Using inotuzumab ozogamicin with chemotherapy for high-risk B-cell leukemia
Official title: A Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Inotuzumab Ozogamicin (IND#:133494, NSC#: 772518) for Newly Diagnosed High-Risk B-ALL; Risk-Adapted Post-Induction Therapy for High-Risk B-ALL, Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, and Disseminated B-LLy
Run by Children's Oncology Group · NCT03959085 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This study is testing if adding a targeted therapy called inotuzumab ozogamicin to standard chemotherapy can help young patients with high-risk B-cell leukemia live longer without their cancer coming back.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase 3 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 365 Days to 25 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 5951 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Children's Oncology Group Research network |
| Drugs / interventions | inotuzumab, chemotherapy, radiation, Blinatumomab, immunotherapy, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, prednisone |
| Locations | 231 sites (Birmingham, Alabama and 230 other locations) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | October 31, 2019 |
| Main results expected | March 31, 2032 |
| Study ends | March 31, 2032 |
| Registry record updated | August 25, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT03959085 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Ideal candidates are children and young adults aged 1 to 24 years diagnosed with high-risk B-ALL, MPAL, or B-LLy.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients outside the specified age range or those not diagnosed with the targeted leukemias may not benefit from this study.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This phase III trial investigates the effectiveness of adding inotuzumab ozogamicin to post-induction chemotherapy for patients with high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL), and B-lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LLy). The study aims to compare the 5-year disease-free survival rates between patients receiving this combination treatment and those receiving standard chemotherapy. Inotuzumab ozogamicin is a targeted therapy that delivers chemotherapy directly to cancer cells, potentially improving treatment outcomes. The trial also assesses the safety and tolerability of this approach in a pediatric and young adult population.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could significantly improve survival rates for patients with high-risk B-cell leukemia and related conditions.
How similar studies have gone: Other studies have shown promising results with targeted therapies in similar patient populations, indicating potential for success in this approach.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* B-ALL and MPAL patients must be enrolled on APEC14B1 and consented to eligibility studies (Part A) prior to treatment and enrollment on AALL1732. Note that central confirmation of MPAL diagnosis must occur within 22 days of enrollment for suspected MPAL patients. If not performed within this time frame, patients will be taken off protocol.
* APEC14B1 is not a requirement for B-LLy patients but for institutional compliance every patient should be offered participation in APEC14B1. B-LLy patients may directly enroll on AALL1732.
* Patients must be \> 365 days and \< 25 years of age
* Initial white blood cell count (WBC) criteria for patients with B-ALL (within 7 days prior to the start of protocol-directed systemic therapy):
* Age 1-9.99 years: WBC \>= 50,000/uL
* Age 10-24.99 years: Any WBC
* Age 1-9.99 years: WBC \< 50,000/uL with one or more of the following:
* Testicular leukemia
* CNS leukemia (CNS3)
* Steroid pretreatment.
* Initial white blood cell count (WBC) criteria for patients with MPAL (within 7 days prior to the start of protocol-directed systemic therapy):
* Age 1-24.99 years: any WBC NOTE: Patients enrolled as suspected MPAL but found on central confirmatory testing to have B-ALL must meet the B-ALL criteria above (age, WBC, extramedullary disease, steroid pretreatment) to switch to the B-ALL stratum before the end of induction.
* Patient has newly diagnosed B-ALL or MPAL (by World Health Organization \[WHO\] 2016 criteria) with \>= 25% blasts on a bone marrow (BM) aspirate;
* OR If a BM aspirate is not obtained or is not diagnostic of acute leukemia, the diagnosis can be established by a pathologic diagnosis of acute leukemia on a BM biopsy;
* OR A complete blood count (CBC) documenting the presence of at least 1,000/uL circulating leukemic cells if a bone marrow aspirate or biopsy cannot be performed.
* Patient has newly diagnosed B-LLy Murphy stages III or IV.
* Patient has newly diagnosed B-LLy Murphy stages I or II with steroid pretreatment.
* Note: For B-LLy patients with tissue available for flow cytometry, the criterion for diagnosis should be analogous to B-ALL. For tissue processed by other means (i.e., paraffin blocks), the methodology and criteria for immunophenotypic analysis to establish the diagnosis of B-LLy defined by the submitting institution will be accepted.
