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Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bortezomib in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Stage II-IV T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

A Phase III Randomized Trial Investigating Bortezomib (NSC# 681239) on a Modified Augmented BFM (ABFM) Backbone in Newly Diagnosed T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL) and T-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (T-LLy)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02112916
Enrollment
847
Registered
2014-04-14
Start date
2014-10-04
Completion date
2026-09-16
Last updated
2025-12-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adult T Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Ann Arbor Stage II Adult Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Ann Arbor Stage II Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Ann Arbor Stage III Adult Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Ann Arbor Stage III Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Ann Arbor Stage IV Adult Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Ann Arbor Stage IV Childhood Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Childhood T Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Brief summary

This randomized phase III trial compares how well combination chemotherapy works when given with or without bortezomib in treating patients with newly diagnosed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or stage II-IV T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. Bortezomib may help reduce the number of leukemia or lymphoma cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It may also help chemotherapy work better by making cancer cells more sensitive to the drugs. It is not yet known if giving standard chemotherapy with or without bortezomib is more effective in treating newly diagnosed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To compare event-free survival (EFS) in patients with newly diagnosed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LLy) who are randomized to a modified augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (ABFM) backbone versus bortezomib plus the modified ABFM backbone. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the safety and feasibility of modifying standard therapy for T-ALL and T-LLy based on the results of UKALL 2003, which includes a dexamethasone-based induction, additional doses of pegaspargase (PEG-ASP) during induction and delayed intensification (DI), and dexamethasone pulses during maintenance therapy. II. To determine if prophylactic (presymptomatic) cranial radiation therapy (CRT) can be safely and effectively eliminated in the 85-90% of T-ALL patients classified as standard or intermediate risk. III. To determine the proportion of end of consolidation (EOC) minimal residual disease (MRD) \>= 0.1% T-ALL patients who become MRD negative (undetectable by flow cytometry) after intensification of chemotherapy, using three high risk (HR) BFM blocks, and to compare EFS between the patients who become MRD negative after the three HR BFM blocks and continue on chemotherapy with those who continue to have detectable MRD and are eligible for other treatment strategies, including hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). IV. To compare the EFS between very high risk (induction failure) T-LLy patients treated with HR BFM intensification blocks who have partial or complete response (PR or CR) with those who do not respond (NR). CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES: I. To investigate the prognostic significance of day 29 bone marrow (BM) MRD in T-LLy patients. II. To determine if protein expression patterns can predict bortezomib response and drug resistance in T-ALL. III. To analyze and target relevant signaling pathways in T-ALL blasts, focusing on early T cell precursor (ETP) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. Patients are risk assigned based on data from end of induction and/or consolidation therapy; this then modifies the subsequent therapy received. T-ALL Risk Group Definitions: Standard Risk (SR): CNS1\*, lumbar puncture prior to steroid therapy (not steroid pretreated), Day 29 (end of induction) bone marrow M1, Day 29 bone marrow minimal residual disease (MRD) \<=0.01%, no testicular leukemia at diagnosis. Intermediate Risk (IR): Not SR or VHR. Very High Risk (VHR): M3 marrow at Day 29 and/or end of consolidation (EOC) MRD \>=0.1%. \*CNS2 and CNS3 cannot be SR and are assigned to IR or VHR based on marrow response. T-LL Risk Group Definitions: Standard Risk (SR): CNS1\*, MRD at diagnosis \<1% in bone marrow, lumbar puncture prior to steroid therapy (not steroid pretreated), Day 29 (end of induction) complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). Intermediate Risk (IR): Not SR or VHR. Very High Risk (VHR): Stable Disease (SD)/No response (NR) at Day 29 (End of Induction). \*CNS2 and CNS3 cannot be SR and are assigned to IR or VHR based on radiographic response. ARM A INDUCTION: Patients receive cytarabine intrathecally (IT) at time of diagnostic lumbar puncture (if within 72 hours from start of protocol therapy) OR day 1; vincristine sulfate intravenously (IV) over 1 minute on days 1, 8, 15, and 22; dexamethasone orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-28 (no taper); daunorubicin hydrochloride IV over 1-15 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, and 22; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on days 4 and 18; and methotrexate IT on days 8 and 29 (and on days 15 and 22 for central nervous system 3 involvement \[CNS3\] T-ALL patients). ARM A CONSOLIDATION: Beginning on day 36 from Induction, patients receive methotrexate IT on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 (days 1 and 8 only for CNS3 T-ALL or CNS3 T-LLy patients); cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1 and 29; cytarabine IV over 1-30 minutes or subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-4, 8-11, 29-32, and 36-39; mercaptopurine PO once daily (QD) on days 1-14 and 29-42; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on days 15 and 43; and vincristine sulfate IV on days 15, 22, 43, and 50. Patients with persistent testicular disease undergo radiation therapy. Patients are then assigned to subsequent therapy according to risk assignment. Patients with standard risk (SR) disease receive Interim Maintenance with Capizzi methotrexate (CMTX); patients with intermediate risk (IR) disease receive Interim Maintenance with high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX), Delayed Intensification, and then Interim Maintenance with CMTX; and patients with very high risk (VHR) disease receive 3 HR Intensification Blocks, Delayed Intensification, and then Interim Maintenance with CMTX. ARM A CMTX INTERIM MAINTENANCE: Patients receive vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1, 11, 21, 31, and 41; methotrexate IV over 2-5 minutes (undiluted) or 10-15 minutes (diluted) on days 1, 11, 21, 31, and 41; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on days 2 and 22; and methotrexate IT on days 1 and 31. The next course (based on risk assignment) begins on day 57 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM A DELAYED INTENSIFICATION: Patients receive vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1, 8, 15, 43, and 50; dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-7 and 15-21; doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 15 minutes on days, 1, 8, and 15; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on days 4, 18, and 43; methotrexate IT on days 1, 29, and 36; cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on day 29; cytarabine IV over 1-30 minutes or SC on days 29-32 and 36-39; and thioguanine PO on days 29-42. The next course (based on risk assignment) begins on day 64 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM A HDMTX INTERIM MAINTENANCE: Patients receive high-dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on days 1, 15, 29, and 43; leucovorin calcium IV or PO on days 3-4, 17-18, 31-32, and 45-46; vincristine sulfate IV on days 1, 15, 29, and 43; mercaptopurine PO QD on days 1-56; and methotrexate IT on days 1 and 29. The next course (based on randomization assignment) begins on day 57 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM A INTENSIFICATION BLOCK I: Patients receive dexamethasone IV or PO BID on days 1-5; high-dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on day 1; leucovorin calcium IV or PO on days 3-4; vincristine sulfate IV on days 1 and 6; cyclophosphamide IV over 1-6 hours on days 2-4; high-dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours every 12 hours on day 5; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on day 6; and triple IT therapy comprising methotrexate IT, hydrocortisone IT, and cytarabine IT on day 1. The next course (Intensification Block II) begins on day 22 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM A INTENSIFICATION BLOCK II: Patients receive dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5; high-dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on day 1; leucovorin calcium PO or IV on days 3-4; vincristine sulfate IV on days 1 and 6; ifosfamide IV over 1 hour every 12 hours on days 2-4; daunorubicin hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on day 5; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on day 6; and triple IT therapy on day 1 as in Intensification Block I. The next course (Intensification Block III) begins on day 22 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM A INTENSIFICATION BLOCK III: Patients receive dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5; high-dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours every 12 hours on days 1-2; etoposide IV over 1-2 hours every 12 hours on days 3-5; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on day 6; and triple IT therapy on day 5 as in Intensification Block I. The next course (based on randomization) begins on day 22 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM A MAINTENANCE THERAPY: All patients receive vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1, 29, and 57; dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5, 29-33, and 57-61; mercaptopurine PO on days 1-84; methotrexate PO on days 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, and 78 (omit day 29 for SR patients during the first 4 cycles); methotrexate IT on day 1 (and day 29 during the first 4 cycles for SR patients and during the first 2 cycles for IR patients). Patients with CNS1-3VHR and CNS2 VHR, and CNS3 IR disease also undergo cranial radiation therapy during the first 4 weeks (cycle 1). Treatment in female patients with T-ALL and patients with T-LLY repeats every 12 weeks for up to 2 years from the start of Interim Maintenance (week 119). Treatment in male patients with T-ALL repeats