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Registration number
NCT00004228
Ethics application status
Date submitted
28/01/2000
Date registered
27/01/2003
Date last updated
6/08/2019

Titles & IDs
Public title
Combination Chemotx in Treating Children or Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Stg III or Stg IV Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Scientific title
Randomized Phase III Study for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Disseminated Lymphoblastic Lymphoma or Localized Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CCG-59701
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
A5971
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Lymphoma 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
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
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Leukaemia - Acute leukaemia

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - asparaginase
Treatment: Drugs - cyclophosphamide
Treatment: Drugs - cytarabine
Treatment: Drugs - daunorubicin hydrochloride
Treatment: Drugs - dexamethasone
Treatment: Drugs - doxorubicin hydrochloride
Treatment: Drugs - leucovorin calcium
Treatment: Drugs - mercaptopurine
Treatment: Drugs - methotrexate
Treatment: Drugs - prednisone
Treatment: Drugs - thioguanine
Treatment: Drugs - vincristine sulfate

Experimental: A0 (localized disease Stg I/II) Modified CCG BFM - Phase I - 5 week induction (Vincristine Sulfate, daunorubicin hydrochloride, L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase II - 5 week consolidation (Mercaptopurine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase III - 8 week Interim Maintenance (Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase IV - 7 week Delayed Intensification (Vincristine Sulfate, Doxorubicin, L-Asparaginase, Dexamethasone, Cyclophosphamide, Thioguanine, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase V - 12 week courses (Vincristine Sulfate, Prednisone, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate)

Experimental: A1 (Disseminated, No CNS - CCG mod BFM w/out intens - Phase I - 5 week induction (Vincristine Sulfate, daunorubicin hydrochloride, L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, prednisone). Phase II - 5 week consolidation (Mercaptopurine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, prednisone). Phase III - 8 week Interim Maintenance (Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase IV - 7 week Delayed Intensification (Vincristine Sulfate, doxorubicin hydrochloride, L-Asparaginase, Dexamethasone, Cyclophosphamide, Thioguanine, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase V - 12 week courses (Vincristine Sulfate, prednisone, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate)

Experimental: A2 (Disseminated, No CNS - CCG mod BFM w/ intens - Phase I - 5 week induction (Vincristine Sulfate, daunorubicin hydrochloride, Cyclophosphamide, L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase II - 5 week consolidation (Mercaptopurine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase III - 8 week Interim Maintenance (Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase IV - 7 week Delayed Intensification (Vincristine Sulfate, Cyclophosphamide, daunorubicin, L-Asparaginase, Dexamethasone, Cyclophosphamide, Thioguanine, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase V - 12 week courses (Vincristine Sulfate, Prednisone, Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate)

Experimental: B2 (CNS+) NHL/BFM-95 w/intens delayed radiation therapy - Phase I - 5 week induction (Vincristine Sulfate, daunorubicin hydrochloride, Cyclophosphamide, L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase II - 5 week consolidation (Mercaptopurine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase III - 8 week Interim Maintenance (Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Leucovorin Calcium). Phase IV - 7 week Delayed Intensification (Vincristine Sulfate, Cyclophosphamide, daunorubicin, L-Asparaginase, Dexamethasone, Cyclophosphamide, Thioguanine, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase V - 12 week courses (Vincristine Sulfate, Prednisone, Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate)

Experimental: B1 (Disseminated CNS- <Amend 7B) NHL/BFM-95 w/out intens - Phase I - 5 week induction (Vincristine Sulfate, daunorubicin hydrochloride, Cyclophosphamide, L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase II - 5 week consolidation (Mercaptopurine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase III - 8 week Interim Maintenance (Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Leucovorin Calcium). Phase IV - 7 week Delayed Intensification (Vincristine Sulfate, Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, L-Asparaginase, Dexamethasone, Cyclophosphamide, Thioguanine, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase V - 12 week courses (Vincristine Sulfate, Prednisone, Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate)

Experimental: B2 (Disseminated,CNS- (< Amend 7B)) NHL/BFM-95 w/intens - Phase I - 5 week induction (Vincristine Sulfate, daunorubicin hydrochloride, Cyclophosphamide, L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase II - 5 week consolidation (Mercaptopurine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase III - 8 week Interim Maintenance (Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Leucovorin Calcium). Phase IV - 7 week Delayed Intensification (Vincristine Sulfate, Cyclophosphamide, daunorubicin, L-Asparaginase, Dexamethasone, Cyclophosphamide, Thioguanine, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase V - 12 week courses (Vincristine Sulfate, Prednisone, Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate)