* Central nervous system (CNS) status must be determined prior to enrollment based on a sample obtained prior to administration of any systemic or intrathecal chemotherapy, except for steroid pretreatment and cytoreduction. Note that once cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been collected, protocol therapy can be initiated while final determination of CNS status is pending. It is recommended that intrathecal cytarabine be administered at the time of the diagnostic lumbar puncture. This is usually done at the time of the diagnostic bone marrow or venous line placement to avoid a second lumbar puncture. This is allowed prior to enrollment. Systemic chemotherapy must begin within 72 hours of this intrathecal therapy.
* Direct bilirubin \< 2.0 mg/dL (34 micromoles/L)
* Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 10x upper limit of normal (ULN). For the purposes of this study, the ULN for ALT is defined as 45 U/L
* Exceptions to this include patients with known Gilbert's Syndrome, or those with hepatic involvement from leukemic or lymphomatous infiltration
* All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent.
* All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and NCI requirements for human studies must be met.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with Down syndrome are not eligible
* With the exception of steroid pretreatment and steroid cytoreduction or the administration of intrathecal cytarabine, patients must not have received any prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for the current diagnosis of B-ALL, MPAL, or B-LLy or for any cancer diagnosed prior to initiation of protocol therapy on AALL1732.
* Patients who have received \> 72 hours of hydroxyurea within one week prior to start of systemic protocol therapy.
* Patients with B-ALL or MPAL who do not have sufficient diagnostic bone marrow submitted for APEC14B1 testing and who do not have a peripheral blood sample submitted containing \> 1,000/uL circulating leukemia cells.
* Patients with acute undifferentiated leukemia (AUL) are not eligible.
* For Murphy stage III/IV B-LLy patients, or stage I/II patients with steroid pretreatment, the following additional exclusion criteria apply:
* T-lymphoblastic lymphoma.
* Morphologically unclassifiable lymphoma.
* Absence of both B-cell and T-cell phenotype markers in a case submitted as lymphoblastic lymphoma.
* Patients with known Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
* Patients with known MYC translocation associated with mature (Burkitt) B-cell ALL, regardless of blast immunophenotype.
* Patients requiring radiation at diagnosis.
* Female 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 women who plan to breastfeed their infants while on study and for 2 months after the last dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin.
* Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who have not agreed to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of study participation. For those patients randomized to inotuzumab ozogamicin, there is a minimum of 8 months after the last dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin for females and 5 months after the last dose of inotuzumab ozogamicin for males.
Where it's running
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Children's Hospital of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, United States Recruiting -
USA Health Strada Patient Care Center
Mobile, Alabama, United States Recruiting -
Providence Alaska Medical Center
Anchorage, Alaska, United States Recruiting -
Banner Children's at Desert
Mesa, Arizona, United States Recruiting -
Phoenix Childrens Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, United States Recruiting -
Banner University Medical Center - Tucson
Tucson, Arizona, United States Recruiting
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Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Recruiting -
Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
Downey, California, United States Recruiting -
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California, United States Recruiting -
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California, United States Recruiting -
Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach
Long Beach, California, United States Recruiting -
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States Recruiting -
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States Recruiting -
Valley Children's Hospital
Madera, California, United States Recruiting -
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Oakland, California, United States Recruiting -
Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
Oakland, California, United States Recruiting -
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Orange, California, United States Recruiting -
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States Recruiting -
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
Sacramento, California, United States Recruiting -
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, United States Recruiting -
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
San Diego, California, United States Recruiting -
Naval Medical Center -San Diego
San Diego, California, United States Recruiting -
UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay
San Francisco, California, United States Recruiting -
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, California, United States Recruiting -
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States Recruiting -
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center
Denver, Colorado, United States Recruiting -
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, Connecticut, United States Recruiting -
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States Recruiting -
Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware, United States Recruiting -
Children's National Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States Recruiting -
Broward Health Medical Center
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
Fort Myers, Florida, United States Recruiting -
UF Health Cancer Institute - Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Hollywood, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, United States Recruiting -
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center
Miami, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Miami, Florida, United States Recruiting -
AdventHealth Orlando
Orlando, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Orlando, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Nemours Children's Hospital
Orlando, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola
Pensacola, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa
Tampa, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Saint Mary's Medical Center
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, United States Recruiting -
Augusta University Medical Center
Augusta, Georgia, United States Recruiting -
Atrium Health Navicent
Macon, Georgia, United States Recruiting -
Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah, Georgia, United States Recruiting -
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Recruiting
+181 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: Jennifer L McNeer — Children's Oncology Group
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
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