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The Pediatric Acute Leukemia (PedAL) Screening Trial - A Study to Test Bone Marrow and Blood in Children With Leukemia That Has Come Back After Treatment or Is Difficult to Treat - A Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Children's Oncology Group Study

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
Myelodysplastic Syndrome Post Cytotoxic Therapy
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Post Cytotoxic Therapy
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Myeloid Leukemia Associated With Down Syndrome
Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia
Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Interventions
Procedure: Biospecimen Collection
Registration Number
NCT04726241
Lead Sponsor
LLS PedAL Initiative, LLC
Brief Summary

This study aims to use clinical and biological characteristics of acute leukemias to screen for patient eligibility for available pediatric leukemia sub-trials. Testing bone marrow and blood from patients with leukemia that has come back after treatment or is difficult to treat may provide information about the patient's leukemia that is important when deciding how to best treat it, and may help doctors find better ways to diagnose and treat leukemia in children, adolescents, and young adults.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To utilize clinical and biological characteristics of acute leukemias to screen for patient eligibility for available phase I/II Pediatric Acute Leukemia (PedAL) sub-trials.

II. To maintain a longitudinal and comprehensive registry, as well as a specimen bank, from relapse in children and young adults with acute leukemias.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo collection of blood and/or bone marrow samples at baseline, end of treatment cycle(s), and at relapse/refractory disease status (if applicable).

After completion of study, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
960
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients must be less than 22 years of age at the time of study enrollment

  • Patient must have one of the following at the time of study enrollment:

    • Patient has known or suspected relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) AML as defined in protocol

      • This includes isolated myeloid sarcoma
    • Patient has known or suspected relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome (ML-DS)

    • Patient has known or suspected relapsed ALL as defined in protocol that meets one of the following criteria:

      • Second or greater B-ALL medullary relapse, excluding KMT2Ar
      • Any first or greater B-ALL medullary relapse involving KMT2Ar
      • Any first or greater T-ALL medullary relapse with or without KMT2Ar
    • Patient has known or suspected relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) as defined in protocol

    • Patient has known or suspected de novo or relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) treatment-related AML (t-AML)

    • Patient has known or suspected de novo or relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or treatment-related myelodysplastic syndrome (t-MDS)

      • Note: Relapsed/refractory disease includes stable disease, progressive disease, and disease relapse.
    • Patient has known or suspected de novo or relapsed/refractory (including primary refractory) juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)

      • Note: Relapsed/refractory disease includes stable disease, progressive disease, and disease relapse.
  • All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent

  • All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Screening (biospecimen collection)Biospecimen CollectionPatients undergo collection of blood and/or bone marrow samples at baseline, end of treatment cycle(s), and at relapse/refractory disease status (if applicable).
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients with identification of a priori specified genomic and immunophenotypic targets who enroll on a sub-trialUp to 5 years

The proportion will be calculated as the percent of eligible patients who are identified to have an a priori specified genomic or immunophenotypic target and who enroll on at least one of the sub-trials. The corresponding confidence interval will be constructed.

Maintain a longitudinal and comprehensive registry, as well as specimen bank of children and young adults with acute leukemiasUp to 5 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (178)

Children's Hospital of Alabama

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

USA Health Strada Patient Care Center

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Providence Alaska Medical Center

🇺🇸

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Banner Children's at Desert

🇺🇸

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Phoenix Childrens Hospital

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Banner University Medical Center - Tucson

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Arkansas Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center

🇺🇸

Downey, California, United States

Loma Linda University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Loma Linda, California, United States

Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach

🇺🇸

Long Beach, California, United States

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Valley Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Madera, California, United States

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

🇺🇸

Oakland, California, United States

Kaiser Permanente-Oakland

🇺🇸

Oakland, California, United States

Children's Hospital of Orange County

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University

🇺🇸

Palo Alto, California, United States

Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

Children's Hospital Colorado

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

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

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Yale University

🇺🇸

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Children's National Medical Center

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Broward Health Medical Center

