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Unravelling the Role of KCTD Protein Family in the Clinical Management of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias

An observational study in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, sponsored by IRCCS SYNLAB SDN. Recruiting at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-25.

Sponsored by IRCCS SYNLAB SDN · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Mar 2020; still recruiting 6 years 8 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
80
Ages
1 Year to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 148 studies in Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma with a site in Italy — 29 open to participants now, 43 under way, 10 of them phase 3. Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma · Italy.

Planned enrollment
18th of 28
80 · median 100
Started
2020
with 6 others
Observational
28 of 148
9 open now
Primary completion
2024-02
later than 3 of 42 live
Registered
126th of 148
by date

Among the 148 studies in Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma with a site in Italy, this one is the 18th largest by planned enrollment of the 28 observational ones that give a count, is one of 7 that started in 2020, is one of 28 observational ones, reaches primary completion later than 3 of the 42 other live ones, and was the 126th registered.

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Who these studies take

Of the 370 Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma studies recruiting now, 96 (26%) set no upper age limit and 257 (69%) stop at 75 or younger; 247 take children under 18; 29 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 1 Year to 18 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

A transcriptomic analysis of bone marrow from B-ALL patients was performed by our research group for identifying novel protein/factor with a putative role of disease biomarker. Along with some already known B-ALL biomarkers, our analysis highlighted deregulation of some members of an emerging protein class denoted as KCTD (Potassium ChannelTetramerization Domain-containing proteins). Starting from our preliminary observations, and considering that KCTDs havenever been studied in ALL, we decided to study these proteins in B- and T-ALL affected pediatric patients, enrolled by our research group in collaboration with AORN Santobono-Pausilipon pediatric oncological hospital.Indeed, the present research program aims at opening a new scenario for the study of KCTD proteins in childhood leukemias. The final goal of the project will be to evaluate the translational relevance of selected deregulated KCTDs as novel biomarkers useful for B-ALL and T-ALL diagnostics, and patient management.

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Conditions studied

  • Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Year to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

The study foresees the possibility of recruiting approximately 60 patients with B-ALL and 15-20 patients with T-ALL. Furthermore, control subjects with age and sex comparable to those of the patients will be recruited. Finally, about 100 units of cord blood that do not meet the criteria for therapeutic cryopreservation and for which consent has been given for their use for scientific research will be used

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged 1-18 years of both sexes diagnosed with B- ALL and T-ALL;
  • Patients who will have signed the

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who refuse to participate in the study;
  • Patients who do not fall within the age range mentioned above
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients

    pediatric patients of 1-16 years old affected by acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Other: observational study

  • healthy subjects

    cord blood from healthy donors that cannot be used for clinical purposes

    Other: observational study

Interventions

  • Otherobservational study

    analysis of biomarkers of interest (DNA-RNA and proteins) in MNC purified from the subjects' blood

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. KCTD expression levels, by RNAseq approach, in a cohort of B and T cell ALL affected patients compared to unaffected controls

    We enroll during this project about 15-20 B-ALL, and 3-6 T-ALL patients.RNAseq experiments for transcriptome analysis will be performed on a study cohort of at least 8 B-ALL patients, 3-4 T-ALL patients, and naive B or T cells purified from cord blood as control for B- and T-ALL correspondingly. Raw counts will be used and an empirical Bayes approach applied (DESeq2, R package). The results will include, for each gene, log-fold change (log2), base mean, p-value and adjusted p-values (Benjamimi-Hochberg). DEgenes output will be exported into format suitable for IPA Ingenuity pathway AnalysisSoftware (Qiagen), for gene annotations, functional analysis and biomarker prediction. The KCTD proteins that will be dereguleted in B-ALL and T-ALL will be studied in detail.

    Time frame: 1-12 months

  2. RT-PCR validation of deregulated KCTDs and identification of possible KCTDs interactors in leukemia by functional proteomic approach

    After the interpretation of transcriptome data we will perform specific validation experiments by reat-time pcr, westernblotting, flow cytometry and microscopy. Briefly,total RNA will be purified from about 5e6 total MNC and used for RT-PCR experiments; BM smear will be collected for immunofluorescence analysis of deregulated KCTDs; protein total extract will be obtained from at least 1 e 6 total MNC and stored at -80°C until Western Blotting; finally, live mononuclear cells will be treted for permeabilization and cytoplasmic immunostaining of the KCTDs of interest. All experiments will be settled-up on B- and T-ALL in vitro human model systems and then performed on patients and controls cells. Moreover, in order to identify possible interactors of KCTDs proteins we will use B-ALL and T-ALL cell lines for functional proteomics analysis.

    Time frame: 13-24 months

  3. Correlation of B-ALL patients clinical data with KCTDs expression level

    Firstly, we will evaluated the usefulness of the deregulated KCTD proteins as novel markers of leukemia to be tested by multiparametric clinical flowcytometry. A specific protocol has been already setted-up by our research team, and it is able to stain cytoplasmicantigens (such as KCTD proteins) with surface antigens commonly used for to study hematoogical compartments by flowcytometry. This approach will be useful especially in monitoring patient response to treatment as well as detection of minimal residual disease. Moreover, being able to detect cytoplasmic KCTDs in combination with surface antigens, we planned to describe the KCTDs expression levels in multiple cellular population residing in marrow and peripheral blood.Secondly, the overall data obtained in this study will be also interpreted looking at the patient clinics with particular reference to the response to therapy, the risk of relapse and, when possible, resistance to therapy.

    Time frame: 25-36 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Mar 2020 to primary completion in Feb 2024, 46 months.

Of 145 non-industry observational studies under Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, half reached primary completion within 54 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 26 and three quarters within 143. This study's 46 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 163 studies reached it within 54 months; a quarter within 24 and three quarters within 142.

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Registered
Jan 27, 2023
First posted
Feb 15, 2023
StartActual
Mar 2, 2020
Primary completionActual
Feb 1, 2024
CompletionEst.
Jul 31, 2025
Last update
Mar 25, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 25, 2024, 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
NCT05729178
Lead sponsor
IRCCS SYNLAB SDN
Collaborators
Santobono-Pausilipon Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 15, 2023
Start date
Mar 2, 2020
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2024
Completion
Jul 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 25, 2024

Study contacts

Laura Pierri, MSC
Contact
direzionescientifica.irccssdn@synlab.it
0812408470

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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