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Study of Blood Samples From Newborns With Down Syndrome

Completed
Conditions
Myeloid Proliferations Associated With Down Syndrome
Interventions
Other: Diagnostic Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Other: Pharmacological Study
Registration Number
NCT00959283
Lead Sponsor
Children's Oncology Group
Brief Summary

This research study is looking at blood samples from newborns with Down syndrome. Studying the genes expressed in samples of blood from patients with Down syndrome may help doctors identify biomarkers related to cancer.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To further our biological understanding of the natural history of transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD) and its relationship to subsequent leukemia by facilitating the development of a TMD cell and protein bank, and repository of DNA/RNA from megakaryoblasts for future biological studies.

II. To investigate the biology of TMD molecular changes associated with resolution of TMD or its conversion to acute myeloid leukemia within each mortality-risk group by conducting GATA1 mutational analyses, hematopoiesis clonality studies, assessment of RAS mutations, and genomic instability studies using glycophorin A assays.

III. To determine if high-resolution microarray genomic analysis of TMD blasts (using Affymetrix SNP Genechip technology to assess gene expression, copy number variation, and loss of heterozygosity) can predict the development of subsequent leukemia.

IV. To determine the relationship of minimal residual disease (monitored by peripheral blood flow cytometry and GATA1 mutational studies) to clinical remission status and development of subsequent leukemia within each mortality-risk group of TMD patients.

V. To evaluate the relationship between karyotype (including FISH analysis) and subsequent leukemia in TMD patients.

VI. To examine pharmacogenetics and in vitro drug sensitivity to cytarabine (MTT assay) in blasts from TMD patients.

VII. To examine the relationship of functional polymorphisms in Phase I and Phase II drug detoxification genes, DNA repair, and DNA synthesis pathways that may modify susceptibility to leukemia and outcome in TMD patients.

VIII. To determine the relationship between fibrosis-associated serum factors (e.g., platelet-derived growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, N-terminal peptide of III procollagen, type IV collagen, and hyaluronic acid) and event-free survival.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients undergo peripheral blood collection periodically for biomarker analysis. Samples are analyzed for GATA1 mutations by real-time PCR, polymorphisms, cytogenetics, and K-RAS mutations, gene expression, drug sensitivity patterns, and minimal residual disease by flow cytometry.

Patients are followed up periodically for 5 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
180
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis of transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD) at < 90 days of age and meeting 1 of the following criteria:

    • A diagnosis of Down syndrome or Down syndrome mosaicism AND non-erythroid and non-lymphoid blasts (any amount) in the peripheral blood verified with a second sample

      • Patients with typical physical characteristics of Down syndrome are allowed before cytogenetic or FISH confirmation of the diagnosis
    • Trisomy 21-positive leukemic blasts documented by biopsy of any organ (including > 5% non-erythroid/non-lymphoid blasts documented by bone marrow aspirate or biopsy)

      • Infants with isolated trisomy 21 positivity identified only in the leukemic blasts are allowed
  • Institutional immunophenotype characterization is required for study enrollment

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Ancillary-correlativeDiagnostic Laboratory Biomarker AnalysisPatients undergo peripheral blood collection periodically for biomarker analysis. Samples are analyzed for GATA1 mutations by real-time PCR, polymorphisms, cytogenetics, and K-RAS mutations, gene expression, drug sensitivity patterns, and minimal residual disease by flow cytometry.
Ancillary-correlativePharmacological StudyPatients undergo peripheral blood collection periodically for biomarker analysis. Samples are analyzed for GATA1 mutations by real-time PCR, polymorphisms, cytogenetics, and K-RAS mutations, gene expression, drug sensitivity patterns, and minimal residual disease by flow cytometry.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Event-free survivalUp to 5 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall survivalUp to 5 years
Incidence of TMD-related mortalityUp to 5 years
Incidence of subsequent leukemia for patients with resolved TMDUp to 5 years

Trial Locations

Locations (189)

UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

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Dallas, Texas, United States

UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Valley Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Madera, California, United States

Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Seattle Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Riley Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Nevada Cancer Research Foundation CCOP

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

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San Diego, California, United States

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Duke University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Children's Hospital of San Antonio

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus

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San Francisco, California, United States

UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Primary Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Children's Hospital of Orange County

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Loma Linda University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Loma Linda, California, United States

