Combination Chemotherapy, Bone Marrow Transplantation, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Infants With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. Bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more cancer cells. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation, and radiation therapy in treating infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: 6-Mercaptopurine; Asparaginase; Cobalt; Cortisol succinate; Cyclophosphamide; Cyclosporine; Cyclosporins; Cytarabine; Daunorubicin; Dexamethasone; Etoposide; Hydrocortisone; Hydrocortisone 17-butyrate 21-propionate; Hydrocortisone acetate; Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate; Leucovorin; Levoleucovorin; Mercaptopurine; Methotrexate; Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Pegaspargase; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate; Prednisone; Vincristine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in infants under 12 months of age at diagnosis Adequate bone marrow and/or peripheral blood specimens with blasts available No prior treatment for ALL except emergency therapy for the following: Blast cell crisis Superior vena cava syndrome Renal failure due to leukemic infiltration of the kidneys

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: See General Eligibility Criteria