every 12 weeks for up to 3 years from the start of Interim Maintenance (week 171). ARM B INDUCTION: Patients receive bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 1, 4, 8, and 11(1.3 mg/m\^2 per dose); and cytarabine, vincristine sulfate, dexamethasone, daunorubicin hydrochloride, pegaspargase, and methotrexate as in Induction Arm A. ARM B CONSOLIDATION: Beginning on day 36 from Induction, patients receive methotrexate IT on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 (days 1 and 8 only for CNS3 T-ALL or CNS3 T-LLy patients); cyclophosphamide IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1 and 29; cytarabine IV over 1-30 minutes or subcutaneously (SC) on days 1-4, 8-11, 29-32, and 36-39; mercaptopurine PO once daily (QD) on days 1-14 and 29-42; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on days 15 and 43; and vincristine sulfate IV on days 15, 22, 43, and 50. Patients with persistent testicular disease undergo radiation therapy. Patients are then assigned to subsequent therapy according to risk assignment. Patients with standard risk (SR) disease receive Interim Maintenance with Capizzi methotrexate (CMTX); patients with intermediate risk (IR) disease receive Interim Maintenance with high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX), Delayed Intensification, and then Interim Maintenance with CMTX; and patients with very high risk (VHR) disease receive 3 HR Intensification Blocks, Delayed Intensification, and then Interim Maintenance with CMTX. ARM B CMTX INTERIM MAINTENANCE: Patients receive vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1, 11, 21, 31, and 41; methotrexate IV over 2-5 minutes (undiluted) or 10-15 minutes (diluted) on days 1, 11, 21, 31, and 41; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on days 2 and 22; and methotrexate IT on days 1 and 31. The next course (based on risk assignment) begins on day 57 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM B DELAYED INTENSIFICATION: Patients receive bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 1, 4, 15, and 18 (1.3 mg/m\^2 per dose); and vincristine sulfate, dexamethasone, doxorubicin hydrochloride, pegaspargase, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, and thioguanine as in Delayed Intensification Arm A. The next course (based on risk assignment) begins on day 64 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM B HDMTX INTERIM MAINTENANCE: Patients receive high-dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on days 1, 15, 29, and 43; leucovorin calcium IV or PO on days 3-4, 17-18, 31-32, and 45-46; vincristine sulfate IV on days 1, 15, 29, and 43; mercaptopurine PO QD on days 1-56; and methotrexate IT on days 1 and 29. The next course (based on randomization assignment) begins on day 57 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM B INTENSIFICATION BLOCK I: Patients receive dexamethasone IV or PO BID on days 1-5; high-dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on day 1; leucovorin calcium IV or PO on days 3-4; vincristine sulfate IV on days 1 and 6; cyclophosphamide IV over 1-6 hours on days 2-4; high-dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours every 12 hours on day 5; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on day 6; and triple IT therapy comprising methotrexate IT, hydrocortisone IT, and cytarabine IT on day 1. The next course (Intensification Block II) begins on day 22 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM B INTENSIFICATION BLOCK II: Patients receive dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5; high-dose methotrexate IV over 24 hours on day 1; leucovorin calcium PO or IV on days 3-4; vincristine sulfate IV on days 1 and 6; ifosfamide IV over 1 hour every 12 hours on days 2-4; daunorubicin hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on day 5; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on day 6; and triple IT therapy on day 1 as in Intensification Block I. The next course (Intensification Block III) begins on day 22 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM B INTENSIFICATION BLOCK III: Patients receive dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5; high-dose cytarabine IV over 3 hours every 12 hours on days 1-2; etoposide IV over 1-2 hours every 12 hours on days 3-5; pegaspargase IV over 1-2 hours on day 6; and triple IT therapy on day 5 as in Intensification Block I. The next course (based on randomization) begins on day 22 or when blood counts recover (whichever occurs later). ARM B MAINTENANCE THERAPY: All patients receive vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1, 29, and 57; dexamethasone PO BID or IV on days 1-5, 29-33, and 57-61; mercaptopurine PO on days 1-84; methotrexate PO on days 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, and 78 (omit day 29 for SR patients during the first 4 cycles); methotrexate IT on day 1 (and day 29 during the first 4 cycles for SR patients and during the first 2 cycles for IR patients). Patients with CNS1-3VHR and CNS2 VHR, and CNS3 IR disease also undergo cranial radiation therapy during the first 4 weeks (cycle 1). Treatment in female patients with T-ALL and patients with T-LLY repeats every 12 weeks for up to 2 years from the start of Interim Maintenance (week 119). Treatment in male patients with T-ALL repeats every 12 weeks for up to 3 years from the start of Interim Maintenance (week 171). All treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically for up to 10 years.

