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Trial reportHaematologica2021

Outcomes after late bone marrow and very early central nervous system relapse of childhood B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group phase III study AALL0433.

Glen Lew, Yichen Chen, Xiaomin Lu, Susan R Rheingold, James A Whitlock, Meenakshi Devidas, Caroline A Hastings, Naomi J Winick, William L Carroll, Brent L Wood and 3 more

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Haematologica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. [Treatment strategies and prognostic factors for relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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  12. Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 11 institutions in 3 countries.

Glen LewEmory University / Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Yichen ChenSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Xiaomin LuGilead Sciences, Inc.
Susan R RheingoldChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia.
James A WhitlockHospital for Sick Children.
Meenakshi DevidasSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Caroline A HastingsUCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.
Naomi J WinickUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
William L CarrollNYU Langone Medical Center.
Brent L WoodUniversity of Washington.
Michael J BorowitzJohns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
Michael A PulsipherChildren's Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine.
Stephen P HungerChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · USEmory University · USGilead Sciences (United States) · USJohns Hopkins University · USNYU Langone Health · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USUCSF Benioff Children's Hospital · USUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

NCTN BIQSFP ANBL1531 (NRT)U10CA180886 · NCI · PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE · PI Douglas S. Hawkins · 2014 to 2026
$390.6M
COG FOREIGN ACCRUALU10CA098543 · NCI · NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION · PI ADAMSON, PETER C. · 2003 to 2013
$335.5M
COG SDMC - Statistics CoreU10CA180899 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI TODD A ALONZO · 2014 to 2026
$132.8M
Children's Oncology Group Statistics &Data Center GrantU10CA098413 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DEVIDAS, MEENAKSHI · 2003 to 2013
$67.5M
COG U24 Funding 2026-2027U24CA196173 · NCI · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI Mignon Lee-Cheun Loh, Nilsa Del Carmen Ramirez Milan · 2015 to 2026
$62.5M
NCI NIH HHS U10 CA098413NCI NIH HHS U10 CA098543NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180886NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180899NCI NIH HHS U24 CA196173
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outcomes after relapse of childhood B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) are poor, and optimal therapy is unclear. Children's Oncology Group study AALL0433 evaluated a new platform for relapsed ALL. Between March 2007 and October 2013 AALL0433 enrolled 275 participants with late bone marrow or very early isolated central nervous system (iCNS) relapse of childhood B-ALL. Patients were randomized to receive standard versus intensive vincristine dosing; this randomization closed due to excess peripheral neuropathy in 2010. Patients with matched sibling donors received allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) after the first three blocks of therapy. The prognostic value of minimal residual disease (MRD) was also evaluated in this study. The 3-year event free and overall survival (EFS/OS) for the 271 eligible patients were 63.6% +/- 3.0% and 72.3% +/- 2.8% respectively. MRD at the end of Induction-1 was highly predictive of outcome, with 3-year EFS/OS of 84.9 +/- 4.0% and 93.8 +/- 2.7% for patients with MRD <0.1%, vs. 53.7 +/- 7.8% and 60.6 +/- 7.8% for patients with MRD ≥0.1% (p<0.0001). Patients who received HCT vs. chemotherapy alone had an improved 3-year disease-free survival (77.5 +/- 6.2% vs. 66.9 +/- 4.5%, p=0.03) but not OS (81.5 +/- 5.8% for HCT vs. 85.8 +/- 3.4% for chemotherapy, p=0.46). Patients with early iCNS relapse fared poorly, with a 3-year EFS/OS of 41.4% +/- 9.2% and 51.7% +/- 9.3%, respectively. Infectious toxicities of the chemotherapy platform were significant. The AALL0433 chemotherapy platform is efficacious for late bone marrow relapse of B-ALL, but with significant toxicities. The MRD threshold of 0.1% at the end of Induction-1 was highly predictive of outcome. The optimal role for HCT for this patient population remains uncertain. This trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT# 00381680).

Indexed as

Bone MarrowPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaCentral Nervous SystemChildDisease-Free SurvivalHumansNeoplasm, ResidualPrognosisRecurrenceTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID32001530
PMCPMC7776266
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