Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Leukemia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Leukemia focused on measuring untreated childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Confirmed diagnosis of newly diagnosed B-precursor acute lymphocytic leukemia Standard risk (not low, high, or very high risk) Prior registration and treatment on POG 9900 Classification Study PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 1 to 21 at diagnosis Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy Not specified Chemotherapy Not specified Endocrine therapy Not specified Radiotherapy Not specified Surgery Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of South Alabama Cancer Research Institute
- Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
- Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
- Stanford Cancer Center at Stanford University Medical Center
- Sutter Cancer Center
- University of California Davis Cancer Center
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center/Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego
- Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Clara
- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Broward General Medical Center
- Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
- University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
- Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital at Memorial
- Nemours Children's Clinic
- University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Miami Children's Hospital
- Baptist-South Miami Regional Cancer Program
- Florida Hospital Cancer Institute
- Nemours Children's Clinic-Orlando
- Sacred Heart Children's Hospital
- All Children's Hospital
- St. Joseph's Children's Hospital
- Kaplan Cancer Center at St. Mary's Medical Center
- AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Scottish Rite Campus
- MBCCOP-Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
- Tripler Army Medical Center
- Rush University Medical Center
- Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago
- Advocate Hope Children's Hospital
- Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate
- Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center
- CCOP - Wichita
- Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center
- Wesley Medical Center
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- Tulane Cancer Center at Tulane University Hospital and Clinic
- Children's Hospital of New Orleans
- Ochsner Cancer Institute at Ochsner Clinic Foundation
- Pediatric Specialty Clinic at Eastern Maine Medical Center
- Maine Children's Cancer Program
- Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Floating Hospital for Children
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- UMASS Memorial Cancer Center - University Campus
- Children's Hospital of Michigan
- Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
- Hurley Medical Center
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Keesler Medical Center - Keesler Air Force Base
- University of Missouri - Columbia
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
- St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
- University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Schneider Children's Hospital
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Beth Israel Medical Center - Singer Division
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
- Long Island Cancer Center at Stony Brook University Hospital
- SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
- Mission Hospitals - Memorial Campus
- Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center
- Presbyterian Cancer Center at Presbyterian Hospital
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center at Pitt County Memorial Hospital
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Oklahoma University Medical Center
- Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center at St. Francis Hospital
- CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
- Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center & Children's Hospital
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
- Children's Hospital of Greenville Hospital System
- East Tennessee State University Cancer Center at Johnson City Medical Center
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Driscoll Children's Hospital
- Medical City Dallas Hospital
- Simmons Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
- Cook Children's Medical Center - Fort Worth
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- Texas Children's Cancer Center and Hematology Service at Texas Children's Hospital
- San Antonio Military Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- MBCCOP - South Texas Pediatrics
- CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
- Center for Cancer Prevention and Care at Scott and White Clinic
- Vermont Cancer Center at University of Vermont
- Cancer Center at the University of Virginia
- INOVA Fairfax Hospital
- Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth
- Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Carilion Medical Center for Children at Roanoke Community Hospital
- Madigan Army Medical Center
- West Virginia University - Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center - Charleston Division
- Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center at West Virginia University Hospitals
- St. Vincent Hospital
- CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
- Midwest Children's Cancer Center
- Children's Hospital at Westmead
- Royal Children's Hospital
- Royal Children's Hospital
- Alberta Children's Hospital
- Cross Cancer Institute
- McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Hospital for Sick Children
- Montreal Children's Hospital at McGill University Health Center
- Hopital Sainte Justine
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval
- University Medical Center Groningen
- San Jorge Children's Hospital
- Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Bern
- Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group Geneva
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Arm I
Arm II
Arm III
Arm IV
Patients receive IT methotrexate on day 1 followed by methotrexate IV over 20 minutes followed by methotrexate continuously over 23.6 hrs on wks 7, 10, 13, 16,19, and 22. At 42 hrs after the beginning of the methotrexate infusion, patients receive oral leucovorin calcium every 6 hrs for a total of 3 doses. Patients also receive oral mercaptopurine daily beginning on wk 5 and continuing until the completion of consolidation therapy; oral dexamethasone twice daily on days 1-7 of wks 8 and 17; and vincristine sulfate IV on day 1 of wks 8, 9, 17, and 18.
Patients receive methotrexate IV over 4 hours on weeks 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, and 22. At 42 hours after the beginning of the methotrexate infusion, patients receive oral leucovorin calcium as in arm I. Patients also receive mercaptopurine, dexamethasone, vincristine sulfate, and IT methotrexate as in arm I.
Patients receive methotrexate IV as in arm I on weeks 7, 10, 13, 24, 27, and 30; leucovorin calcium as in arm I; pegaspargase IM on day 2, 3, OR 4 of wk 16; oral mercaptopurine daily on wks 5-13, and from wk 24 until the completion of consolidation therapy. Patients also receive IT methotrexate as in arm I on wks 7, 10, 13, 16, 20, 21, and 30; oral dexamethasone 2x daily on weeks 8, 16-18, and 28 for a total of 35 days; vincristine sulfate IV on day 1 of wks 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 28, and 29; daunorubicin hydrochloride IV on day 1 of wks 16-18; cyclophosphamide IV over 30 minutes on day 1 of week 20; cytarabine IV or subcutaneously daily on days 2-5 of wks 20 and 21; and oral thioguanine daily on wks 20-21.
Patients receive methotrexate IV as in arm II on weeks 7, 10, 13, 24, 27, and 30; leucovorin calcium as in arm I; and pegaspargase, mercaptopurine, IT methotrexate, dexamethasone, vincristine sulfate, daunorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, and thioguanine as in arm III.