NCT03959085 · Children's Oncology Group
Inotuzumab Ozogamicin and Post-Induction Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With High-Risk B-ALL, Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, and B-LLy
What this study is about
This phase III trial studies whether inotuzumab ozogamicin added to post-induction chemotherapy for patients with High-Risk B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) improves outcomes. This trial also studies the outcomes of patients with mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL), and B-lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LLy) when treated with ALL therapy without inotuzumab ozogamicin.
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This phase III trial studies whether inotuzumab ozogamicin added to post-induction chemotherapy for patients with High-Risk B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) improves outcomes. This trial also studies the outcomes of patients with mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL), and B-lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LLy) when treated with ALL therapy without inotuzumab ozogamicin. Inotuzumab ozogamicin is a monoclonal antibody, called inotuzumab, linked to a type of chemotherapy called calicheamicin.
Interventions
PROCEDURE
Biospecimen Collection
Undergo blood sample collection
BIOLOGICAL
Blinatumomab
Given IV
PROCEDURE
Bone Marrow Aspiration
Undergo bone marrow aspiration
PROCEDURE
Bone Marrow Biopsy
Undergo bone marrow biopsy
PROCEDURE
Bone Scan
Undergo bone scan
DRUG
Calaspargase Pegol
Given IV
PROCEDURE
Computed Tomography
Undergo CT
DRUG
Cyclophosphamide
Given IV
DRUG
Cytarabine
Given IV, IT, or SC
DRUG
Daunorubicin Hydrochloride
Given IV
DRUG
Dexamethasone
Given PO or IV
DRUG
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
Given IV
BIOLOGICAL
Inotuzumab Ozogamicin
Given IV
DRUG
Leucovorin Calcium
Given PO or IV
PROCEDURE
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
DRUG
Mercaptopurine
Given PO
DRUG
Methotrexate
Given IT or IV
DRUG
Pegaspargase
Given IV or IM
PROCEDURE
Positron Emission Tomography
Undergo PET
DRUG
Prednisolone
Given PO or IV
DRUG
Prednisone
Given PO or IV
OTHER
Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
RADIATION
Radiation Therapy
Undergo testicular radiation therapy
RADIATION
Radiation Therapy
Undergo cranial radiation therapy
DRUG
Thioguanine
Given PO
DRUG
Vincristine Sulfate
Given IV
Primary outcome measures
Post-induction 5-year event-free survival (EFS)
Time frame: From study entry to first event (induction failure, induction death, end of induction [EOI] minimal residual disease [MRD] ≥ 5%,EO consolidation [C] MRD ≥ 0.01%, relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or date of last contact, assessed up to 5 years
Will compare in a randomized manner the post-induction 5-year EFS for children and young adults with High Risk (HR) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) treated with a modified Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (mBFM) chemo-immunotherapy backbone that includes blinatumomab and replaces Consolidation Part 2 and Delayed Intensification (DI) Part 2 with two blocks of inotuzumab ozogamicin, versus those treated with a full mBFM chemo-immunotherapy backbone that includes blinatumomab and retains Consolidation Part 2 and DI Part 2 without the addition of inotuzumab ozogamicin.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- 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
- Initial 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.
- Initial 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. Note that once cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been collected, protocol therapy can be initiated while final determination of CNS status is pending. 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.
- Direct bilirubin \< 2.0 mg/dL (34 micromoles/L)
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 10x upper limit of normal (ULN). For the purposes of this study, the ULN for ALT is defined as 45 U/L
- Exceptions to this include patients with known Gilbert's Syndrome, or those with hepatic involvement from leukemic or lymphomatous infiltration
- 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 criteria
- 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.
Where
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Mobile, Alabama
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Mesa, Arizona
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Tucson, Arizona
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Downey, California
- Duarte, California
- Loma Linda, California
- Long Beach, California
- Los Angeles, California
And 146 more locations — see the full list below.
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Data: ClinicalTrials.gov · synced Aug 25, 2026 · Source of record for eligibility and locations