Interventions

DRUGDexamethasone

Given PO or IV

DRUGDoxorubicin

Given IV

DRUGDoxorubicin Hydrochloride

Given IV

DRUGEtoposide

Given IV

DRUGIfosfamide

Given IV

DRUGLeucovorin Calcium

Given PO or IV

DRUGMercaptopurine

Give PO

DRUGMethotrexate

Given IT, IV, or PO

DRUGPegaspargase

Given IV

RADIATIONRadiation Therapy

Undergo radiation therapy

DRUGThioguanine

Given PO

DRUGVincristine

Given IV

DRUGVincristine Sulfate

Given IV

DRUGBortezomib

Given IV

DRUGCyclophosphamide

Given IV

DRUGCytarabine

Given IT, IV, or SC

DRUGDaunorubicin

Given IV

DRUGDaunorubicin Hydrochloride

Given IV

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* T-ALL: T-ALL patients must be enrolled on AALL08B1 or Project:EveryChild (APEC14B1, if open for the classification of ALL patients) prior to treatment and enrollment on AALL1231 * All patients must be \> 1 and \< 31 years of age * Patients must have newly diagnosed T-lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) or T-lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LLy) stages II-IV * Note: a diagnosis of T-ALL is established when leukemic blasts lack myeloperoxidase or evidence of B-lineage derivation (cluster of differentiation \[CD\]19/CD22/CD20), and express either surface or cytoplasmic CD3 or two or more of the antigens CD8, CD7, CD5, CD4, CD2 or CD1a, and are present either in peripheral blood or \> 25% in the bone marrow; if surface CD3 is expressed on all leukemic cells, additional markers of immaturity, including terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), CD34 or CD99 will be assessed for expression; cases with uncertain expression will receive additional review within the appropriate Children's Oncology Group (COG) reference laboratory * For T-LLy patients with tissue available for flow cytometry, the criterion for diagnosis should be analogous to T-ALL; for tissue processed by other means (i.e. paraffin blocks), the methodology and criteria for immunophenotypic analysis to establish the diagnosis of T-LLy defined by the submitting institution will be accepted * All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent; assent, when appropriate, will be obtained according to institutional guidelines

Exclusion criteria

* Patients must not have received any cytotoxic chemotherapy for either the current diagnosis of T-ALL, T-L-Ly or for any cancer diagnosis prior to the initiation of protocol therapy on AALL1231, with the exception of: * Steroid pretreatment: prednisone or methylprednisolone for =\< 120 hours (5 days) in the 7 days prior to initiating induction chemotherapy or for =\< 336 hours (14 days) in the 28 days prior to initiating induction chemotherapy; prior exposure to ANY steroids that occurred \> 28 days before the initiation of protocol therapy does not affect eligibility; the dose of prednisone or methylprednisolone does not affect eligibility * Intrathecal cytarabine (the CNS status must be determined based on a sample obtained prior to administration of any systemic or intrathecal chemotherapy, except for steroid pretreatment) system chemotherapy must begin with 72 hours of this IT therapy; or * Pretreatment with hydroxyurea; or * 600 cGy of chest irradiation, if medically necessary * Pre-treatment with dexamethasone in the 28 days prior to initiation of protocol therapy is not allowed with the exception of a single dose of dexamethasone use during sedation to prevent or treat airway edema; inhalation steroids and topical steroids are not considered pretreatment * Pre-existing \>= grade 2 sensory or motor peripheral neurotoxicity * Uncontrolled seizure disorder * Diagnosis of Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) * Patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs; a pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential * Lactating females who plan to breastfeed * Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation * Patient has hypersensitivity to bortezomib, boron, or mannitol * Serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study * Participation in clinical trials with other investigational agents not included in this trial, within 14 days of the start of this trial and within 30 days of any dose of bortezomib

