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NCT Number: NCT06390319

Adding Dasatinib Or Venetoclax To Improve Responses In Children With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Or Lymphoma (T-LLY) Or Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia (MPAL)

This is a clinical trial testing whether the addition of one of two chemotherapy agents, dasatinib or venetoclax, can improve outcomes for children and young adults with newly diagnosed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma or mixed phenotype acute leukemia.

Primary Objective

* To evaluate if the end of induction MRD-negative rate is higher in patients with T-ALL treated with dasatinib compared to similar patients treated with 4-drug induction on AALL1231. * To evaluate if the end of induction MRD-negative rate is higher in patients with ETP or near-ETP ALL treated with venetoclax compared to similar patients treated with 4-drug induction on AALL1231.

Secondary Objectives

* To assess the event free and overall survival of patients treated with this therapy. * To compare grade 4 toxicities, event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients treated with this therapy in induction and reinduction to toxicities of similar patients treated on TOT17.

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Key information

About this study

Patients will be identified in the first 3 days of therapy during their treatment on INITIALL.

Treatment will consist of 3 main phases: Induction, Early Post Induction [including Consolidation, High-Dose Methotrexate, Intensification, Interim 1, Reinduction 1, Interim 2, and Reinduction 2], and Maintenance.

Induction:

  • Remission Induction includes 3 days of therapy on the INITIALL classification protocol as well as the remainder of a total of 4 weeks of induction treatment on this trial. Treatment includes a total of 28 days of dexamethasone, 4 weekly doses of vincristine, 3 doses of daunorubicin, 1 dose of Calaspargase pegol, 6 doses of Intrathecal triple therapy (IT MHA), and one of 3 additional drugs. Patients with T-ALL without near-ETP or ETP phenotype (hereafter referred to simply as T-ALL) will receive 25 days of dasatinib. Patients with ETP or near-ETP ALL as well as those with MPAL will receive 14 days of venetoclax. Patients with T-LLy will receive bortezomib. Patients will have a week without chemotherapy at the end of Induction, although patients with Induction failure (MRD ≥5% disease) will proceed directly to consolidation.

Early Post Induction:

  • Consolidation will be given following completion of Remission Induction Therapy. Patients will receive 2 cycles of BFM-1b therapy (a single dose of cyclophosphamide at the start of week 1, 4 daily doses of cytarabine in two consecutive weeks, and 2 weeks of mercaptopurine) separated by a week of nelarabine. Patients will have a week without chemotherapy at the end of Consolidation.
  • High-dose Methotrexate will be given for 4 cycles to all patients. Patients will also receive an intrathecal chemotherapy treatment with each of the 2-week cycles and will take oral mercaptopurine continuously if tolerated.
  • Intensification will be given to patients with T-ALL or ETP/ near-ETP. This therapy includes a week of nelarabine, one week of combination cyclophosphamide and cytarabine, and 1 week of rest without chemotherapy.
  • Interim Therapy 1 includes 6 weeks of oral mercaptopurine, 2 weeks (5 days of each week) of dexamethasone, and two doses (weeks 1 and 4) of daunorubicin, vincristine, and calaspargase pegol.
  • Reinduction Therapy 1 will consist of 3 weekly doses of vincristine, 1 dose of daunorubicin and calaspargase pegol at the start of the first week, and dexamethasone for 7 days in the first and third weeks. Patients will also receive the same additional agent received during induction based on immunophenotype.
  • Interim Therapy 2 includes 6 weeks of oral mercaptopurine, two doses (weeks 1 and 4) of daunorubicin, vincristine, and calaspargase pegol.
  • Reinduction Therapy 2 will consist of 3 weekly doses of vincristine, 1 dose of daunorubicin and calaspargase pegol at the start of the first week, and dexamethasone for 7 days in the first and third weeks. Patients will also receive the same additional agent received during induction based on immunophenotype.

Maintenance therapy:

  • Early Maintenance Therapy follows Reinduction 2 and lasts 31 weeks. Patients will receive mercaptopurine and methotrexate interrupted by 1 week of nelarabine (week 3), 5 cyclophosphamide/ cytarabine pulses, and every 4-week dexamethasone/ vincristine pulses. For the first 32 weeks, patients will also receive every 4-week pulses including 5 days of dexamethasone and 1 dose of vincristine. Patients will receive low-dose methotrexate in all weeks when they do not receive dexamethasone or vincristine. All patients will receive every 4-week intrathecal chemotherapy beginning 4 weeks after the week of nelarabine.
  • Late Maintenance Therapy follows early maintenance and includes daily mercaptopurine, weekly methotrexate, and every 8-week intrathecal chemotherapy. It lasts a total of 44 weeks.

