Antimetabolite therapy for lesser-risk B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia of childhood: a report from Children's Oncology Group Study P9201.
Journal Article (Clinical Trial;Journal Article)
Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) protocol 9201 enrolled children with lesser-risk B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) defined by age (1-9), white blood cell count (WBC) less than 50 x 10(9)/L (50,000/microL), DNA findings of trisomies 4 and 10 (or DNA index > 1.16), and lack of overt central nervous system (CNS) leukemia. After vincristine, prednisone, and asparaginase induction, 650 of 653 eligible patients attained remission (3 induction deaths) and received 6 courses of intravenous methotrexate (1 g/m(2)) with daily mercaptopurine. Weekly intramuscular methotrexate was added during maintenance; pulses of vincristine and prednisone were administered with periodic intrathecal chemotherapy. Treatment duration was 2.5 years. No alkylators, epipodophylotoxins, anthracyclines, or radiation were given. The 6-year event-free survival (EFS) was 86.6% with overall survival (OS) of 97.2%. Patients with less than 5% marrow blasts on induction day 15 had superior EFS. A difference not reaching conventional statistical significance (P = .068) was noted for superior outcomes in patients with trisomies of chromosomes 4 and 10 versus those lacking double trisomies. Sex, ethnicity, CNS status, and WBC were not predictive. This indicates the great majority of children with lesser-risk B-lineage ALL are curable without agents with substantial late effects.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Chauvenet, AR; Martin, PL; Devidas, M; Linda, SB; Bell, BA; Kurtzberg, J; Pullen, J; Pettenati, MJ; Carroll, AJ; Shuster, JJ; Camitta, B
Published Date
- August 15, 2007
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 110 / 4
Start / End Page
- 1105 - 1111
PubMed ID
- 17442849
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC1939894
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0006-4971
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1182/blood-2006-12-061689
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States