Clinical trial · Interventional
Vincristine, Dexamethasone, Doxorubicin, and PEG-asparaginase (VPLD) and Metformin for Relapsed Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
A Phase I Window, Dose Escalating and Safety Trial of Metformin in Combination With Induction Chemotherapy in Relapsed Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Metformin With Induction Chemotherapy of Vincristine, Dexamethasone, Doxorubicin, and PEG-asparaginase (VPLD)
- 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)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute will be the Sunshine Project Coordinator, but will not be recruiting locally. The purpose of the trial is to study the clinical and biological effects of metformin in combination with standard systemic chemotherapy in a disease (relapsed ALL) that has a dismal outcome, as well as to do a dose escalation study to find the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) of metformin in conjunction with ALL therapy. There have also been analysis of patients enrolled on trials who were diabetics on metformin and their outcome was better than patients on the same trial that were not on metformin as their antihyperglycemic.
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 (6)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexamethasone | Drug | Dexamethasone | ALIAS |
| Doxorubicin | Drug | Doxorubicin | ALIAS |
| Intrathecal chemotherapy | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Metformin | Drug | Metformin | ALIAS |
| PEG-asparaginase | Drug | Pegaspargase | ALIAS |
| Vincristine | Drug | Vincristine | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- VLPD Regimen
- description
- Induction will consist of vincristine, dexamethasone, doxorubicin and PEG asparaginase (so called VPLD - dexamethasone is substituted for prednisone and PEG asparaginase is substituted for L-asparaginase) in combination with metformin. Eligible patients will receive 24 hours of metformin followed by induction. Intrathecal chemotherapy with standard dose cytarabine will be administered at the start of each cycle, with central nervous system (CNS) therapy afterwards determined by findings on staging lumbar puncture.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Metformin
- Drug: Vincristine
- Drug: Dexamethasone
- Drug: PEG-asparaginase
- Drug: Doxorubicin
- Drug: Intrathecal chemotherapy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)
- timeFrame
- 45 days
- description
- MTD determined by Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT), any time during the first course of therapy. Dose Limiting Toxicities: Any Grade 3 or 4 non-hematological toxicity by Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects (CTCAE) version 4.0 felt to be probably or definitely related to the study agent, persistent marrow aplasia at day 44, lactic acidosis for grade 3 or 4, grade 3 and 4 hypoglycemia.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 1 Year
- Maximum age
- 30 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * ALL or lymphoblastic lymphoma patients in first or higher relapse. * Male or Female age 1-30 years at initial diagnosis. * Signed informed consent. * Karnofsky / Lansky score above 50%. * No known contraindications to intended therapies. * Prior anthracycline exposure: Patients must have had less than 350 mg/m\^2 lifetime exposure of anthracycline chemotherapy. * It must be at least 6 months since the last treatment with a "VPLD" induction/re-induction type regimen (i.e. anthracycline, steroid, asparaginase and vincristine). * Patients must have adequate organ function. * Adequate renal function defined as serum creatinine \< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age. * Total bilirubin \< 1.5 X ULN for age. * Alanine transaminase (ALT) \< 5 X ULN for age, unless the elevation is disease-related. * Adequate cardiac function as defined as shortening fraction of \> 27% by echocardiogram or ejection fraction \> 45% by gated radionuclide study. Exclusion Criteria: * Significant renal impairment as determined per investigator discretion. * Patients planning on receiving other investigational agents while on this study. * Patients planning on receiving other anti-cancer therapies while on this study. * Patients with active infection defined as: positive blood culture within 48 hours of study registration; need for supplemental oxygen or vasopressors within 48 hours of study entry. * Patient receiving corticosteroids, aside from dexamethasone treatment directed at leukemia. * Known intolerance to doxorubicin, metformin, or vincristine. * Patients who have started protocol therapy prior to enrollment. Patient may still enroll if IT therapy was given within 72 hours of study enrollment as part of the diagnostic lumbar procedure. * Patients may be on hydroxurea until the first dose of metformin is to be given. * Patients who have a need to continue hydroxurea while on study (Patients may continue on hydroxurea only until the first dose of metformin is to given). * Patients with creatinine more than 1.5 x the ULN * Patients must have recovered from the acute side effects of all prior anticancer therapy. * At least 1 week from prior cytotoxic chemotherapy. * At least 4 weeks from craniospinal irradiation. * At least 4 months since hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) with no evidence of active graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). * Pregnant or lactating women.
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