Status:

COMPLETED

Treatment of Older Adults With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Conditions:

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

51-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of a multi-drug regimen (which includes prednisone, vincristine, cytarabine, doxorubicin, 6 mercaptopurine, and methotrexate) whi...

Detailed Description

* This research study has stages of treatment as follows: 1) Induction 2) Consolidation 1 3) Stem cell of Bone Marrow Transplant (if the participant is eligible). If the participant does not have a tr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, excluding known mature B-cell ALL by the presence of any of the following: surface immunoglobulin, L3 morphology, t(8;14)(q24;q32), t(8;22), or t(2;8).
  • Patients with mature B-cell ALL will be removed from the protocol as soon as the diagnosis is made and should be treated on a B-cell leukemia protocol.
  • Patients with lymphoblastic lymphoma are also eligible
  • No prior anti-leukemic therapy except \<1 week of steroids, and/or emergent radiation therapy to the mediastinum, or hydroxyurea or emergent leukopheresis. Longer steroid use for diseases other than leukemia is permitted.
  • Age 51-75 years
  • Ejection fraction \> 45%
  • Creatinine \< 2.0 mg/dl
  • Total bilirubin \< 3.0 mg/dl
  • ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) Performance Status of 0, 1, 2
  • Non-pregnant and non lactating

Exclusion

  • Known HIV positive
  • Comorbid medical condition, in the investigator's opinion, would make participation in this trial and adherence to the protocol guidelines difficult
  • Active psychiatric or mental illness making informed consent or careful clinical follow-up unlikely

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00973752

Start Date

August 1 2009

End Date

April 1 2016

Last Update

March 30 2017

Active Locations (3)

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

2

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

3

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115