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NCT Number: NCT06886074

Efficacy of Short-course Blinatumomab for MRD Erradication in B-ALL

Detectable measurable residual disease (MRD) is the most important prognostic factor for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) for overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Patients who are MRD positive and have no access to novel immunotherapies should receive an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Blinatumomab is considered a standard of care (SOC) for this group of patients, however, the ideal treatment dose for MRD is unknown as doses were adjusted from the relapsed/refractory setting. Preliminary data suggest short cycles of blinatumomab can also be effective in states of lower disease burden prior to transplant. Thus, the investigators are performing a phase 2 trial assessing 7 days of blinatumomab as a bridge to HSCT

Primary endpoint is assessing the MRD response following a short-course blinatumomab infusion in patients with B-ALL with complete response (CR) and have detectable MRD disease who are candidates for HSCT. Secondary endpoints include incidence of adverse events, OS, DFS, percentage of patients who receive HSCT, incidence of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector cell associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS)

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Key information

Age range

16 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez

Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Andres Gomez De Leon, Professor of Hematology

CONTACT

[email protected]

+528116089404

Andres Gomez De Leon, Proffesor of Hematology

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

David Gomez Almaguer, Head of Hematology Service

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

David Gomez-Almaguer, Head of Hematology Service

CONTACT

[email protected]

+528182593389

Francisco J Rubio Macias, Fellow of Hematology

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Luis P. Ugarte Pelaez, Fellow of Hematology

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

About this study

During the proposed treatment, blinatumomab therapy will be assigned as follows:

Blinatumomab 17.5 mcg per day for 2 days, followed by blinatumomab 28 mcg per day for 5 days. Dexamethasone 20 mg will be applied one hour before starting dose.

The immunotherapy will be applied as a 24-hour continuous infusion. The scheduled appointments will be on the initial day of blinatumomab, when the patient will be discharged from hospital and evaluation will be performed on day 10 with bone marrow aspiration and MRD assessment trough next generation flow cytometry. The results will be given at the appointment on day 14, along with an assessment profile for HSCT.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Philadelphia chromosome-negative B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • MRD detectable in complete response (above the limit of quantification according to FCM)
  • Performance status 0-2 on the ECOG scale
  • No prior organ damage
  • Having a potential related or unrelated donor

Exclusion criteria

  • Performance status on the ECOG scale >2
  • HCT-CI >3 points
  • Patients who do not wish to participate in clinical study.
  • Active central nervous system infiltration (CNS3)
  • Active extramedullary disease
  • Having previously received blinatumomab
  • Absence of related or unrelated donors

Treatment and study plan

Short course of blinatumomab

Drug

Patients will receive 175 mcg of blinatumomab trough out seven days in a 24-hours infusion.

Blinatumomab therapy will be assigned 17.5 mcg per day for the first 2 days. Then blinatumomab 28 mcg per day for 5 days (completing 7 days). A single intravenous 20 mg dose of dexamethasone will be applied one hour before starting dose.

Primary outcomes

  1. Efficacy to eradicate MRD in negative Philadelphia-chromosome B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Time frame: 24 months

    Primary outcome is to determinate the efficacy of blinatumomab to eradicate MRD in a blood sample extracted by bone marrow aspiration and evaluated by next generation flow cytometry on the third day after blinatumomab completion (day 10 after initiation). MRD eradication will be defined as: undetectable (below limit of detection) disease through next generation flow cytometry.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall survival

    Time frame: 24 months

    Survival time after enrollment

  2. Disease free survival

    Time frame: 24 months

    Time from enrollment to relapse

  3. Percentage of patients undergoing stem cell transplantation

    Time frame: 24 months

    Percentage of patients who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation after enrollment

  4. Incidence of adverse events

    Time frame: 24 months

    Incidence of hematologic (anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, neutropenia, lymphocytopenia) and non-hematologic (renal, hepatic, dermatologic, cardiovascular, infectious) adverse events after initiating blinatumomab therapy assessed by CTCAE V 5.0

  5. Incidence of cytokine release syndrome

    Time frame: 24 months

    Incidence and grading of cytokine release syndrome after initiating blinatumomab through CTCAE V 5.0

  6. Incidence of immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome

    Time frame: 24 months

    Incidence and grading of immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome after initiating blinatumomab assessed by ASTCT grading system.

Study contacts

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

Andres Gomez-De Leon, Professor of Hematology

CONTACT

[email protected]

+528116089404

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy of Short-course Blinatumomab in Patients With Detectable Measurable Residual Disease With Philadelphia Chromosome-negative B-cell Acute Lymphoblastyc Leukemia

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Mar 20, 2025
Registry last updated
Mar 20, 2025

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