Experimental: B1 (Disseminated CNS-) NHL/BFM-95 w/out intens - Phase I - 5 week induction (Vincristine Sulfate, daunorubicin hydrochloride, Cyclophosphamide, L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase II - 5 week consolidation (Mercaptopurine, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Prednisone). Phase III - 8 week Interim Maintenance (Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate, Leucovorin Calcium). Phase IV - 7 week Delayed Intensification (Vincristine Sulfate, Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, L-Asparaginase, Dexamethasone, Cyclophosphamide, Thioguanine, Cytarabine, Intrathecal Methotrexate). Phase V - 12 week courses (Vincristine Sulfate, Prednisone, Mercaptopurine, Methotrexate, Intrathecal Methotrexate)


Treatment: Drugs: asparaginase
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: cyclophosphamide
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: cytarabine
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: daunorubicin hydrochloride
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: dexamethasone
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: leucovorin calcium
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: mercaptopurine
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: methotrexate
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: prednisone
Given IV

Treatment: Drugs: thioguanine
Given PO

Treatment: Drugs: vincristine sulfate
Given IV
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Event-free Survival
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5 years
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Patients With Overall Survival as Assessed by Time to Death
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5 years

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Newly diagnosed disseminated lymphoblastic lymphoma or localized lymphoblastic lymphoma*

* Less than 25% tumor cells in the bone marrow
* Previously untreated (prior intrathecal cytarabine allowed if protocol therapy begins within 72 hours)
* Stage III or IV disease
* NOTE: *Localized lymphoblastic lymphoma is closed to accrual as of 10/2005

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 1 to 30

Performance status:

* Not specified

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* Not specified

Renal:

* Not specified

Cardiovascular:

* Adequate cardiac function

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy:

* Emergency steroid therapy (if required) must be started within 72 hours prior to protocol therapy

Radiotherapy:

* Emergency radiotherapy (if required) must be started within 72 hours prior to protocol therapy

Surgery:

* Not specified

Other:

* No other prior therapy except for emergency treatment of airway obstruction and/or superior vena cava syndrome
Minimum age
1 Year
Maximum age
30 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
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
1/06/2000
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
31/03/2015
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
393
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Prince of Wales Private Hospital - Randwick
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Royal Children's Hospital - Herston, Brisbane
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Women's and Children's Hospital - North Adelaide
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Royal Children's Hospital - Parkville
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Princess Margaret Hospital for Children - Perth
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2031 - Randwick
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4029 - Herston, Brisbane
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5006 - North Adelaide
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3052 - Parkville
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6001 - Perth
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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)
Address [1] 0 0
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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. It is not yet known which regimen of combination chemotherapy is most effective for lymphoblastic lymphoma.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying different regimens of combination chemotherapy to compare how well they work in treating children or adolescents with newly diagnosed stage III or stage IV lymphoblastic lymphoma.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00004228
Trial related presentations / publications
Patel JL, Smith LM, Anderson J, Abromowitch M, Campana D, Jacobsen J, Lones MA, Gross TG, Cairo MS, Perkins SL. The immunophenotype of T-lymphoblastic lymphoma in children and adolescents: a Children's Oncology Group report. Br J Haematol. 2012 Nov;159(4):454-61. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12042. Epub 2012 Sep 21.
Termuhlen AM, Smith LM, Perkins SL, Lones M, Finlay JL, Weinstein H, Gross TG, Abromowitch M. Outcome of newly diagnosed children and adolescents with localized lymphoblastic lymphoma treated on Children's Oncology Group trial A5971: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Dec 15;59(7):1229-33. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24149. Epub 2012 Apr 5.
Coustan-Smith E, Sandlund JT, Perkins SL, Chen H, Chang M, Abromowitch M, Campana D. Minimal disseminated disease in childhood T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma: a report from the children's oncology group. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jul 20;27(21):3533-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1318. Epub 2009 Jun 22.
Abromowitch M, Termuhlen A, Chang M, et al.: High-dose methotrexate and early intensification of therapy do not improve 3 year EFS in children and adolescents with disseminated lymphoblastic lymphoma: results of the randomized arms of COG A5971. [Abstract] Blood 112 (11): A-3610, 2008.
Smock KJ, Nelson M, Tripp SR, Sanger WG, Abromowitch M, Cairo MS, Perkins SL; Children's Oncology Group. Characterization of childhood precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma by immunophenotyping and fluorescent in situ hybridization: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Oct;51(4):489-94. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21666.
Coustan-Smith E, Abromowitz M, Sandlund JT, et al.: A novel approach for minimal residual disease detection in childhood T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LL): a Children's Oncology Group report. [Abstract] Blood 110 (11): A-3564, 2007.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Minnie Abromowitch, MD
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Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00004228