International Phase 3 Trial in Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ALL) Testing Imatinib in Combination With Two Different Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Backbones
Sandeep Batra, MD
Primary Investigator
Brief description of study
What is the purpose of this study?
This randomized phase III trial studies how well imatinib mesylate works in combination with two different chemotherapy regimens in treating patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Imatinib mesylate has been shown to improve outcomes in children and adolescents with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) ALL when given with strong chemotherapy, but the combination has many side effects. This trial is testing whether a different chemotherapy regimen may work as well as the stronger one but have fewer side effects when given with imatinib. The trial is also testing how well the combination of chemotherapy and imatinib works in another group of patients with a type of ALL that is similar to Ph+ ALL. This type of ALL is called "ABL-class fusion positive ALL", and because it is similar to Ph+ ALL, is thought it will respond well to the combination of agents used to treat Ph+ ALL.
THIS STUDY IS ENROLLING BY INVITATION ONLY - Consistent with most oncology trials, patients are not actively “recruited,” but are screened by their physician for appropriate clinical trial(s) at the time of their routine clinic visit. Occasionally, a patient may be a self-referral or physician referral, but are still screened for appropriate clinical trials at the time of their routine clinic visit. PI and staff may send copies of relevant consent forms to these patients to look over prior to actually consenting or enrolling them. This may take place at the patient's visit at which the consent is presented or the patient's next visit to the outpatient hematology/oncology clinic.
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Detailed description of study
What will happen during the study?
INDUCTION IA PART 1: Patients receive induction IA according to standard of care on days 1-14.
INDUCTION IA PART 2: Patients receive imatinib mesylate orally (PO) once daily (QD) or twice daily (BID) on days 15-33, prednisolone PO twice daily (BID) or methylprednisolone intravenously (IV) on days 15-28, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 15 and 22, daunorubicin hydrochloride IV over 1-15 minutes on days 15 and 22, and methotrexate intrathecally (IT) on day 29.
INDUCTION IB: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-35, cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1 and 28, mercaptopurine PO on days 1-28, cytarabine IV or subcutaneously (SC) on days 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, and 24-27, and methotrexate IT on days 10 and 24.
POST-INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients classified as standard risk are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. Patients with high risk are assigned to Arm C.
ARM A:
CONSOLIDATION BLOCK 1: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-21, methotrexate IT, cytarabine IT, and therapeutic hydrocortisone IT on day 1, high dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on day 1, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1 and 6, dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5, cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on days 2-4, leucovorin calcium PO or IV on days 3 and 4, high dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours and pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol IV over 1-2 hours on day 5, and filgrastim SC on days 7-11 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
CONSOLIDATION BLOCK 2: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-21, methotrexate IT, cytarabine IT, and therapeutic hydrocortisone IT on day 1, high dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on day 1, dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1 and 6, ifosfamide IV over 1 hour on days 2-4, leucovorin calcium PO or IV on days 3 and 4, dexrazoxane hydrochloride IV over 5-15 minutes and daunorubicin hydrochloride IV over 1-15 minutes on day 5, pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol IV over 1-2 hours on day 6, and filgrastim SC on days 7-11 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
CONSOLIDATION BLOCK 3: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-21, high dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-3, dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5, etoposide IV over 1-2 hours on days 3-5, methotrexate IT, cytarabine IT, and therapeutic hydrocortisone IT on day 5, pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol IV over 1-2 hours on day 6, and filgrastim SC on days 7-11 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
DELAYED INTENSIFICATION 1 PART 1: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-35, methotrexate IT on day 1, dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-7 and 15-21, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute, dexrazoxane hydrochloride IV over 5-15 minutes, and doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 8, 15, 22, and 29, and pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol IV over 1-2 hours on day 8 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
DELAYED INTENSIFICATION 1 PART 2: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD on days 36-63, cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on day 36, thioguanine PO on days 36-49, cytarabine IV over 1-30 minutes or SC on days 38-41 and 45-48, and methotrexate IT on days 38 and 45in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
INTERIM MAINTENANCE: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-28, methotrexate PO on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, and mercaptopurine PO on days 1-28 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
DELAYED INTENSIFICATION 2 PART 1: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-35, methotrexate IT on day 1, dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-7 and 15-21, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute, dexrazoxane hydrochloride IV over 5-15 minutes, and doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 8, 15, 22, and 29, and pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol IV over 1-2 hours on day 8 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
DELAYED INTENSIFICATION 2 PART 2: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD on days 36-49, cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on day 36, thioguanine PO on days 36-49, cytarabine IV over 1-30 minutes or SC on days 36-39 and 43-46, and methotrexate IT on days 36 and 43 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
MAINTENANCE: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-84, methotrexate PO once weekly (QW) and IT on days 1 and 43 of cycles 1, 2, and 3, and mercaptopurine PO on days 1-84. Cycles with imatinib mesylate and mercaptopurine repeat every 84 days for up to 104 weeks from the start of Induction IA in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
ARM B:
INTERIM MAINTENANCE: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-63, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute and high dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on days 1, 15, 29, and 43, leucovorin calcium PO or IV on days 3-4, 17-18, 31-32, and 45-46, mercaptopurine PO on days 1-56, and methotrexate IT on days 1 and 29 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