Duration of therapy is approximately 2¼ years. It is recommended that patients be followed every 4 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 1 year and then yearly until the patient is in remission for 10 years and is at least 18 years old.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Enrollment on INITIALL.
  • Age 1-18.99 years at the time of enrollment on INITIALL.
  • T-Acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma or mixed phenotype acute leukemia/ lymphoma
  • No prior chemotherapy excluding therapy given on or allowed by INITIALL.
  • Patient has completed no more than 3 days of chemotherapy on INITIALL.
  • Direct bilirubin ≤ 1.5x the upper limit of normal for age
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 5x the upper limit of normal for age
  • Calculated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 50 mL/min/1.73m^2 using the Bedside Schwartz equation OR creatinine below or equal to the maximum defined below:
  • Age: 1 to < 2 years - Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 0.6 (Male), 0.6 (Female)
  • Age: 2 to < 6 years - Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 0.8 (Male), 0.8 (Female)
  • Age: 6 to < 10 years - Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1 (Male), 1 (Female)
  • Age: 10 to < 13 years - Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.2 (Male), 1.2 (Female)
  • Age: 13 to < 16 years - - Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.5 (Male), 1.4 (Female)
  • Age: ≥ 16 years - Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.7 (Male), 1.4 (Female)

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability or unwillingness to give informed consent/ assent as applicable.
  • Patients with > Grade 2 neuropathy at the time of enrollment (participant with T-LLy only).
  • Documented malabsorption syndrome or any other condition that precludes receipt of oral medications.
  • Known HIV infection or active hepatitis B (defined as hepatitis B surface antigen-positive) or C (defined as hepatitis C antibody-positive).
  • Pregnant or lactating.
  • For patients of reproductive potential, unwillingness to use highly effective contraception for the duration of protocol therapy and for 90 days afterwards.
  • Receipt of a strong or moderate CYP3A4 inducer such as rifampin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, and St. John's wort within 7 days of the start of protocol treatment.
  • Consumption of grapefruit, grapefruit products, Seville oranges, or starfruit within 3 days of the start of protocol therapy.

Treatment and study plan

Dexamethasone

Drug

Given orally (PO) or intravenously (IV).

Other names: Decadron, Hexadrol®

Vincristine

Drug

Given IV.

Other names: Vincristine Sulfate, Oncovin

Daunorubicin

Drug

Given IV.

Other names: Daunomycin

Calaspargase Pegol

Drug

Given IV.

Other names: ASPARLAS

dasatinib

Drug

Given PO

Other names: Sprycel®

Venetoclax

Drug

Given PO (ETP, near-ETP, and MPAL only).

Other names: Venclexta®

bortezomib

Drug

Given IV (T-LLy only).

Other names: Velcade®

Intrathecal triple therapy (methotrexate + hydrocortisone + cytarabine)

Drug

Given Intrathecal (IT), Age adjusted.

Other names: IT MHA

Cyclophosphamide

Drug

Given IV.

Other names: Cytoxan®

Cytarabine

Drug

Given IV or IT.

Other names: Ara-C, Cytosine arabinoside

mercaptopurine

Drug

Given PO.

Other names: 6-MP

nelarabine

Drug

Given IV

Other names: Arranon, Atriance

methotrexate

Drug

Given IT, IV, PO or intramuscular (IM).

Other names: Trexall®

thioguanine

Drug

Given PO (participants intolerant to mercaptopurine).

Other names: 6-thioguanine, Tabloid®

Primary outcomes

  1. Minimal residual disease (MRD)-negativity rate in patients with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Time frame: Up to end of induction day 29 or death

    Comparison of the probability of achieving negative MRD (<0.01%) and M1 bone marrow status at the end of induction between this protocol and COG AALL1231 will be performed. Statistical analysis of the primary objective will be conducted according to a group sequential design with 1 interim analysis, by a slightly modified version of the procedure for binary endpoint.

  2. MRD-negativity rate in patients with ETP or near ETP ALL

    Time frame: Up to end of induction day 29 or death

    The proportion of patients with ETP or near-ETP treated with venetoclax based induction will be compared to the rate of such unsuccessful induction in patients treated on AALL1231 with a standard 4-drug induction. The probability of achieving negative MRD will be tested using a one-sided exact binomial proportion test.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Event-free survival (EFS)

    Time frame: Up to 10 years

    Kaplan-Meier estimates for EFS will be calculated along with standard error.

  2. Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: Up to 10 years

    Kaplan-Meier estimates for OS will be calculated along with standard error.

  3. Incidence of grade 4 toxicities

    Time frame: Up to 30 days after last dose of study treatment

    Adverse events will be graded using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5 and compared using Fisher's or exact Chi-square test.

  4. EFS compared to Total 17 (TOT17-NCT03117751)

    Time frame: Up to 10 years

    Comparisons of EFS to the corresponding TOT17 will be performed by the log-rank test.

  5. OS compared to TOT17

    Time frame: Up to 10 years

    Comparisons of OS to the corresponding TOT17 will be performed by the log-rank test.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Seth E. Karol, MD, MSCI

CONTACT

[email protected]

888-226-4343

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • AbbVie

Registry information

Official study title

SJALL23T: Adding Dasatinib Or Venetoclax To Improve Responses In Children With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Or Lymphoma (T-LLY) Or Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia (MPAL)

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2033
First posted
Apr 30, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 16, 2026

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