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Event-free Survival (EFS) for Modified Augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster Backbone With or Without Bortezomib in All Randomized Patients3 yearsEFS is calculated as time from randomization at study entry to first event (induction failure, induction death, relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or date of last contact. Three-year EFS rates will be calculated for both groups.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Toxicity Rates Associated With Modified Standard Therapy, Including Dexamethasone and Additional Pegaspargase3 years from start of therapy by patientPercentage of patients who experienced Grade 3 or higher Toxicity Assessed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4.0
EFS for Standard (SR) and Intermediate Risk (IR) T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no Cranial Radiation Therapy [CRT]) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Received CRT)3 yearsEFS is calculated as time from randomization at study entry to first event (induction failure, induction death, relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or date of last contact.
Cumulative Incidence Rates of Isolated Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapse for SR and IR T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no CRT) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Receive CRT)3 yearsCumulative incidence of isolated CNS relapse adjusting for competing risks using the method of: Gray R, A class of K-sample tests for comparing the cumulative incidence of a competing risk. Ann Stat 1141:1154, 1988
EFS for Very High Risk (VHR) T-ALL Patients Treated With High Risk (HR) Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) Intensification Blocks Who Become Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Negative and Those Who Remain MRD Positive at the End of HR Block 33 yearsEFS will be calculated as time from the end of the three high-risk blocks of therapy to first event (relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or date of last contact.
EFS for Very High Risk (VHR) T-LLy Patients Treated With HR Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) Intensification Blocks Who Have Complete or Partial Remission and Those Who do Not Respond3 yearsEFS for very high risk (VHR) T-LLy patients treated with HR Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) intensification blocks who have complete or partial remission and those who do not respond

Countries

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy): T-ALL
Patients receive combination chemotherapy without bortezomib.
312
Arm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib): T-ALL
Patients received combination therapy with bortezomib (4 doses at 1.3mg/m2 during Induction and 4 doses at 1.3mg/m2 during Delayed Intensification)
315
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy): T-LLy
Patients receive combination chemotherapy without bortezomib.
111
Arm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib): T-LLy
Patients received combination therapy with bortezomib (4 doses at 1.3mg/m2 during Induction and 4 doses at 1.3mg/m2 during Delayed Intensification)
109
Total847

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003
Overall StudyAdverse Event6932
Overall StudyDeath9934
Overall StudyDevelopment of SMN1001
Overall StudyIdentified to have Ph+ T-ALL0100
Overall StudyIdentified to have Ph+ T-Lly0010
Overall StudyIneligible4838
Overall StudyInevaluable6455
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up1000
Overall StudyPhysician Decision94722415
Overall StudyRefusal of further protocol therapy191617
Overall StudyRelapse/Progression1018152
Overall StudyStill on Therapy444732
Overall StudyVHR T-ALL who have an M2/M3 marrow and/or detectable MRD by end of the 3 HR Intensification Blocks5500
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject5311

