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Status unknownNCT04228393Updated Jan 14, 2020

The Individualized Treatment of 6-mercaptopurine in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in China

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of 6-mercaptopurine and Standard treatment in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Pediatric, sponsored by Wei Zhao. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-14.

Sponsored by Wei Zhao · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2020), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
82
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
1 Year to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of individualized treatment of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) in Chinese children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and to investigate the dose-concentration-response (DER) relationship between thiopurine metabolites and adverse events. The individualized administration of 6-MP was established in Chinese children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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To inflict minimal pain on the child contributing blood samples, opportunistic sampling design was chosen to collect pharmacokinetic samples.

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Conditions studied

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Pediatric

Keywords

  • acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • 6-mercaptopurine
  • children
  • individualized treatment
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In context

Leukemia

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This study's planned enrollment of 82 is above the median of 38 across 4,247 interventional studies indexed under Leukemia.

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Lead sponsor

Wei Zhao is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Year to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Confirmed diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia;
  2. Age 1-18y at time of initial diagnosis;
  3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2
  4. Informed consent signed by the patients parents or guardians before initiation of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Ph-positive ALL, matrue B-cell ALL, BC-CML;
  2. Secondary to immunodeficiency, second cancer;
  3. Abnormal liver and kidney function;
  4. Patients divided into intermediate or high risk groups according to the risk grouping criteria of the Chinese Children Cancer Group (CCCG) protocol-ALL 2015;
  5. Patients who enrolled in another clinical trial;
  6. Expected survival time less than the treatment cycle;
  7. Patients with other factors that researcher considers unsuitable for inclusion
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
82 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Standard treatment regimen

    6-mercaptopurine was administered according to the Chinese Children Cancer Group (CCCG) protocol-ALL 2015.

    Drug: 6-mercaptopurine · Procedure: Standard treatment

  • Experimental
    Individualized treatment regimen

    6-mercaptopurine was administered on the basis of Chinese Children Cancer Group (CCCG) protocol-ALL 2015 combined with Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC), genotypes and the concentrations of 6-TGN in red blood cells.

    Drug: 6-mercaptopurine · Procedure: Individualized treatment

Interventions

  • Drug6-mercaptopurine

    6-mercaptopurine was administered orally to patients once daily.

    Also known as: 6-MP

  • ProcedureStandard treatment

    The initial dose is 50mg/m2. The dose was adjusted according to white blood cells.

  • ProcedureIndividualized treatment

    The initial dose is determined according to the genotypes of patients combined with Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC). The dose was adjusted according to white blood cells, genotypes and the concentrations of 6-TGN in red blood cells.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. leukopenia

    Leukopenia was graded by common toxicity criteria as follows: Grade 3, 1.0-2.0 × 109/L, and Grade 4, \< 1.0 × 109/L.

    Time frame: 6 weeks

  2. thiopurine-induced leukopenia

    Resolution of leukopenia was determined after 6-MP dose reduction or discontinuation, both in the absence of other apparent causes for the leukopenia or its disappearance.

    Time frame: 6-weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. hepatotoxicity

    Hepatotoxicity was defined as aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine transaminase (ALT) levels 2-fold above the upper limit without cytolysis.

    Time frame: 6 weeks

  2. 6-thioguanine nucleotides (6-TGN) concentrations in erythrocytes.

    Peripheral blood samples were obtained from steady-state plasma concentrates by opportunistic sampling design.

    Time frame: 3 months

  3. 6-methylmercaptopurine nucleotides (6-MMPN) concentrations in erythrocytes.

    Peripheral blood samples were obtained from steady-state plasma concentrates by opportunistic sampling design.

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • State Key Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Department of Paediatric Haematology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
    Tanjin, Tianjin 300020, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 14, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04228393
Lead sponsor
Wei Zhao
Collaborators
Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China, Qianfoshan Hospital, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
Responsible party
Wei Zhao (Professor; Head of department of clinical pharmacy and pharmacology, Shandong University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Jan 14, 2020
Start date
Feb 1, 2020 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 14, 2020

Study contacts

Wei Zhao, Ph.D
Contact
zhao4wei2@hotmail.com
86053188383308
Yan H Shi, Ph.D
Contact
zhao4wei2@hotmail.com
86053188383308
Wei Zhao, Ph.D
principal investigator · Shandong University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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