Etoposide, Prednisone, Vincristine Sulfate, Cyclophosphamide, and Doxorubicin Hydrochloride With Asparaginase in Treating Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, B Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Recurrent Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients must have a confirmed diagnosis of either B- or T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma that is either:
- Arm A: Initially diagnosed at age 40 or later, OR
- Arm B: Relapsed after or failed to respond to >= 1 previous chemotherapy regimen
- The regimen under study must constitute a reasonable therapeutic option
- Presence of >= 5% abnormal blasts in the bone marrow
- Patients with prior allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) must be at least 90 days post-HCT and must be on =< 20 mg of prednisone (or equivalent dose of an alternative corticosteroid) for treatment/prevention of graft-vs-host disease
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN; unless attributable to Gilbert's disease or other causes of inherited indirect hyperbilirubinemia, at which point total bilirubin must be =< 2.5 x ULN)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3.0 x institutional ULN
- Note: Patients with liver test abnormalities attributable to hepatic involvement by ALL will be permitted if the total bilirubin is =< 3.0 x ULN and ALT/AST are =< 5.0 x ULN
- Creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL; however, patients with a creatinine > 1.5 mg/dL but with a calculated creatinine clearance of > 60 ml/min, as measured by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation, will be eligible
- Measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) should be performed in patients with prior anthracycline exposure or known history of arrhythmia or structural heart disease; in these cases, LVEF must be >= 40%
- As patients with ALL frequently have cytopenias, no hematologic parameters will be required for enrollment or to receive the first cycle of treatment; however, adequate recovery of blood counts will be required to receive subsequent cycles
- Per good clinical practice, any toxicity related to prior therapies that, in the opinion of the investigator, would potentially be worsened with DA-EPOCH-A +/- imatinib (imatinib mesylate) +/- rituximab, should be resolved to grade 1 or less
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 2
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and must agree to the use of effective contraception while on treatment; men must also agree to the use of effective contraception while on treatment
- Ability to give informed consent and comply with the protocol
- Anticipated survival of at least 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia
Patients must not have received chemotherapy within 14 days of enrollment, with the two following exceptions:
- Routine systemic maintenance therapy (e.g., Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1 [ABL] kinase inhibitor, methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine, vincristine, etc.) and intrathecal/intraventricular therapy
- Systemic therapy for the acute management of hyperleukocytosis or acute symptoms (e.g., corticosteroids, cytarabine, etc.)
- May not have prior malignancies unless the expected survival is at least 2 years
- For patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) ALL, they must not have progressed within 3 months of receiving imatinib or have a documented ABL kinase mutation known to confer resistance to imatinib (e.g., T315I)
- Patients with persistent grade 2 or higher peripheral sensory or motor neuropathy of any cause
- Patients with isolated extramedullary disease or with parenchymal central nervous system (CNS) disease
- Known hypersensitivity or intolerance to any of the agents under investigation
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or evidence of infection with hepatitis B or C virus, as defined by any of the following criteria (if patients have not previously been tested for the following, these will be conducted during screening):
- HIV antibody positive
- Hepatitis B surface antigen or core antibody positive
- Hepatitis C antibody positive
- Other medical or psychiatric conditions that in the opinion of the investigator would preclude safe participation in the protocol
- May not be pregnant or nursing
Sites / Locations
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Treatment (DA-EPOCH-A)
Patients receive etoposide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and vincristine sulfate IV continuously over days 1-4, cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on day 5, and prednisone PO BID on days 1-5. Patients also receive asparaginase IM or IV over 1-2 hours every 2-3 days, beginning day 7 of each course. Patients who are CD20 positive and Philadelphia chromosome negative also receive rituximab IV on day 1 or 5. Patients who are Philadelphia chromosome positive also receive imatinib mesylate PO on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.