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicArm A (Combination Chemotherapy): T-ALLArm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib): T-ALLArm A (Combination Chemotherapy): T-LLyArm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib): T-LLyTotal
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
285 Participants296 Participants102 Participants97 Participants780 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
27 Participants19 Participants9 Participants12 Participants67 Participants
Age, Continuous10.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.7
10.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.6
12.0 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.3
12.3 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.2
10.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.6
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
52 Participants62 Participants17 Participants15 Participants146 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
236 Participants228 Participants86 Participants89 Participants639 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
24 Participants25 Participants8 Participants5 Participants62 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
3 Participants2 Participants0 Participants0 Participants5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
15 Participants11 Participants5 Participants1 Participants32 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
35 Participants37 Participants21 Participants17 Participants110 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
6 Participants6 Participants1 Participants0 Participants13 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
2 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
34 Participants33 Participants13 Participants17 Participants97 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
217 Participants225 Participants71 Participants74 Participants587 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Australia
6 participants7 participants3 participants2 participants18 participants
Region of Enrollment
Canada
12 participants6 participants3 participants5 participants26 participants
Region of Enrollment
New Zealand
0 participants7 participants0 participants0 participants7 participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
294 participants295 participants105 participants102 participants796 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
64 Participants96 Participants28 Participants25 Participants213 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
248 Participants219 Participants83 Participants84 Participants634 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
38 / 30838 / 30723 / 1089 / 101
other
Total, other adverse events
231 / 308217 / 30786 / 10874 / 101
serious
Total, serious adverse events
56 / 308153 / 30725 / 10860 / 101

Outcome results

Primary

Event-free Survival (EFS) for Modified Augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster Backbone With or Without Bortezomib in All Randomized Patients

EFS is calculated as time from randomization at study entry to first event (induction failure, induction death, relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or date of last contact. Three-year EFS rates will be calculated for both groups.

Time frame: 3 years

Population: As pre-specified in the protocol, this analysis includes all eligible patients (T-ALL+T-LLy) enrolled on the study. Arms were combined for this analysis as pre-specified in the protocol.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy)Event-free Survival (EFS) for Modified Augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster Backbone With or Without Bortezomib in All Randomized Patients81.7 Percentage of participants
Arm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib)Event-free Survival (EFS) for Modified Augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster Backbone With or Without Bortezomib in All Randomized Patients85.1 Percentage of participants
Comparison: To compare the EFS of the randomized patients (T-ALL+T-LLy) on Arm A vs Arm B. Study was designed to accrue 1200 eligible, evaluable randomized patients (to provide 90.5% power to detect an improvement in 4-year EFS from 85% to 90% with an alpha of 0.05 (one-sided log-rank test) (Hazard Ratio (HR)=0.6483). Study was closed to accrual early due to results from AALL0434 for nelarabine.p-value: 0.07495% CI: [0.561, 1.091]Log Rank
Secondary

Cumulative Incidence Rates of Isolated Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapse for SR and IR T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no CRT) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Receive CRT)

Cumulative incidence of isolated CNS relapse adjusting for competing risks using the method of: Gray R, A class of K-sample tests for comparing the cumulative incidence of a competing risk. Ann Stat 1141:1154, 1988

Time frame: 3 years

Population: T-ALL patients on AALL1231 who did not receive CRT or bortezomib: IR (exclude CNS3) and SR T-ALL (exclude those who met AALL0434 \[NCT00408005\] Low Risk definition). T-ALL on AALL0434 \[NCT00408005\](who received CRT, no nelarabine) excluding Low Risk, CNS3, M3 Day 29, and EOC MRD \>0.1%

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy)Cumulative Incidence Rates of Isolated Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapse for SR and IR T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no CRT) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Receive CRT)Isolated CNS Relapse3.6 Percentage of participants
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy)Cumulative Incidence Rates of Isolated Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapse for SR and IR T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no CRT) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Receive CRT)Isolated Bone Marrow Relapse1.4 Percentage of participants
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy)Cumulative Incidence Rates of Isolated Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapse for SR and IR T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no CRT) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Receive CRT)Combined Bone Marrow Relapse1.3 Percentage of participants
Arm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib)Cumulative Incidence Rates of Isolated Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapse for SR and IR T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no CRT) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Receive CRT)Isolated CNS Relapse2.2 Percentage of participants
Arm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib)Cumulative Incidence Rates of Isolated Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapse for SR and IR T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no CRT) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Receive CRT)Isolated Bone Marrow Relapse3.0 Percentage of participants
Arm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib)Cumulative Incidence Rates of Isolated Central Nervous System (CNS) Relapse for SR and IR T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no CRT) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Receive CRT)Combined Bone Marrow Relapse1.8 Percentage of participants
Secondary

