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

Running, not enrolling · Phase 3

Conditions studied: 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

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02112916

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

People needed

847

Starts

2014-10-04

Expected to finish

2026-09-16

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-29

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• USA Health Strada Patient Care Center — Mobile, Alabama, United States
• Providence Alaska Medical Center — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
• Banner Children's at Desert — Mesa, Arizona, United States
• Phoenix Childrens Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Banner University Medical Center - Tucson — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Arkansas Children's Hospital — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center — Downey, California, United States
• City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States
• Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California, United States
• Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach — Long Beach, California, United States
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Valley Children's Hospital — Madera, California, United States
• UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
• Children's Hospital of Orange County — Orange, California, United States
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University — Palo Alto, California, United States
• Sutter Medical Center Sacramento — Sacramento, California, United States
• University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — Sacramento, California, United States
• Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• Naval Medical Center -San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay — San Francisco, California, United States
• Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center — Torrance, California, United States
• Children's Hospital Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Children's Hospital of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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