Comparison of Two Combination Chemotherapy Regimens in Treating Adults With Previously Untreated Leukemia or Lymphoma
- Conditions
- LeukemiaLymphoma
- Interventions
- Biological: dactinomycinBiological: sargramostimRadiation: radiation therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT00002766
- Lead Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which regimen of combination chemotherapy is more effective for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoblastic lymphoma, or chronic myelogenous leukemia.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying two different chemotherapy regimens and comparing them to see how well they work in treating adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoblastic lymphoma, or chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
* Compare the incidence of complete remission (CR) following induction with the ALL-2 regimen (cytarabine and high-dose mitoxantrone) vs the L-20 regimen (vincristine and prednisone) in previously untreated adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), lymphoblastic lymphoma, and lymphoid blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemia.
* Compare the time to CR, length of hospital stay, efficacy of treatment in Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL, and the proportion of patients achieving durable (greater than 5 years) remission in each treatment regimen.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating institution and antecedent lymphoid blast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.
Arm I:
* Patients receive induction therapy consisting of cytarabine IV over 3 hours on days 1-5 with high-dose mitoxantrone IV on day 3 and methotrexate intrathecally on days 2 and 4. Patients receive sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously or IV over 4 hours beginning on day 7 and continuing until blood counts recover.
* At 7-14 days following induction therapy, patients receive consolidation therapy consisting of vincristine IV on days 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, oral prednisone 2-3 times daily on days 1-30 and methotrexate intrathecally on days 8, 15, 22, and 29.
* At 2-3 weeks following the last dose of vincristine, patients receive an additional course of consolidation therapy consisting of cyclophosphamide IV on day 1 and GM-CSF subcutaneously beginning on day 3 and continuing until blood counts recover.
* At 3-4 weeks following the second consolidation course, patients receive a third course of consolidation therapy consisting of cytarabine IV bolus on day 1 followed by continuous infusion cytarabine on days 1-4 with etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-3 and methotrexate intrathecally on days 2 and 4. Patients receive GM-CSF subcutaneously beginning on day 6 and continuing until blood counts recover.
* Following recovery from the third consolidation course, patients receive a fourth consolidation course consisting of pegaspargase IV or intramuscularly (IM) on day 1.
* Following recovery from consolidation therapy patients receive 2 sequences of maintenance therapy with sequence one consisting of vincristine IV on days 1 and 8, oral prednisone 2-3 times daily on days 1-8, doxorubicin IV on day 15, oral mercaptopurine 2-3 times daily on days 36-64, oral methotrexate on days 39, 46, 53, and 60, dactinomycin IV on day 85, and methotrexate intrathecally on days 36 and 43.
* At 2 weeks following sequence one of maintenance therapy, patients receive sequence two consisting of the same regimen as in the first sequence with the addition of cyclophosphamide IV and carmustine IV on day 15.
* Patients with CNS involvement receive whole brain radiotherapy in addition to chemotherapy regimens.
Arm II:
* Patients receive induction therapy consisting of vincristine IV on days 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, oral prednisone 2-3 times daily on days 1-29, cyclophosphamide IV on day 5, doxorubicin IV on days 23-25 and 42, methotrexate intrathecally on days 3, 5, 13, 16, 32, and 34 and GM-CSF subcutaneously or IV over 4 hours beginning from days 7 and 27 and continuing until blood counts recover.
* At approximately 3 weeks following induction therapy, patients receive consolidation therapy consisting of cytarabine IV bolus on day 1 followed by continuous infusion cytarabine on days 1-5, with daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and methotrexate intrathecally on days 2 and 4. Patients receive GM-CSF subcutaneously beginning on day 7 and continuing until blood counts recover.
* At 6-8 weeks following the first course of consolidation therapy, patients receive a second consolidation course consisting of cytarabine IV bolus on day 1 followed by continuous infusion cytarabine on days 1-4 with methotrexate IV on days 1-4 and methotrexate intrathecally on days 2 and 4. Patients receive GM-CSF subcutaneously beginning on day 6 and continuing until blood counts recover.
* At 6-8 weeks following the second course of consolidation therapy, patients receive a third consolidation course consisting of pegaspargase IV or IM on day 1.
* At 3-4 weeks following the third course of consolidation therapy, patients receive a fourth consolidation course consisting of cyclophosphamide IV on day 1.
* At 3 weeks following the completion of consolidation therapy, patients receive the same maintenance regimen as in Arm I.
Treatment continues in patients achieving complete response. Patients in both arms receive alternating sequences of maintenance therapy over 2 years.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 170
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") prednisone See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") dactinomycin See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") sargramostim See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") carmustine See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") cyclophosphamide See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") doxorubicin hydrochloride See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") mitoxantrone hydrochloride See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") pegaspargase See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") prednisone See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") vincristine sulfate See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") radiation therapy See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") sargramostim See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") carmustine See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") cyclophosphamide See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") cytarabine See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") daunorubicin hydrochloride See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") doxorubicin hydrochloride See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") methotrexate See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") pegaspargase See detail description Standard Vincristine/Prednisone ("L-20") vincristine sulfate See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") etoposide See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") cytarabine See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") mercaptopurine See detail description ARA-C/High-Dose Mitoxantrone("All-2") methotrexate See detail description
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Complete Remission (CR) 2 years complete remission (CR) Disappearance of all clinical evidence of leukemia for a minimum of four weeks. The patient should have a neutrophil count \> 1,000 x 10\^6/1, a platelet count \> 100,000 x 10\^9/1, no circulating blasts, and \< than or = to blasts on bone marrow differential in a qualitatively normal or hypercellular marrow. Progressive disease or failure: Increasing bone marrow infiltrate or development of organ failure or extramedullary infiltrates due to leukemia.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (7)
Stanford Cancer Center at Stanford University Medical Center
🇺🇸Stanford, California, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Durham, North Carolina, United States
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States
New York Medical College
🇺🇸Valhalla, New York, United States