An Open-label, Phase II Study to Explore the Safety and Efficacy of Imatinib With Chemotherapy in Pediatric Patients With Ph+ / BCR-ABL+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ALL)
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Standard chemotherapy + Imatinib
- Conditions
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 49
- Locations
- 22
- Primary Endpoint
- Disease free survival (DFS). DFS will be calculated as the time from inclusion to either one of the following events: relapse, death in CCR, second malignancies.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Imatinib is safe and effective in association with intensive treatment of Ph+ALL in children.
Detailed Description
Recent advances in treatment have increased the cure of childhood ALL to 75% or better. However, attempts to improve results for resistant subtypes of ALL, such as Ph+ ALL, have been largely unsuccessful. Imatinib, an inhibitor of protein-tyrosine kinases, is currently being tested in several phase I, II and III trials covering most Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patient populations and patients with overtly relapsed or refractory Ph+ALL. Pediatric patients with Ph+ALL will receive Imatinib, added to intensive, post-induction BFM-type chemotherapy. The endpoint will be the evaluation on the long-term clinical outcome, in particular on the Disease Free Survival (DFS).
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Children and adolescents aged 1 to 17 years at diagnostic
- •Documented Ph+ ALL
- •Eligibility for the current local prospective therapeutic study of childhood ALL
- •Informed consent given by the parents or by legal guardian
Exclusion Criteria
- •Abnormal hepatic functions
- •Abnormal renal functions
- •Active systemic bacterial, fungal or viral infection
Arms & Interventions
Good risk Ph+ALL
For protocols which adopt a steroid prephase: patients who are Prednisone-good responder and achieve CR after the induction course. For protocols which do not adopt steroid prephase: patients who have M1/M2 BM at day 15 or M1 BM at day 21 and achieve CR after the induction course. Expected stratification in this group: 70-75%.
Intervention: Standard chemotherapy + Imatinib
Poor risk Ph+ALL
For protocols which adopt a steroid prephase: patients who are Prednisone poor-responders. For protocol which do not adopt a steroid prephase: patients who have M3 BM at day 15 or M2/M3 BM at day 21. For all protocols: patients who do not achieve CR after the induction course. Expected stratification: 25-30%.
Intervention: Standard chemotherapy + Imatinib
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Disease free survival (DFS). DFS will be calculated as the time from inclusion to either one of the following events: relapse, death in CCR, second malignancies.
Time Frame: 2 years
Secondary Outcomes
- Pattern of molecular response (MRD)(5 time points between S4 and S22)
- Compare long term outcome between patients treated by BFM-chemotherapy and patient undergoing more intensive chemotherapy (protocole COGAALL0031 : Children Oncology Group-USA).(2 years)
- Long-term clinical outcome : Disease free survival (DFS), Event-Free Survival (EFS) and Overall Survival (OS) in each risk groups.(2 years)
- Conversion rate to CR in patients resistant to the first part of the induction phase of chemotherapy included in the Poor-risk group.(2 years)