RecruitingB Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

A Study Testing the Combination of Dasatinib or Imatinib to Chemotherapy Treatment With Blinatumomab for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Philadelphia Chromosome Positive (Ph+) or ABL-Class Philadelphia Chromosome-Like (Ph-Like) B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL)

Eligible age

0–46 yrs

Accepts

All genders

Locations

45 states

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About this study

This pilot trial assesses the effect of the combination of blinatumomab with dasatinib or imatinib and standard chemotherapy for treating patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) or ABL-class Philadelphia chromosome-like (Ph-like) B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Blinatumomab is a bispecific antibody that binds to two different proteins-one on the surface of cancer cells and one on the surface of cells in the immune system. An antibody is a protein made by the immune system to help fight infections and other harmful processes/cells/molecules. Blinatumomab may bind to the cancer cell and a T cell (which plays a key role in the immune system's fighting response) at the same time. Blinatumomab may strengthen the immune system's ability to fight cancer cells by activating the body's own immune cells to destroy the tumor. Dasatinib and imatinib are in a class of medications called tyrosine kinase inhibitors. They work by blocking the action of an abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply, which may help keep cancer cells from growing. Giving blinatumomab and dasatinib or imatinib in combination with standard chemotherapy may work better in treating patients with Ph+ or Ph-like ABL-class B-ALL than dasatinib or imatinib with chemotherapy.

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

You may qualify if…

✓ Patients must be \> 365 days and \< 18 years (for AIEOP-BFM), \> 365 days and \< 22 years (for Children's Oncology Group \[COG\]) and \> 365 days and \< 46 years (for ALLTogether sites) at the time of enrollment
✓ Newly-diagnosed Ph+ or ABL-class Ph-like B-ALL. Leukemic blasts must express CD19. ABL-class fusions are defined as rearrangements involving the following genes predicted to be sensitive to imatinib and/or dasatinib: ABL1, ABL2, CSF1R, and PDGFRB
✓ Evidence of BCR::ABL1 should be documented by a clinically-validated assay prior to study entry on day 15 from the first dose of vinCRIStine during Induction therapy. ABL-class Ph-like B-ALL gene rearrangements should be documented by a clinically-validated assay and enrolled on study by day 1 of Blinatumomab Block 1. Accepted methods of detection include fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using break-apart of colocalization signal probes, singleplex or multiplex reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), whole-transcriptome or panel-based ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing (e.g., Hematologic Cancer Fusion Analysis, TruSight RNA Pan-Cancer Panel or equivalent). Confirmation of 5' fusion partner genes is not required for study enrollment
✓ Patients with Ph+ B-ALL must have previously started Induction therapy, which includes vinCRIStine, a corticosteroid, pegaspargase or calaspargase pegol, with or without anthracycline, and/or other standard cytotoxic chemotherapy
✓ Patients with Ph+ B-ALL have not received more than 14 days of systemic Induction therapy beginning with the first Induction dose of vinCRIStine
✓ Patients with ABL-class Ph-like B-ALL must have previously completed 4 or 5 weeks of multiagent Induction chemotherapy (Induction 1A)
✓ Patients may have started either imatinib or dasatinib prior to study entry but should have received no more than 14 days of TKI for Ph+ B-ALL or no more than 35 days of TKI for ABL-class Ph-like B-ALL
✓ Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores of ≤ 2 or Karnofsky and Lansky performance scores ≥ 50%. Use Karnofsky for patients \> 16 years of age and Lansky for patients ≤ 16 years of age

You may not qualify if…

✕ Known history of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
✕ ABL-class Ph-like B-ALL who are CNS2 or CNS3 at end of Induction phase
✕ ALL developing after a previous cancer treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy
✕ Active, uncontrolled infection or active systemic illness that requires ongoing vasopressor support or mechanical ventilation
✕ Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
✕ Pregnancy and breast feeding
✕ Female patients who are pregnant since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for several of the study drugs. A negative pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential within 7 days prior to enrollment
✕ Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants