Clinical trial NCT00002665: SWOG-9400 Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Official title: TREATMENT OF ADULT ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: PHASE II TRIALS OF AN INDUCTION REGIMEN INCLUDING PEG-L-ASPARAGINASE, WITH OR WITHOUT PIXY, IN PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED PATIENTS, FOLLOWED BY ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION OR FURTHER CHEMOTHERAPY IN FIRST COMPLETE REMISSION
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Leukemia
Neutropenia
Thrombocytopenia
Keywords: untreated adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
L1 adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
L2 adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
L3 adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
neutropenia
thrombocytopenia
Lead sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
Sponsor class: NETWORK
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-07-29
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with or without bone marrow transplantation in treating patients who have acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate if front line induction therapy with daunorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, and asparaginase is sufficiently effective to warrant a phase III trial in patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). II. Assess the toxicity of this regimen in this patient population. III. Assess disease free and overall survival and toxicity associated with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for ALL patients in first remission following induction and consolidation therapy. IV. Assess disease free and overall survival and toxicity associated with sequential regimens of mercaptopurine, methotrexate and vincristine, doxorubicin, dexamethasone, and cyclophosphamide, thioguanine, and cytarabine in ALL patients in first remission who are ineligible for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. V. Evaluate the prognostic significance of cell surface immunophenotype, Philadelphia chromosome, and polymerase chain reaction detected BCR/abl fusion in this patient population.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to age (15 to 29 vs 30 to 49 vs 50 to 65), performance status (0-1 vs 2-3), participating center, and candidate for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (yes vs no). Patients receive induction chemotherapy consisting of daunorubicin IV on days 1-3, vincristine IV on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, oral prednisone on days 1-28, and asparaginase IV or intramuscularly (IM) on days 15-24. Patients with persistent leukemia on day 21, receive additional induction therapy consisting of daunorubicin IV on days 22 and 23, vincristine IV on days 29 and 36, and oral prednisone continuing to day 42. Patients with CNS leukemia receive additional therapy beginning on day 1 of induction chemotherapy consisting of methotrexate intrathecally (IT) or intraventricularly twice weekly until blasts are absent in spinal fluid. Patients receive oral leucovorin calcium every 6 hours for a total of 4 doses following each IT dose in the absence of blood count recovery. Following absence of spinal fluid blasts, patients receive methotrexate IT or intraventricularly weekly for 4 weeks then monthly for 1 year. Patients also receive cranial radiotherapy during consolidation therapy 5 days a week for 2.5 weeks. Patients with A1 bone marrow receive consolidation therapy following completion of induction therapy and blood count recovery. Patients receive consolidation therapy consisting of cyclophosphamide IV on days 1, 15, and 29, cytarabine IV on days 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, and 23-26, oral mercaptopurine on days 1-28, and methotrexate IT on days 2, 9, 16, and 23. Following completion of consolidation therapy, patients eligible for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation receive total body radiotherapy 3 times a day on days -7, -6, -5, and twice on day -4, and eptoposide IV over 4 hours on day -3. Patients undergo allogeneic bone marrow transplantation on day 0. Following completion of consolidation therapy, patients ineligible for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation receive maintenance therapy consisting of oral mercaptopurine on days 1-63, and oral methotrexate on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43, 50, and 57. Patients receive subsequent courses of maintenance therapy when blood counts recover. Patients receive a second course of maintenance therapy consisting of vincristine IV on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, doxorubicin IV on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, and oral dexamethasone on days 1-28. Patients receive a third course consisting of cyclophosphamide IV on day 1, oral thioguanine on days 1-14, and cytarabine IV on days 3-6 and 10-13. Patients receive a fourth course consisting of oral mercaptopurine and oral methotrexate daily for 2 years. Patients are followed monthly for 6 months and then every 2 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 25-50 patients will be accrued for this study.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed acute lymphocytic leukemia FAB class L1-L2 Mixed immunophenotypic markers with no cytochemical myeloid markers allowed No non-Hodgkin's lymphoma No chronic myelogenous leukemia in blast crisis Concurrent registration on the cytogenetics protocol SWOG-9007 required

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 15 to 65 Performance status: SWOG 0-3 Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 times normal (unless elevation due to leukemia) AST no greater than 3 times normal (unless elevation due to leukemia) No chronic liver disease Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 times normal Cardiovascular: Left ventricular ejection fraction at least 50% by MUGA or echocardiogram No symptomatic congestive heart failure No symptomatic coronary artery disease No cardiomyopathy No uncontrolled arrhythmia Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No prior remission induction chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia

Primary outcomes:
measure: response
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mobile