🇺🇸

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida

🇺🇸

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville

🇺🇸

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Hollywood, Florida, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Nicklaus Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Nemours Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Sacred Heart Hospital

🇺🇸

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States

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

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

Saint Mary's Medical Center

🇺🇸

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Memorial Health University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise

🇺🇸

Boise, Idaho, United States

Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Illinois

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Loyola University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Maywood, Illinois, United States

Advocate Children's Hospital-Park Ridge

🇺🇸

Park Ridge, Illinois, United States

Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate

🇺🇸

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Springfield, Illinois, United States

Riley Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Ascension Saint Vincent Indianapolis Hospital

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Blank Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Norton Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Children's Hospital New Orleans

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Maine Children's Cancer Program

🇺🇸

Scarborough, Maine, United States

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

C S Mott Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Children's Hospital of Michigan

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Michigan State University Clinical Center

🇺🇸

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Bronson Methodist Hospital

🇺🇸

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Children's

🇺🇸

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center

🇺🇸

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

University of Missouri Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Washington University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Mercy Hospital Saint Louis

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

University of Nebraska Medical Center

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Renown Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Reno, Nevada, United States

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Hackensack University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Morristown Medical Center

🇺🇸

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Saint Peter's University Hospital

🇺🇸

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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

🇺🇸

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Paterson, New Jersey, United States

University of New Mexico Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Albany Medical Center

🇺🇸

Albany, New York, United States

Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

Maimonides Medical Center

🇺🇸

Brooklyn, New York, United States

NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island

🇺🇸

Mineola, New York, United States

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

🇺🇸

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

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

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

University of Rochester

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

Stony Brook University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Stony Brook, New York, United States

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

🇺🇸

Syracuse, New York, United States

New York Medical College

🇺🇸

Valhalla, New York, United States

Mission Hospital

🇺🇸

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center

🇺🇸

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

University of Alberta Hospital

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Duke University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Durham, North Carolina, United States

East Carolina University

🇺🇸

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

🇺🇸

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Sanford Broadway Medical Center

🇺🇸

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

🇺🇸

Akron, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Nationwide Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Dayton Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Dayton, Ohio, United States

ProMedica Toledo Hospital/Russell J Ebeid Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Toledo, Ohio, United States

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Oregon Health and Science University

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest

🇺🇸

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Geisinger Medical Center

🇺🇸

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Penn State Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Rhode Island Hospital

🇺🇸

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Medical University of South Carolina

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Prisma Health Richland Hospital

🇺🇸

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls

🇺🇸

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

East Tennessee Childrens Hospital

🇺🇸

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas

🇺🇸

Austin, Texas, United States

Driscoll Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Medical City Dallas Hospital

🇺🇸

Dallas, Texas, United States

UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

🇺🇸

Dallas, Texas, United States

El Paso Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

El Paso, Texas, United States

Cook Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

M D Anderson Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Covenant Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Lubbock, Texas, United States

UMC Cancer Center / UMC Health System

🇺🇸

Lubbock, Texas, United States

Children's Hospital of San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Primary Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

University of Virginia Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Inova Fairfax Hospital

🇺🇸

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

🇺🇸

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Carilion Children's

🇺🇸

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Seattle Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center

🇺🇸

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Madigan Army Medical Center

🇺🇸

Tacoma, Washington, United States

West Virginia University Healthcare

🇺🇸

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital

🇺🇸

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield

🇺🇸

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

The Children's Hospital at Westmead

🇦🇺

Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Queensland Children's Hospital

🇦🇺

South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Royal Children's Hospital

🇦🇺

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Perth Children's Hospital

🇦🇺

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Alberta Children's Hospital

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

British Columbia Children's Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

CancerCare Manitoba

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

IWK Health Centre

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Children's Hospital

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hospital for Sick Children

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke-Fleurimont

🇨🇦

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

CHU de Quebec-Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval (CHUL)

🇨🇦

Quebec, Canada

Starship Children's Hospital

🇳🇿

Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand

Christchurch Hospital

🇳🇿

Christchurch, New Zealand

HIMA San Pablo Oncologic Hospital

🇵🇷

Caguas, Puerto Rico

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