Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving the drugs in different combinations may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of standard combination chemotherapy treatment with more intensive combination chemotherapy in treating children with acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Timeline

Start

1996-09

Primary completion

2006-03

Completion

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Publications

• Background Nguyen K, Devidas M, Cheng SC, La M, Raetz EA, Carroll WL, Winick NJ, Hunger SP, Gaynon PS, Loh ML; Children's Oncology Group. Factors influencing survival after relapse from acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group study. Leukemia. 2008 Dec;22(12):2142-50. doi: 10.1038/leu.2008.251. Epub 2008 Sep 25.
• Background Butturini AM, Dorey FJ, Lange BJ, Henry DW, Gaynon PS, Fu C, Franklin J, Siegel SE, Seibel NL, Rogers PC, Sather H, Trigg M, Bleyer WA, Carroll WL. Obesity and outcome in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2007 May 20;25(15):2063-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.7792.
• Background Avramis VI, Panosyan EH. Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationships of asparaginase formulations: the past, the present and recommendations for the future. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2005;44(4):367-93. doi: 10.2165/00003088-200544040-00003.
• Background Seibel NL, Asselin BL, Nachman JB, et al.: Treatment of high risk T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL): comparison of recent experience of the Children's Cancer Group (CCG) and Pediatric Oncology Group (POG). [Abstract] Blood 104 (11): A-681, 2004.
• Results Arce FJ, Seibel N, Gaynon PS, et al.: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of asparaginases in antibody-negative pediatric patients with higher risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): a report from CCG-1961. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 24 (Suppl 18): A-9027, 508s, 2006.
• Results Avramis VI, Ettinger L, Martin-Aragon S, et al.: Anti-asparaginase (ASNase) antibody (Ab) in pediatric patients in high risk ALL study (CCG-1961): correlation of Ab and clinical allergy. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A2319, 2000.
• Results Avramis VI, Panosyan E, Avramis IA, et al.: Anti-asparaginase (ASNase) antibody (Ab) and ASNase activity in children with higher risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (HR ALL) (CCG-1961). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-1592, 2002.
• Results Bhojwani D, Kang H, Menezes RX, Yang W, Sather H, Moskowitz NP, Min DJ, Potter JW, Harvey R, Hunger SP, Seibel N, Raetz EA, Pieters R, Horstmann MA, Relling MV, den Boer ML, Willman CL, Carroll WL; Children's Oncology Group Study; Dutch Childhood Oncology Group; German Cooperative Study Group for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Gene expression signatures predictive of early response and outcome in high-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A Children's Oncology Group Study [corrected]. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Sep 20;26(27):4376-84. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.4519.
• Results Dhall G, Jones T, Radvinsky D, et al.: Adverse reactions to PEG and Erwinia asparaginase and correlation with anti-asparaginase antibody data and survival in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): A report from the Children's Oncology Group study CCG 1961. [Abstract] Blood 114 (22): A-3077, 2009.
• Results Dhall G, Robison NJ, Rubin JI, et al.: Incidence of adverse reactions to post-induction asparaginase (ASP) therapy in children and adolescents with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): A report from the Children's Oncology Group Study CCG-1961. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-10021, 2008.
• Results Freyer DR, Devidas M, La M, Carroll WL, Gaynon PS, Hunger SP, Seibel NL. Postrelapse survival in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is independent of initial treatment intensity: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2011 Mar 17;117(11):3010-5. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-07-294678. Epub 2010 Dec 30.
• Results Freyer DR, Seibel NL, La MK, et al.: Survival after relapse in higher risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children and adolescents is independent of prior treatment intensity: a report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG). [Abstract] Blood 112 (11): A-917, 2008.
• Results Hastings C, Sather HN, Seibel NL, et al.: Outcomes in children and adolescents with a markedly elevated white blood cell count (>200,000) at diagnosis of high risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): a report from the Children's Oncology Group. [Abstract] Blood 108 (11): A-1870, 2006.
• Results Hastings C, Whitlock JA, La M, et al.: Improved outcome of children with Down syndrome (DS) and high risk acute lymphocytic leukemia (HR-ALL): a report of CCG-1961. [Abstract] Blood 110 (11): A-586, 2007.
• Results Henze G. Early postinduction intensification therapy is essential in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2008 Sep;5(9):502-3. doi: 10.1038/ncponc1184. Epub 2008 Jul 22.
• Results Mattano LA Jr, Devidas M, Nachman JB, Sather HN, Hunger SP, Steinherz PG, Gaynon PS, Seibel NL; Children's Oncology Group. Effect of alternate-week versus continuous dexamethasone scheduling on the risk of osteonecrosis in paediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: results from the CCG-1961 randomised cohort trial. Lancet Oncol. 2012 Sep;13(9):906-15. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70274-7. Epub 2012 Aug 15.
• Results Nachman JB, La MK, Hunger SP, Heerema NA, Gaynon PS, Hastings C, Mattano LA Jr, Sather H, Devidas M, Freyer DR, Steinherz PG, Seibel NL. Young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia have an excellent outcome with chemotherapy alone and benefit from intensive postinduction treatment: a report from the children's oncology group. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 1;27(31):5189-94. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.8959. Epub 2009 Oct 5.
• Results Nachman J, Siebel N, Sather H, et al.: Outcome for adolescent and young adults 16-21 years of age (AYA) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated on the Children' s Cancer Group (CCG) 1961 study. [Abstract] Blood 104 (11): A-683, 2004.
• Results Panosyan EH, Grigoryan RS, Avramis IA, Seibel NL, Gaynon PS, Siegel SE, Fingert HJ, Avramis VI. Deamination of glutamine is a prerequisite for optimal asparagine deamination by asparaginases in vivo (CCG-1961). Anticancer Res. 2004 Mar-Apr;24(2C):1121-5.
• Results Panosyan EH, Seibel NL, Grigoryan RS, et al.: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of three asparaginases in pediatric patients with higher risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from CCG-1961. [Abstract] Blood 104 (11): A-2745, 2004.
• Results Panosyan EH, Seibel NL, Martin-Aragon S, Gaynon PS, Avramis IA, Sather H, Franklin J, Nachman J, Ettinger LJ, La M, Steinherz P, Cohen LJ, Siegel SE, Avramis VI; Children's Cancer Group Study CCG-1961. Asparaginase antibody and asparaginase activity in children with higher-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Children's Cancer Group Study CCG-1961. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 Apr;26(4):217-26. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200404000-00002.
• Results Seibel NL, Steinherz PG, Sather HN, Nachman JB, Delaat C, Ettinger LJ, Freyer DR, Mattano LA Jr, Hastings CA, Rubin CM, Bertolone K, Franklin JL, Heerema NA, Mitchell TL, Pyesmany AF, La MK, Edens C, Gaynon PS. Early postinduction intensification therapy improves survival for children and adolescents with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2008 Mar 1;111(5):2548-55. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-02-070342. Epub 2007 Nov 26.
• Results Withycombe JS, Post-White JE, Meza JL, Hawks RG, Smith LM, Sacks N, Seibel NL. Weight patterns in children with higher risk ALL: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) for CCG 1961. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;53(7):1249-54. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22237.

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