German Multicenter Trial for Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adults (07/2003)

Summary

The study evaluates the efficacy and tolerability of an intensified induction and consolidation therapy. Thereafter patients receive individualised treatment stratified according to relapse risk with stem cell transplantation for patients with high and very high risk of relapse. Patients with standard risk receive further consolidation and reinduction chemotherapy. In parallel minimal residual disease (MRD) is evaluated. After six months and one year the decision on intensification or discontinuation of therapy is made based on the results of MRD evaluation.

Timeline

Start

2003-04

Primary completion

2011-06-30

Completion

2013-06-30

Publications

• Kobitzsch B, Gokbuget N, Schwartz S, Reinhardt R, Bruggemann M, Viardot A, Wasch R, Starck M, Thiel E, Hoelzer D, Burmeister T. Loss-of-function but not dominant-negative intragenic IKZF1 deletions are associated with an adverse prognosis in adult BCR-ABL-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Haematologica. 2017 Oct;102(10):1739-1747. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2016.161273. Epub 2017 Jul 27.
• Herold T, Schneider S, Metzeler KH, Neumann M, Hartmann L, Roberts KG, Konstandin NP, Greif PA, Braundl K, Ksienzyk B, Huk N, Schneider I, Zellmeier E, Jurinovic V, Mansmann U, Hiddemann W, Mullighan CG, Bohlander SK, Spiekermann K, Hoelzer D, Bruggemann M, Baldus CD, Dreyling M, Gokbuget N. Adults with Philadelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia frequently have IGH-CRLF2 and JAK2 mutations, persistence of minimal residual disease and poor prognosis. Haematologica. 2017 Jan;102(1):130-138. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2015.136366. Epub 2016 Aug 25.
• Topp MS, Gokbuget N, Zugmaier G, Degenhard E, Goebeler ME, Klinger M, Neumann SA, Horst HA, Raff T, Viardot A, Stelljes M, Schaich M, Kohne-Volland R, Bruggemann M, Ottmann OG, Burmeister T, Baeuerle PA, Nagorsen D, Schmidt M, Einsele H, Riethmuller G, Kneba M, Hoelzer D, Kufer P, Bargou RC. Long-term follow-up of hematologic relapse-free survival in a phase 2 study of blinatumomab in patients with MRD in B-lineage ALL. Blood. 2012 Dec 20;120(26):5185-7. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-07-441030. Epub 2012 Sep 28.
• Gokbuget N, Stanze D, Beck J, Diedrich H, Horst HA, Huttmann A, Kobbe G, Kreuzer KA, Leimer L, Reichle A, Schaich M, Schwartz S, Serve H, Starck M, Stelljes M, Stuhlmann R, Viardot A, Wendelin K, Freund M, Hoelzer D; German Multicenter Study Group for Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Outcome of relapsed adult lymphoblastic leukemia depends on response to salvage chemotherapy, prognostic factors, and performance of stem cell transplantation. Blood. 2012 Sep 6;120(10):2032-41. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-12-399287. Epub 2012 Apr 4.
• Gokbuget N, Kneba M, Raff T, Trautmann H, Bartram CR, Arnold R, Fietkau R, Freund M, Ganser A, Ludwig WD, Maschmeyer G, Rieder H, Schwartz S, Serve H, Thiel E, Bruggemann M, Hoelzer D; German Multicenter Study Group for Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and molecular failure display a poor prognosis and are candidates for stem cell transplantation and targeted therapies. Blood. 2012 Aug 30;120(9):1868-76. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-09-377713. Epub 2012 Mar 22.
• Burmeister T, Meyer C, Schwartz S, Hofmann J, Molkentin M, Kowarz E, Schneider B, Raff T, Reinhardt R, Gokbuget N, Hoelzer D, Thiel E, Marschalek R. The MLL recombinome of adult CD10-negative B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia: results from the GMALL study group. Blood. 2009 Apr 23;113(17):4011-5. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-10-183483. Epub 2009 Jan 14.

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