Tests two antibody therapies in newly diagnosed children with lymphoblastic leukemia
Tests inotuzumab and blinatumomab during first treatment for newly diagnosed childhood B-cell leukemia.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Where
- Charlotte, Memphis, and Tulsa, United StatesSee the 3 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Patients With B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- People taking part
- 128 people, planned
- Started
- 23 Jan 2025
- Expected to end
- May 2034
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Dexamethasone
- Vincristine
- Inotuzumab
- Blinatumomab
- Dasatinib
- IT MHA
- Cyclophosphamide
- Cytarabine
- Methotrexate
- 6-Mercaptopurine
- Calaspargase
- Daunorubicin
- Thioguanine
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for children and young people with newly diagnosed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma, who are also enrolled on INITIALL.
- Age
- 1 to 18.99 years at enrollment on INITIALL.
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma. NCI high-risk, or NCI standard-risk with a high-risk clinical feature (CNS3 disease, testicular involvement, or steroid pretreatment). For lymphoma: Stage 3-4, or Stage 1-2 at age 10 years or older, or a high-risk clinical feature.
- Earlier treatment
- No prior chemotherapy, except therapy given on or allowed by INITIALL.
- Biomarker or test result
- Presence of the ETV6::RUNX1 fusion is allowed only with a high-risk clinical feature or a slow response to induction therapy.
Main reasons for not taking part
- ETV6::RUNX1 fusion without a high-risk clinical feature or slow response to induction
- Clinically relevant central nervous system disease, such as epilepsy, stroke or dementia
- Active uncontrolled infection
- Current autoimmune disease, or past autoimmune disease that could involve the central nervous system
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Enrollment on INITIALL
- Age 1-18.99 years at the time of enrollment on INITIALL
- B-Acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma
- No prior chemotherapy excluding therapy given on or allowed by INITIALL
- NCI high-risk (age 10 years or greater or presenting WBC count ≥50,000 cells/microL) or NCI standard-risk and a HR clinical feature as listed below:; CNS3 disease (≥5 WBC/microL CSF with blasts present); Testicular involvement of leukemia; Steroid pretreatment defined as >24 hours of therapy in the 14 days prior to enrollment on INITIALL if a preceding WBC to define NCI risk is unavailable
- For lymphoblastic lymphoma, Stage 3-4 disease OR Stage 1-2 disease in patient ages ≥10 years OR HR clinical feature as defined above
- Adequate liver function defined as:; Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5x the upper limit of normal for age and alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 5x the upper limit of normal for age. Patients with an elevated total bilirubin due to hemolysis are eligible if they have a direct bilirubin <1.5x the upper limit of normal
- Adequate renal function defined as:; Calculated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 50 mL/min/1.73m\^2 using the Bedside Schwartz equation OR creatinine below or equal to the maximum defined below:; Age: 1 to <2 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 0.6 (male and female); Age: 2 to <6 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 0.8 (male and female); Age: 6 to <10 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.0 (male and female); Age: 10 to <13 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.2 (male and female); Age: 13 to <16 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.5 (male); 1.4 (female); Age: ≥16 years; maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.7 (male); 1.4 (female)
- Eligibility for inclusion post-induction requires meeting the first 4 Inclusion criteria above AND:; Treatment on SJALL23H for Induction OR; Lymphoblastic lymphoma, initially treated on an SJALL protocol OR standard (non-protocol) therapy, without a complete response at the end of induction OR; NCI-SR ALL at diagnosis and treated with an SJALL protocol OR standard (non-protocol) therapy who have; Slow response to therapy (≥0.1% MRD at end of induction for patients with hyperdiploid ALL or ≥0.01% MRD at end of induction for others with ALL) OR; HR genetics as defined in the protocol; These patients may receive no more than 2 weeks of post-induction therapy and should be transitioned to SJALL23H post-induction as soon as the qualifying genetic or MRD result is available
Who cannot take part
- Presence of ETV6::RUNX1 fusion unless also having a HR clinical feature OR slow response to induction therapy
- For patients of reproductive potential, unwillingness to use effective contraception for the duration of protocol therapy
- History or presence of clinically relevant central nervous system (CNS) pathology or event such as epilepsy, childhood or adult non-febrile seizure, paresis, aphasia, stroke, severe brain injuries, dementia, Parkinson's disease, cerebellar disease, organic brain syndrome, or psychosis. History of simple febrile seizure during childhood and presence of CNS leukemia at diagnosis are not exclusions to participation
- Active uncontrolled infection
- Current active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease with the potential for CNS involvement
- History of venoocclusive disease/ sinusoidal obstructive syndrome
- Unstable cardiac disease including QTc >500msec
- Inability or unwillingness to give informed consent/ assent as applicable
- Pregnant or lactating
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 1 and 18 years old?
Where in United States
- Novant Health Presbyterian Hemby Children's HospitalCharlotte, United StatesContact: Jessica Bell, MDTaking people
- St. Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, United StatesContact: Seth E. Karol, MD, MSCITaking people
- Saint Francis Children's HospitalTulsa, United StatesContact: Ashraf Mohamed, MDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This is a Phase II clinical trial testing the use of two antigen-directed therapies, inotuzumab and blinatumomab, as part of induction therapy for children and young adults with newly diagnosed B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma.
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Primary Objective
* To assess if the flow-cytometry assessed MRD-negative remission rate following an immunotherapy-based Induction in NCI-high risk patients without favorable genetic features is higher than the results of similar patients treated on AALL1131.
Secondary Objectives
* To compare flow-cytometry assessed MRD-negative rates at the end of Induction for patients treated with this therapy compared to similar patients treated on TOT17. * To compare the rate of significant toxicities in patients treated with this therapy to those treated with standard-risk therapy on TOT17. * To assess the event free and overall survival of patients treated with this therapy.
The group in the trial
- SJALL23H Treated PatientsTreatment being tested
All eligible patients receive intervention according to the Detailed Description section with the following: Induction: Dexamethasone, Vincristine, Inotuzumab, Blinatumomab, Cyclophosphamide, Dasatinib, IT MHA. Early Post Induction: Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Inotuzumab, Methotrexate, IT MHA, Dasatinib, Blinatumomab, 6-mercaptopurine, Dexamethasone, Vincristine, Daunorubicin, Calaspargase. Maintenance: Dexamethasone, Vincristine, Methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine, Thioguanine, Dasatinib, IT MHA.
Treatment: Dexamethasone, Vincristine, Inotuzumab, Blinatumomab, Dasatinib, IT MHA, Cyclophosphamide, Cytarabine, Methotrexate, 6-Mercaptopurine, Calaspargase, Daunorubicin, and Thioguanine
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- SJALL23H: Combination Antigen-Directed Induction Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Patients With B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma
- Plain-language title
- Tests two antibody therapies in newly diagnosed children with lymphoblastic leukemiaGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06533748, who can take part
- Publications
- Immunotherapy in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN, 2025
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026