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For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00002816




Registration number
NCT00002816
Ethics application status
Date submitted
1/11/1999
Date registered
23/06/2004
Date last updated
22/08/2013

Titles & IDs
Public title
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Scientific title
EXTRAMEDULLARY RELAPSE AND OCCULT BONE MARROW INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: A PHASE III GROUP-WIDE STUDY
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CCG-1951
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1951
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
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Condition code
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Leukaemia - Acute leukaemia
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Leukaemia - Chronic leukaemia
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Children's - Leukaemia & Lymphoma
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Lymphoma (non Hodgkin's lymphoma) - High grade lymphoma
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Lymphoma (non Hodgkin's lymphoma) - Low grade lymphoma

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - cytarabine
Treatment: Drugs - dexamethasone
Treatment: Drugs - etoposide
Treatment: Drugs - idarubicin
Treatment: Drugs - ifosfamide
Treatment: Drugs - mesna
Treatment: Drugs - pegaspargase
Treatment: Drugs - vincristine sulfate
Treatment: Drugs - Methotrexate

Experimental: EARLY # CNS RELAPSE with BM DONOR - Induction (Etoposide, Ifosfamide with Mesna Uroprotection,Ifosfamide, Dexamethasone, Vincristine sulfate, PEG, ITT (methotrexate, cytosine arabinoside and therapeutic hydrocortisone), and leucovorin calcium then Intensification (4 courses of 6 weeks, ITT, dexamethasone, vincristine, methotrexate, leucovorin, 6-Thioguanine, cytarabine (Ara-C), Etoposide, pegaspargase, Ifosfamide with Mesna) and Idarubicin and CXRT.

Experimental: LATE CNS RELAPSE with/without BM DONOR, TESTICULAR or OCULAR - Induction (Etoposide, Ifosfamide with Mesna Uroprotection,Ifosfamide, Dexamethasone, Vincristine sulfate, pegaspargase, ITT (methotrexate, cytosine arabinoside and therapeutic hydrocortisone), and leucovorin calcium then Intensification (4 courses of 6 weeks, ITT, dexamethasone, vincristine, methotrexate, leucovorin, 6-Thioguanine, cytarabine (Ara-C), Etoposide, PEG, Ifosfamide with Mesna) and Idarubicin), and Maintenance (4 x 12 courses) of ITT, Vincristine, Methotrexate, T-thioguanine.


Treatment: Drugs: cytarabine
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: dexamethasone
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: etoposide
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: idarubicin
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: ifosfamide
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: mesna
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: pegaspargase
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: vincristine sulfate
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: Methotrexate
Given IV
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Event Free Survival
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with isolated extramedullary relapse Relapse occurred during or following front-line therapy for ALL Initial diagnosis of more than 25% blasts of L1 or L2 morphology No leukemic marrow (M1) by conventional assessment Patients with B precursor ALL must also be enrolled on study CCG-B958 Relapse occurred in the CNS, testis, or eye Ocular relapse confirmed by an ophthalmologist and by cytology or iris biopsy Combined CNS and ocular relapse eligible Down Syndrome patients not eligible No prior bone marrow transplantation in first remission No prior toxicity from any study drugs Patient age: Under 21

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: See General Eligibility Criteria
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
20 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/12/1996
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/04/2006
Sample size
Target
120
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
6001 - Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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California
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Colorado
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Missouri
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Nebraska
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New York
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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Tennessee
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Utah
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Washington
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Wisconsin
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Canada
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Nova Scotia

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Children's Oncology Group
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Government body
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating children who have relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00002816
Trial related presentations / publications
Uckun FM, Gaynon PS, Stram DO, Sensel MG, Sarquis MB, Willoughby M. Bone marrow leukemic progenitor cell content in pediatric T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients with an isolated extramedullary first relapse. Leuk Lymphoma. 2001 Jan;40(3-4):279-85. doi: 10.3109/10428190109057926.
Uckun FM, Gaynon PS, Stram DO, Sensel MG, Sarquis MB, Lazarus KH, Willoughby M. Paucity of leukemic progenitor cells in the bone marrow of pediatric B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients with an isolated extramedullary first relapse. Clin Cancer Res. 1999 Sep;5(9):2415-20.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Michael L.N. Willoughby, MD
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Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00002816