EFS for Standard (SR) and Intermediate Risk (IR) T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no Cranial Radiation Therapy [CRT]) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Received CRT)

EFS is calculated as time from randomization at study entry to first event (induction failure, induction death, relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or date of last contact.

Time frame: 3 years

Population: T-ALL patients on AALL1231 who did not receive CRT or bortezomib: IR (exclude CNS3) and SR T-ALL (exclude those who met AALL0434 \[NCT00408005\] Low Risk definition). T-ALL on AALL0434 \[NCT00408005\] (who received CRT, no nelarabine) excluding Low Risk, CNS3, M3 Day 29, and EOC MRD \>0.1%

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy)EFS for Standard (SR) and Intermediate Risk (IR) T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no Cranial Radiation Therapy [CRT]) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Received CRT)88.3 Percentage of participants
Arm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib)EFS for Standard (SR) and Intermediate Risk (IR) T-ALL Patients on the Non-bortezomib Containing Arm on This Study (no Cranial Radiation Therapy [CRT]) and Similar Patients on AALL0434 (Received CRT)88.8 Percentage of participants
Secondary

EFS for Very High Risk (VHR) T-ALL Patients Treated With High Risk (HR) Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) Intensification Blocks Who Become Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Negative and Those Who Remain MRD Positive at the End of HR Block 3

EFS will be calculated as time from the end of the three high-risk blocks of therapy to first event (relapse, second malignancy, remission death) or date of last contact.

Time frame: 3 years

Population: VHR T-ALL patients who had EOC MRD \>= 0.1%, completed the three high-risk blocks of therapy, and had MRD assessment done after the three high-risk blocks. MRD was not performed in T-LLy patients at end of the VHR blocks. MRD is not used in T-LLy to measure disease response. This outcome measure was pre-specified to only be assessed in the T-ALL patients.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy)EFS for Very High Risk (VHR) T-ALL Patients Treated With High Risk (HR) Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) Intensification Blocks Who Become Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Negative and Those Who Remain MRD Positive at the End of HR Block 325.0 Percentage of participants
Arm B (Combination Chemotherapy, Bortezomib)EFS for Very High Risk (VHR) T-ALL Patients Treated With High Risk (HR) Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) Intensification Blocks Who Become Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Negative and Those Who Remain MRD Positive at the End of HR Block 388.9 Percentage of participants
Secondary

EFS for Very High Risk (VHR) T-LLy Patients Treated With HR Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) Intensification Blocks Who Have Complete or Partial Remission and Those Who do Not Respond

EFS for very high risk (VHR) T-LLy patients treated with HR Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) intensification blocks who have complete or partial remission and those who do not respond

Time frame: 3 years

Population: VHR T-LL patients who completed the three high-risk blocks of therapy. The T-LLy VHR patients are included in the table, but there were not enough patients to do any formal analysis, eg there was only one patient (n=1) on the study with T-LLy who had radiographic disease assessment after the intensification blocks.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy)EFS for Very High Risk (VHR) T-LLy Patients Treated With HR Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) Intensification Blocks Who Have Complete or Partial Remission and Those Who do Not Respond0 Percentage of participants
Secondary

Toxicity Rates Associated With Modified Standard Therapy, Including Dexamethasone and Additional Pegaspargase

Percentage of patients who experienced Grade 3 or higher Toxicity Assessed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4.0

Time frame: 3 years from start of therapy by patient

Population: As pre-specified in the protocol, this analysis includes all eligible patients (T-ALL+T-LLy) enrolled on the study.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm A (Combination Chemotherapy)Toxicity Rates Associated With Modified Standard Therapy, Including Dexamethasone and Additional Pegaspargase78.0 Percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 15, 2026