Status:

COMPLETED

Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia That Has Relapsed in the CNS or Testes

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Oncology Group

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-29 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. Giving co...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the efficacy of intensified systemic chemotherapy with reduced-dose CNS radiotherapy in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and late isolated CNS relapse. * De...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
  • B-precursor lineage (T-precursor lineage closed to accrual as of 05/20/10)
  • In first bone marrow remission (M1 by morphology) AND duration of first complete remission ≥ 18 months from time of initial diagnosis
  • First isolated CNS and/or testicular relapse
  • Isolated CNS relapse, as defined by 1 of the following:
  • WBC ≥ 5/mm\^3 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with blasts present on cytospin
  • Any number of WBC in CSF with immunophenotypic proof of leukemic relapse, defined by the following:
  • Identifiable blasts AND 1 of the following:
  • B-lineage (TdT OR CD-10-positive on 2 consecutive CSF samples obtained 4 weeks apart)
  • T-lineage (TdT AND CD-7 OR TdT positivity alone on 2 consecutive CSF samples obtained 4 weeks apart) (Closed to accrual as of 05/20/10)
  • Isolated testicular relapse, defined as biopsy proven testicular involvement
  • No Down syndrome
  • No T-cell ALL or T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • No known optic nerve and/or retinal involvement
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 months to 29 years at relapse
  • Performance status
  • Karnofsky 30-100% (for patients \> 16 years of age) OR
  • Lansky 30-100% (for patients ≤ 16 years of age)
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Not specified
  • Hepatic
  • Not specified
  • Renal
  • Creatinine adjusted according to age as follows:
  • No greater than 0.4 mg/dL (≤ 5 months)
  • No greater than 0.5 mg/dL (6 months -11 months)
  • No greater than 0.6 mg/dL (1 year-23 months)
  • No greater than 0.8 mg/dL (2 years-5 years)
  • No greater than 1.0 mg/dL (6 years-9 years)
  • No greater than 1.2 mg/dL (10 years-12 years)
  • No greater than 1.4 mg/dL (13 years and over \[female\])
  • No greater than 1.5 mg/dL (13 years to 15 years \[male\])
  • No greater than 1.7 mg/dL (16 years and over \[male\]) OR
  • Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate at least 70 mL/min
  • Cardiovascular
  • Shortening fraction ≥ 27% by echocardiogram OR
  • Ejection fraction ≥ 50% by MUGA
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • No prior bone marrow transplantation
  • Chemotherapy
  • Prior total anthracycline dosage ≤ 360 mg/m\^2
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • Not specified
  • Other
  • No prior systemic therapy for concurrent extramedullary relapse

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    168 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00096135

    Start Date

    November 1 2004

    Last Update

    March 21 2017

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    UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

    2

    Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016-7710

    3

    Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center

    Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724-5024

    4

    Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205