Outcome of infants younger than 1 year with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with the interfant-06 protocol: Results from an international phase III randomized study

Rob Pieters, Paola De Lorenzo, Philip Ancliffe, Luis Alberto Aversa, Benoit Brethon, Andrea Biondi, Myriam Campbell, Gabriele Escherich, Alina Ferster, Rebecca A. Gardner, Rishi Sury Kotecha, Birgitte Lausen, Chi Kong Li, Franco Locatelli, Andishe Attarbaschi, Christina Peters, Jeffrey E. Rubnitz, Lewis B. Silverman, Jan Stary, Tomasz SzczepanskiAjay Vora, Martin Schrappe, Maria Grazia Valsecchi

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Abstract

PURPOSE Infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is characterized by KMT2A (MLL) gene rearrangements and coexpression of myeloid markers. The Interfant-06 study, comprising 18 national and international study groups, tested whether myeloid-style consolidation chemotherapy is superior to lymphoid style, the role of stemcell transplantation (SCT), and which factors had independent prognostic value. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three risk groups were defined: low risk (LR): KMT2A germline; high risk (HR): KMT2A-rearranged and older than 6 months with WBC count 300 3 109/L or more or a poor prednisone response; and medium risk (MR): all other KMT2A-rearranged cases. Patients in the MR and HR groups were randomly assigned to receive the lymphoid course low-dose cytosine arabinoside [araC], 6-mercaptopurine, cyclophosphamide (IB) or experimental myeloid courses, namely araC, daunorubicin, etoposide (ADE) and mitoxantrone, araC, etoposide (MAE). RESULTS A total of 651 infants were included, with 6-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival of 46.1% (SE, 2.1) and 58.2% (SE, 2.0). In West European/North American groups, 6-year EFS and overall survival were 49.4% (SE, 2.5) and 62.1% (SE, 2.4), which were 10% to 12% higher than in other countries. The 6-year probability of disease-free survival was comparable for the randomized arms (ADE1MAE 39.3% [SE 4.0; n = 169] v IB 36.8% [SE, 3.9; n = 161]; log-rank P = .47). The 6-year EFS rate of patients in the HR group was 20.9% (SE, 3.4) with the intention to undergo SCT; only 46% of them received SCT, because many had early events. KMT2A rearrangement was the strongest prognostic factor for EFS, followed by age, WBC count, and prednisone response. CONCLUSION Early intensification with postinduction myeloid-type chemotherapy courses did not significantly improve outcome for infant ALL compared with the lymphoid-type course IB. Outcome for infant ALL in Interfant- 06 did not improve compared with that in Interfant-99.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)2246-2256
Numero di pagine11
RivistaJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume37
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2019

Keywords

  • ALL

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