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - University of South Alabama
state: Alabama
city: Phoenix
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Greater Phoenix
state: Arizona
city: Phoenix
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)
state: Arizona
city: Tucson
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson
state: Arizona
city: Tucson
country: United States
facility: Arizona Cancer Center
state: Arizona
city: Little Rock
country: United States
facility: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
state: Arkansas
city: Little Rock
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)
state: Arkansas
city: Duarte
country: United States
facility: Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
state: California
city: Long Beach
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
state: California
city: Martinez
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
state: California
city: Oakland
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
state: California
city: Sacramento
country: United States
facility: University of California Davis Medical Center
state: California
city: Santa Rosa
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
state: California
city: Travis Air Force Base
country: United States
facility: David Grant Medical Center
state: California
city: Denver
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
state: Colorado
city: Denver
country: United States
facility: University of Colorado Cancer Center
state: Colorado
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Atlanta Regional
state: Georgia
city: Fort Gordon
country: United States
facility: Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center
state: Georgia
city: Honolulu
country: United States
facility: Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
state: Hawaii
city: Hines
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)
state: Illinois
city: Maywood
country: United States
facility: Loyola University Medical Center
state: Illinois
city: Springfield
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Central Illinois
state: Illinois
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas Medical Center
state: Kansas
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
state: Kentucky
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
state: Kentucky
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Tulane University School of Medicine
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans
state: Louisiana
city: Shreveport
country: United States
facility: Louisiana State University Hospital - Shreveport
state: Louisiana
city: Shreveport
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport
state: Louisiana
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Boston Medical Center
state: Massachusetts
city: Jamaica Plain
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)
state: Massachusetts
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
state: Michigan
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Henry Ford Hospital
state: Michigan
city: Grand Rapids
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program
state: Michigan
city: Southfield
country: United States
facility: Providence Hospital - Southfield
state: Michigan
city: Biloxi
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi
state: Mississippi
city: Jackson
country: United States
facility: University of Mississippi Medical Center
state: Mississippi
city: Jackson
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson
state: Mississippi
city: Keesler AFB
country: United States
facility: Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB
state: Mississippi
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City
state: Missouri
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Kansas City
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
state: Missouri
city: Springfield
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
state: Missouri
city: Billings
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
state: Montana
city: Albuquerque
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque
state: New Mexico
city: Albuquerque
country: United States
facility: University of New Mexico Cancer Research & Treatment Center
state: New Mexico
city: Brooklyn
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: New York
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
state: Ohio
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
state: Ohio
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Columbus
state: Ohio
city: Dayton
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
state: Ohio
city: Kettering
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Dayton
state: Ohio
city: Oklahoma City
country: United States
facility: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
state: Oklahoma
city: Oklahoma City
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City
state: Oklahoma
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University
state: Oregon
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland
state: Oregon
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Columbia River Program
state: Oregon
city: Greenville
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Greenville
state: South Carolina
city: Spartanburg
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Upstate Carolina
state: South Carolina
city: Fort Sam Houston
country: United States
facility: Brooke Army Medical Center
state: Texas
city: Galveston
country: United States
facility: University of Texas Medical Branch
state: Texas
city: Lubbock
country: United States
facility: Texas Tech University Health Science Center
state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
state: Texas
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Huntsman Cancer Institute
state: Utah
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
state: Utah
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
state: Washington
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Swedish Cancer Institute
state: Washington
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Northwest
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
name: Stephen J. Forman, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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