASPARAGINASE 20.000 u/m2 i.m. day 22

INTRATHECAL CHEMOTHERAPY day 22

MAINTENANCE TREATMENT (M2)

Diary mercaptopurine and weekly methotrexate at previous doses, until complete 24 months.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• High risk children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Exclusion criteria

• Mature B-ALL (FABL3)
• Mixed forms of ALL
• Patients with coronary disorders, valvular or hypertensive cardiopathy
• Patients with chronic liver disorders
• Chronic pulmonary disorders
• Renal insufficiency
• Neurologic disfunctions
• ECOG 3 and 4

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)