Kaiser Permanente-Oakland

🇺🇸

Oakland, California, United States

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach

🇺🇸

Long Beach, California, United States

Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland

🇺🇸

Oakland, California, United States

Memorial Health University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Providence Alaska Medical Center

🇺🇸

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Arkansas Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University

🇺🇸

Palo Alto, California, United States

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Lee Memorial Health System

🇺🇸

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Hollywood, Florida, United States

Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center

🇺🇸

Downey, California, United States

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Michigan State University Clinical Center

🇺🇸

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Medical City Dallas Hospital

🇺🇸

Dallas, Texas, United States

Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center

🇺🇸

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Mount Sinai Hospital

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Driscoll Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center at Saint Francis

🇺🇸

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Albany Medical Center

🇺🇸

Albany, New York, United States

Bronson Methodist Hospital

🇺🇸

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola

🇺🇸

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Washington University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Saint Peter's University Hospital

🇺🇸

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

East Tennessee Childrens Hospital

🇺🇸

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida

🇺🇸

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Geisinger Medical Center

🇺🇸

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Baystate Medical Center

🇺🇸

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn

🇺🇸

Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

University of Illinois

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Hurley Medical Center

🇺🇸

Flint, Michigan, United States

Eastern Maine Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bangor, Maine, United States

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Buffalo, New York, United States

Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate

🇺🇸

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health

🇺🇸

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Springfield, Illinois, United States

The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York

🇺🇸

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Sanford Broadway Medical Center

🇺🇸

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Mercy Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Toledo, Ohio, United States

Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth

🇺🇸

Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Saint Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

British Columbia Children's Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

🇺🇸

Akron, Ohio, United States

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

🇺🇸

Newark, New Jersey, United States

The Toledo Hospital/Toledo Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Toledo, Ohio, United States

NYU Winthrop Hospital

🇺🇸

Mineola, New York, United States

Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Mercy Hospital Saint Louis

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Janeway Child Health Centre

🇨🇦

Saint John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Nationwide Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Morristown Medical Center

🇺🇸

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

🇺🇸

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

🇺🇸

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Columbia Regional

🇺🇸

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Hackensack University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Mission Hospital Inc-Memorial Campus

🇺🇸

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

New York Medical College

🇺🇸

Valhalla, New York, United States

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Livingston, New Jersey, United States

Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Paterson, New Jersey, United States

Overlook Hospital

🇺🇸

Summit, New Jersey, United States

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center

🇺🇸

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Penn State Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center Green Bay

🇺🇸

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls

🇺🇸

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

🇦🇺

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences

🇨🇦

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-Amarillo

🇺🇸

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Brooke Army Medical Center

🇺🇸

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec

🇨🇦

Quebec, Canada

University of Virginia Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Madigan Army Medical Center

🇺🇸

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Children's Hospital

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

University of Vermont and State Agricultural College

🇺🇸

Burlington, Vermont, United States

T C Thompson Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

Inova Fairfax Hospital

🇺🇸

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Monash Medical Center-Clayton Campus

🇦🇺

Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Royal Children's Hospital

🇦🇺

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Hospital for Sick Children

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

IWK Health Centre

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Kingston Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

West Virginia University Charleston Division

🇺🇸

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Covenant Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Lubbock, Texas, United States

San Jorge Children's Hospital

🇵🇷

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Cook Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

🇺🇸

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ascension Saint John Hospital

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Phoenix Childrens Hospital

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Children's Hospital of Alabama

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Oregon Health and Science University

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Mayo Clinic

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

University of Nebraska Medical Center

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Children's Hospital Colorado

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Tampa General Hospital

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

CancerCare Manitoba

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Saint Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute

🇺🇸

Boise, Idaho, United States

Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Sutter Medical Center Sacramento

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

AdventHealth Orlando

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Yale University

🇺🇸

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic - Orlando

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

UF Cancer Center at Orlando Health

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Nemours Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Norton Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

C S Mott Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

🇺🇸

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

USA Health Strada Patient Care Center

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center

🇺🇸

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Stony Brook University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Stony Brook, New York, United States

Prisma Health Richland Hospital

🇺🇸

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Saint Mary's Hospital

🇺🇸

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies

🇺🇸

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

East Carolina University

🇺🇸

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

🇺🇸

Syracuse, New York, United States

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Medical University of South Carolina

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Tulane University Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Children's Hospital New Orleans

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville

🇺🇸

Gainesville, Florida, United States

University of Hawaii Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Blank Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

University of New Mexico Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

University of Rochester

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

Dayton Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Rhode Island Hospital

🇺🇸

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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