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No longer recruiting (closed or complete)Last updated: 7 May 2026

A screening trial where children and young adults with relapsed or refractory acute leukaemias will have tests to determine what treatment or other trial they may be eligible forPediatric Acute Leukemia (PedAL) Screening Trial - Developing New Therapies for Relapsed Leukemias

Trial purpose

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Tumor type

Blood Cancers Haematological

Age

People0 - 22

Clinical summary

Summary

This study aims to use clinical and biological characteristics of acute leukaemias to screen for patient eligibility for available paediatric leukaemia sub-trials. 

Testing bone marrow and blood from people with leukaemia that has come back after treatment (relapsed) or is difficult to treat (refractory) may provide information about their cancer that is important when deciding how to best treat it, and may help doctors find better ways to diagnose and treat leukaemia in children, adolescents, and young adults.

Participants will undergo collection of blood and/or bone marrow samples at baseline, end of treatment cycle(s), and at relapse/refractory disease status (if applicable).

After completion of the study, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Conditions

This trial is treating people with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Patients must be less than 22 years of age at the time of study enrollment
  • Patient must have one of the following at the time of study enrollment:

    • Patient has known or suspected relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) AML as defined in protocol

      • This includes isolated myeloid sarcoma
    • Patient has known or suspected relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome (ML-DS)
    • Patient has known or suspected relapsed ALL as defined in protocol that meets one of the following criteria:

      • Second or greater B-ALL medullary relapse, excluding KMT2Ar
      • Any first or greater B-ALL medullary relapse involving KMT2Ar
      • Any first or greater T-ALL medullary relapse with or without KMT2Ar
    • Patient has known or suspected relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) as defined in protocol
    • Patient has known or suspected de novo or relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) treatment-related AML (t-AML)
    • Patient has known or suspected de novo or relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or treatment-related myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS)

      • Note: Relapsed/refractory disease includes stable disease, progressive disease, and disease relapse.
    • Patient has known or suspected de novo or relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)

      • Note: Relapsed/refractory disease includes stable disease, progressive disease, and disease relapse.
  • All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
  • All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met

Inclusion

  • You have had treatment, but your cancer has come back (relapsed or recurrent).
  • You have had treatment but your cancer has gotten worse or has not responded to the treatment you have been given.
Message

Clinical trials have complex eligibility criteria, and other criteria may apply for this trial. Ask your doctor about whether this trial could be right for you.

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Trial Identifiers

Information on this page is partially produced from ClinicalTrials.gov *. View further details about this trial on the registry via the links below:

  • NCT04726241 *
  • APAL2020SC; NCI-2021-00056; APAL2020SC; APAL2020SC; U10CA180886

Trial sponsor

PedAL BCU, LLC

Scientific Title

Pediatric Acute Leukemia (PedAL) Screening Trial - Developing New Therapies for Relapsed Leukemias

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