NCT07297914RecruitingPhase 2/3
Framework for Optimizing, Refining, and Unifying Management of HSCT in Pediatric ALL
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Current therapeutic strategies for high-risk or relapsed ALL patients often involve intensive treatments, including allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). HSCT remains a cornerstone of therapy, offering curative potential; however, it is associated with considerable risks, including non-relapse mortality (NRM), significant morbidity, and long-term complications that continue to be major concerns. In response to these challenges, the FORUM consortium has made substantial progress in improving outcomes for children with ALL undergoing HSCT. The consortium focuses on reducing life-threatening and lifelong complications, ultimately aiming to enhance quality of life for these high-risk patients. Building on the robust evidence generated by FORUM1, the FORUM2 study has been designed to further optimize the role of HSCT in ALL across all age groups and donor settings within a harmonized and internationally coordinated framework. The FORUM2 study introduces a master protocol structure that encompasses multiple hypothesis-driven substudies, each addressing a specific determinant of HSCT outcomes. This design enables simultaneous or sequential evaluation of novel strategies while ensuring uniform governance, endpoint definitions, and data-quality standards. The overarching objective is to refine the role of HSCT in ALL by reducing treatment-related toxicity while preserving the essential graft-versus-leukemia effect.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2/3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Nov 2025
- Start date
- 7 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Nov 2032
- Lead sponsor
- Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
- NCT number
- NCT07297914
- EU CT number
- 2025-522052-13-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2/3
- Planned participants: 1000
- From 7 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Nov 2032
- 9 sites in 9 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Patients with a history of previous autologous or allogeneic HSCT (prior allogeneic transplantation is permitted for subjects receiving post-transplant interventions, such as those enrolled in the R2 and P1 substudies, provided that this is their first allogeneic HSCT).
- Active HBV or HCV infection that requires treatment, or at risk for HBV reactivation (e.g. positive HBsAg). Subjects with negative HbsAg and positive total HB core antibody may be included if HBV DNA is undetectable at the time of screening. Subjects who are positive for HCV antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction test is negative for HCV RNA. Subjects whose immune status is unknown or uncertain must have results confirming immune status before enrollment. Prior serology results are acceptable for determining eligibility.
- Presence of severely impaired renal function (confirmed within 72 hours prior to study treatment start) defined by:
- Presence of severe concomitant constitutional disease that precludes treatment as per protocol, based on the investigator's judgment. Examples include but are not limited to: Down syndrome with severe comorbidities, significant cardiac malformations, and metabolic disorders affecting treatment feasibility.
Other illness
- Patients with ALL as a secondary malignancy.
- Active clinically uncontrolled bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral infection. Infections are considered controlled if appropriate therapy has been instituted and, at the time of screening, no physical or radiographic signs of infection progression are present.
- Known human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV).
- Significant respiratory disease including patients who are on mechanical ventilation or who have resting O2 saturation \<90% by pulse-oximetry on room-air.
- Clinically significant or uncontrolled cardiac disease including any of the following:
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure
- Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias
- Severe hepatic insufficiency, defined by any of the following:
- Child-Pugh Class C liver disease
- Underlying or current medical or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere participation in the study, pose a significant risk to the patient or interfere with interpretation of study data.
- Karnofsky or Lansky performance score \<50%, indicating significant functional impairment.
Lab values
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) \< 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 using estimated creatinine clearance calculated by updated bedside Schwartz equation or Cockcroft Gault equation OR
- AST (aspartate aminotransferase) or ALT (alanine aminotransferase) levels \> 5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), unless attributable to GvHD
- Total bilirubin \> 3.0 mg/dL, unless attributable to GvHD
- INR (International Normalized Ratio) ≥ 1.7
Age
- Patients \< 3 months and \> 25 years of age at the time of HSCT.
Other
- Patients not in complete morphological remission at the time of enrollment.
- Patients with an initial diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL).
- Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding.
- Fertile male or female patients of childbearing potential who do not agree to abstinence or, if sexually active, do not agree to the use of contraception.
- Renal dialysis requirement
- Clinical evidence of hepatic encephalopathy or ascites
- Patients who are unwilling or unable to comply with study procedures, including follow-up requirements and treatment schedules.
Who the study is looking for
- Male and female patients with allogenic transplant indication for ALL, as determined by national frontline protocols
- Age ≥3 months to ≤25 years at the time of HSCT.
- Patients must be in complete remission (with \<5% blasts and absence of leukemia cells in extramedullary sites) prior to undergoing HSCT.
- Selected donor must be either a matched donor (matched donor category includes 9/10 identical siblings and 10/10 or 9/10 HLA-matched unrelated donors) or a mismatched family donor (≤8/10 HLA match). Either bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell grafts are permitted. Cord blood is permitted, as well, provided that the unit is at least 6/8 HLA matched and with a cryopreserved cellularity of at least 3x107 nucleated cells/Kg recipient body weight.
- Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at screening, and all patients must agree to adhere to effective contraception during the study period.
- Written study informed consent and/or assent from the patient and/or the parent, or guardian
Age in the registry: 3 months to 25 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (9)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| St'Anna Children Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vienna | Austria | Not yet recruiting |
| University Hospital Motol Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Recruiting |
| Goethe-Universität Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt | Germany | Recruiting |
| Rigshopsitalet, University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen | Denmark | Not yet recruiting |
| HUS-Yhtymae (HUS Helsinki University Hospital) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Helsinki | Finland | Not yet recruiting |
| Robert- Debré Academic Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Not yet recruiting |
| IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Roma | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Active, not recruiting |
| University of Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
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