DELAYED INTENSIFICATION PART 1: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-28, methotrexate IT on day 1, dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-7 and 15-21, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute, dexrazoxane hydrochloride IV over 5-15 minutes, and doxorubicin IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15, and pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol IV over 1-2 hours or IM on day 4 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
DELAYED INTENSIFICATION PART 2: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD on days 29-56, cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on day 29, thioguanine PO on days 29-42, cytarabine IV over 1-30 minutes or SC on days 29-32 and 36-39, methotrexate IT on days 29 and 36, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 43 and 50, and pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol IV over 1-2 hours on day 43 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
INTERIM MAINTENANCE WITH CAPIZZI METHOTREXATE: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-56, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute and methotrexate IV over 2-15 minutes on days 1, 11, 21, 31, and 41, methotrexate IT on days 1 and 31, and pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol IV over 1-2 hours on days 2 and 22 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
MAINTENANCE: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID on days 1-84, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1, 29, and 57, prednisolone PO BID (or methylprednisolone IV for cycle 1 and 2) on days 1-5, 29-33, and 57-61, mercaptopurine PO on days 1-84, methotrexate PO QW, and methotrexate IT on day 1 (and day 29 for cycle 1 and 2). Cycles repeat every 84 days for up to 104 weeks from the start of Induction IA in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
ARM C:
CONSOLIDATION BLOCK 1: Patients receive imatinib mesylate, methotrexate, cytarabine, therapeutic hydrocortisone, high dose methotrexate, vincristine sulfate, dexamethasone, leucovorin calcium, high dose cytarabine, and pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol as in Arm A Consolidation Block 1, and filgrastim SC on day 7 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
CONSOLIDATION BLOCK 2: Patients receive imatinib mesylate, methotrexate, cytarabine, therapeutic hydrocortisone, high dose methotrexate, dexamethasone, vincristine sulfate, ifosfamide, leucovorin calcium, dexrazoxane hydrochloride, daunorubicin hydrochloride, pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol, and filgrastim as Arm A Consolidation Block 2 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
CONSOLIDATION BLOCK 3: Patients receive imatinib mesylate, dexamethasone, etoposide, methotrexate, cytarabine, therapeutic hydrocortisone, pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol, and filgrastim as in Arm A Consolidation Block 3, and high dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-2 in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
HSCT: Patients undergo HSCT on day 0. Patients who do not proceed to HSCT receive Delayed Intensification 1, Interim Maintenance, Delayed Intensification 2, and Maintenance as in Arm A.
POST-HSCT: Patients receive imatinib mesylate PO QD or BID starting on days 56-365 in the in the absence of disease progression or unexpected toxicity.
Eligibility of study
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
- Conditions: Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, (Ph+ALL), Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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Age: 1 year - 21 years
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Gender: All
Inclusion Criteria:
- For patients enrolled on APEC14B1 prior to enrollment on AALL1631, the required diagnostic bone marrow sample has been fulfilled
- For patients who have not previously enrolled on APEC14B1 prior to enrollment on AALL1631, a baseline diagnostic sample (or peripheral blood sample with blasts if marrow sample unavailable) must be available to develop an MRD probe
- In addition, laboratory reports detailing evidence of BCR-ABL1 fusion or ABL-class fusion must be submitted for rapid central review within 72 hours of study enrollment
- >= 1 year (365 days) and =< 21 years at ALL diagnosis
- Ph+ (BCR-ABL1 fusion): newly diagnosed de novo ALL (B-ALL or T-ALL) or mixed phenotypic acute leukemia (MPAL meeting 2016 World Health Organization [WHO] definition) with definitive evidence of BCR-ABL1 fusion by karyotype, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and/or molecular methodologies
- ABL-class fusion: newly diagnosed B-ALL with definitive evidence of ABL-class fusions. ABL-class fusions are defined as those involving the following genes: ABL1, ABL2, CSF1R, PDGFRB, PDGFRA. Methods of detection include fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH, e.g. using break-apart or colocalization signals probes), multiplex or singleplex reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), whole transcriptome or panel-based ribonucleic acid (RNA)-sequencing (e.g. TruSight RNA Pan-Cancer Panel; Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA or similar)
- Ph+ patients must have previously started Induction therapy, which includes vincristine, a corticosteroid, pegaspargase, with or without anthracycline, and/or other standard cytotoxic chemotherapy
- Ph+ patients have not received more than 14 days of multiagent Induction therapy beginning with the first dose of vinCRIStine
- Ph+ patients may have started imatinib prior to study entry but have not received more than 14 days of imatinib
- ABL-class fusion patients must have previously completed the 4 or 5 weeks of multiagent Induction chemotherapy (Induction IA phase)
- ABL-class fusion patients may have started imatinib during Induction IA, at the same time of or after the first vinCRIStine dose
- Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of 0, 1, or 2
- Direct bilirubin =< 2.0 mg/dL
- Shortening fraction of >= 27% by echocardiogram
- Ejection fraction of >= 50% by radionuclide angiogram or echocardiogram
- Corrected QT interval, QTc < 480 msec
- Note: Repeat echocardiogram and electrocardiogram are not required if they were performed at or after initial ALL diagnosis, before study enrollment
- Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 or serum creatinine within normal limits based on age/gender, as follows:
- 1 to < 2 years: maximum serum creatinine 0.6 mg/dL (both male and female)
- 2 to < 6 years: maximum serum creatinine 0.8 mg/dL (both male and female)
- 6 to < 10 years: maximum serum creatinine 1 mg/dL (both male and female)
- 10 to < 13 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.2 mg/dL (both male and female)
- 13 to < 16 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dL (male), 1.4 mg/dL (female)
- >= 16 years: maximum serum creatinine 1.7 mg/dL (male), 1.4 mg/dL (female)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known history of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
- ALL developing after a previous cancer treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy
- Active, uncontrolled infection, or active systemic illness that requires ongoing vasopressor support or mechanical ventilation
- Down syndrome
- Pregnancy and breast feeding
- 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 treatment according to protocol
- Patients with congenital long QT syndrome, history of ventricular arrhythmias or heart block
- Prior treatment with dasatinib, or any TKI other than imatinib
