Clinical trial · Interventional
ALL2008 Protocol for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Intermittent Versus Continuous PEG Asparaginase
NOPHO Treatment Protocol for Children (1.0 - 17.9 Years of Age) and Young Adults(18.0-45.0 Years) With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Intermittent Versus Continuous PEG-asparaginase for Asparagine Depletion
NCT00819351CI-TRIAL-00027114completedPhase 3ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to investigate if intramuscular PEG-asparaginase administered either at six or two week intervals from day 92 until 8 months from diagnosis for patients with non-HR ALL will result in equal probability of Event Free Survival
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEG Asparaginase at six weeks interval | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| PEG Asparaginase at two weeks interval | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- PEG-asparaginase 6 weeks intervals
- description
- PEG-asparaginase (1.000 IU/m2/dose) given at six weeks intervals (from week 13 after diagnosis to week 33). All additional therapy (High Dose Methotrexate, Vincristin, Dexamethasone, 6-Mercaptopurine, doxorubicin, intrathecal chemotherapy) is the same in both arms.
- interventionNames
- Drug: PEG Asparaginase at six weeks interval
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- PEG-Asparaginase 2 weeks intervals
- description
- PEG-asparaginase (1.000 IU/m2/dose) given at two weeks intervals (from week 13 after diagnosis to week 33). All additional therapy (High Dose Methotrexate, Vincristin, Dexamethasone, 6-Mercaptopurine, doxorubicin, intrathecal chemotherapy) is the same in both arms.
- interventionNames
- Drug: PEG Asparaginase at two weeks interval
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 1 Year
- Maximum age
- 45 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Childhood ALL * All mandatory biological data are available6 * Written informed consent has been obtained Exclusion Criteria: * Bilineage ALL * Pre-treatment with glucocorticosteroids or other antileukemic agents for more than 1 week * ALL predisposition syndromes * Previous cancer * Off protocol administration of additional chemotherapy during induction therapy * Sexually active females not using contraception * No allergic reactions to PEG Asparaginase
References
Publications (6)
- DERIVEDAlbertsen BK, Grell K, Abrahamsson J, Lund B, Vettenranta K, Jonsson OG, Frandsen TL, Wolthers BO, Heyman M, Schmiegelow K. Intermittent Versus Continuous PEG-Asparaginase to Reduce Asparaginase-Associated Toxicities: A NOPHO ALL2008 Randomized Study. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jul 1;37(19):1638-1646. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01877. Epub 2019 Apr 12. PMID 30978155
- DERIVEDTram Henriksen L, Gottschalk Hojfeldt S, Schmiegelow K, Frandsen TL, Skov Wehner P, Schroder H, Klug Albertsen B; Nordic Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, NOPHO Group. Prolonged first-line PEG-asparaginase treatment in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol-Pharmacokinetics and antibody formation. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Dec;64(12). doi: 10.1002/pbc.26686. Epub 2017 Jun 29. PMID 28660740
- DERIVEDNielsen SN, Grell K, Nersting J, Abrahamsson J, Lund B, Kanerva J, Jonsson OG, Vaitkeviciene G, Pruunsild K, Hjalgrim LL, Schmiegelow K. DNA-thioguanine nucleotide concentration and relapse-free survival during maintenance therapy of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (NOPHO ALL2008): a prospective substudy of a phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Apr;18(4):515-524. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30154-7. Epub 2017 Mar 1. PMID 28258828
- DERIVEDWolthers BO, Frandsen TL, Abrahamsson J, Albertsen BK, Helt LR, Heyman M, Jonsson OG, Korgvee LT, Lund B, Raja RA, Rasmussen KK, Taskinen M, Tulstrup M, Vaitkeviciene GE, Yadav R, Gupta R, Schmiegelow K. Asparaginase-associated pancreatitis: a study on phenotype and genotype in the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol. Leukemia. 2017 Feb;31(2):325-332. doi: 10.1038/leu.2016.203. Epub 2016 Jul 25. PMID 27451978
- DERIVEDHenriksen LT, Harila-Saari A, Ruud E, Abrahamsson J, Pruunsild K, Vaitkeviciene G, Jonsson OG, Schmiegelow K, Heyman M, Schroder H, Albertsen BK; Nordic Society of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (NOPHO) group. PEG-asparaginase allergy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Mar;62(3):427-33. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25319. Epub 2014 Nov 21.