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AALL1732: Does adding a targeted treatment to standard treatment help children and young adults with high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (HR B-ALL) stay in remission for longer, without causing unacceptable side effects?A Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Inotuzumab Ozogamicin (NSC#: 772518) for Newly Diagnosed High-Risk B-ALL; Risk-Adapted Post-Induction Therapy for High-Risk B-ALL, Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, and Disseminated B-LLy

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Blood Cancers Haematological

Age

People1 - 24

Trial acronym

AALL1732

Clinical summary

Summary

This clinical trial is looking at new ways to improve treatment for children, teenagers, and young adults with high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (HR B-ALL).

The study is testing whether adding a targeted medicine called inotuzumab ozogamicin to standard treatment can keep leukaemia away for longer or improve survival, without causing unacceptable side effects.

The trial also carefully tracks side effects, quality of life, infections, and how treatment affects daily life.

Step 1: Induction
All participants start with induction therapy, which aims to kill as many leukaemia cells as possible and find out how well the leukaemia responds to treatment. After completing induction treatment, participants with HR Fab B-ALL discontinue the study, and participants with HR B-ALL and CD22 positive continue to step 2.

Step 2: Two different treatment approaches (randomised)
Participants with HR B-ALL are randomly assigned (by chance) to one of two groups:

  • Group D - Standard treatment: continues with the full standard chemo-immunotherapy plan. This includes multiple treatment phases over about 2 years.
  • Group E - Standard treatment + inotuzumab: receives two blocks of inotuzumab ozogamicin. Some chemotherapy phases are shortened or replaced. This still includes blinatumomab and maintenance therapy.

The study compares outcomes between these two groups.

There are also arms specifically for people with mixed phenotype acute leukaemia (MPAL) and B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LLy). These participants will receive ALL-style treatment.

What else is the study measuring?
In addition to survival, the study looks closely at:

  • side effects, including those reported directly by participants
  • quality of life during treatment
  • how well participants can stick to oral medicines
  • infections and immune system changes
  • how inotuzumab levels in the blood relate to side effects
  • social factors (such as family support or access to care) and how they affect outcomes

What does participation involve?
If someone takes part, they may hve:

  • long-term treatment over about 2 years
  • regular hospital visits for infusions, blood tests, bone marrow tests and scans
  • follow-up visits for up to 5 years after treatment

Participants are closely monitored to keep treatment as safe as possible.

 

Conditions

This trial is treating people with B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, B Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukaemia

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • B-ALL and MPAL patients must be enrolled on APEC14B1 and consented to eligibility studies (Part A) prior to treatment and enrollment on AALL1732. Note that central confirmation of MPAL diagnosis must occur within 22 days of enrollment for suspected MPAL patients. If not performed within this time frame, patients will be taken off protocol.
  • APEC14B1 is not a requirement for B-LLy patients but for institutional compliance every patient should be offered participation in APEC14B1. B-LLy patients may directly enroll on AALL1732.
  • Patients must be > 365 days and < 25 years of age
  • White blood cell count (WBC) criteria for patients with B-ALL (within 7 days prior to the start of protocol-directed systemic therapy):

    • Age 1-9.99 years: WBC >= 50,000/uL
    • Age 10-24.99 years: Any WBC
    • Age 1-9.99 years: WBC < 50,000/uL with one or more of the following:

      • Testicular leukemia
      • CNS leukemia (CNS3)
      • Steroid pretreatment.
  • White blood cell count (WBC) criteria for patients with MPAL (within 7 days prior to the start of protocol-directed systemic therapy):

    • Age 1-24.99 years: any WBC NOTE: Patients enrolled as suspected MPAL but found on central confirmatory testing to have B-ALL must meet the B-ALL criteria above (age, WBC, extramedullary disease, steroid pretreatment) to switch to the B-ALL stratum before the end of induction.
  • Patient has newly diagnosed B-ALL or MPAL (by World Health Organization [WHO] 2016 criteria) with >= 25% blasts on a bone marrow (BM) aspirate;

    • OR If a BM aspirate is not obtained or is not diagnostic of acute leukemia, the diagnosis can be established by a pathologic diagnosis of acute leukemia on a BM biopsy;
    • OR A complete blood count (CBC) documenting the presence of at least 1,000/uL circulating leukemic cells if a bone marrow aspirate or biopsy cannot be performed.
  • Patient has newly diagnosed B-LLy Murphy stages III or IV.
  • Patient has newly diagnosed B-LLy Murphy stages I or II with steroid pretreatment.
  • Note: For B-LLy patients with tissue available for flow cytometry, the criterion for diagnosis should be analogous to B-ALL. For tissue processed by other means (i.e., paraffin blocks), the methodology and criteria for immunophenotypic analysis to establish the diagnosis of B-LLy defined by the submitting institution will be accepted.
  • Central nervous system (CNS) status must be determined prior to enrollment based on a sample obtained prior to administration of any systemic or intrathecal chemotherapy, except for steroid pretreatment and cytoreduction. It is recommended that intrathecal cytarabine be administered at the time of the diagnostic lumbar puncture. This is usually done at the time of the diagnostic bone marrow or venous line placement to avoid a second lumbar puncture. This is allowed prior to enrollment. Systemic chemotherapy must begin within 72 hours of this intrathecal therapy.
  • All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent.
  • All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and NCI requirements for human studies must be met.

Exclusion

  • Patients with Down syndrome are not eligible
  • With the exception of steroid pretreatment and steroid cytoreduction or the administration of intrathecal cytarabine, patients must not have received any prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for the current diagnosis of B-ALL, MPAL, or B-LLy or for any cancer diagnosed prior to initiation of protocol therapy on AALL1732.
  • Patients who have received > 72 hours of hydroxyurea within one week prior to start of systemic protocol therapy.
  • Patients with B-ALL or MPAL who do not have sufficient diagnostic bone marrow submitted for APEC14B1 testing and who do not have a peripheral blood sample submitted containing > 1,000/uL circulating leukemia cells.
  • Patients with acute undifferentiated leukemia (AUL) are not eligible.
  • For Murphy stage III/IV B-LLy patients, or stage I/II patients with steroid pretreatment, the following additional exclusion criteria apply:

    • T-lymphoblastic lymphoma.
    • Morphologically unclassifiable lymphoma.
    • Absence of both B-cell and T-cell phenotype markers in a case submitted as lymphoblastic lymphoma.
  • Patients with known Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
  • Patients with known MYC translocation associated with mature (Burkitt) B-cell ALL, regardless of blast immunophenotype.
  • Patients requiring radiation at diagnosis.
  • 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 women who plan to breastfeed their infants while on study and for 2 months after the last dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin.
  • Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of study participation. For those patients randomized to inotuzumab ozogamicin, there is a minimum of 8 months after the last dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin for females and 5 months after the last dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin for males.

Inclusion

  • You have been diagnosed with cancer, but have not received any treatment.

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
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Trial sponsor

Children's Oncology Group

Scientific Title

A Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Inotuzumab Ozogamicin (NSC#: 772518) for Newly Diagnosed High-Risk B-ALL; Risk-Adapted Post-Induction Therapy for High-Risk B-ALL, Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, and Disseminated B-LLy

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