Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for Children and Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The ALL SCTped 2012 FORUM is a multinational, multi-centre, controlled, prospective phase III study for the therapy and therapy optimisation for children and adolescents with ALL in complete morphological remission (CR, less than 5% bone marrow blasts, no blasts in cerebrospinal fluid, no other extramedullary leukemia), who have an indication for HSCT with a myeloablative conditioning regimen.
The stratification of patients in first and following remissions according to the individual transplantation modalities rests upon an indication for allogeneic HSCT and the availability of a suitable donor within the individual transplantation groups.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 2/Phase 3 |
Detailed Description
Acute and late side effects of TBI in combination with other chemotherapeutic are manifold to the growing organism and include severe organ dysfunction/failure due to toxicity. Although transplant associated mortality was reduced after HSCT in the last decade due to better HLA matching, infection prevention and control, the burden of late complications is still a matter of concern. Growth retardation, hormonal dysfunction, sterility and the risk of secondary cancer are the late consequences of TBI in children. However, so far no prospective study has demonstrated similar outcomes in paediatric ALL using chemo-conditioning regimen before HSCT. The reason for that is manifold: only a minority of children with ALL qualifies for allogeneic HSCT as most patients are cured with sole modern chemotherapy approaches. Those with dismal prognosis are treated in HSCT centres offering a care to patients with different diseases. Therefore it is nearly impossible to answer the complex outcome questions in single centres or even in single countries. International cooperation is essential to allow prospective investigation within comparable patient cohorts.
This study aimed to explore the efficacy and efficiency of two different chemo-conditioning regimens (Flu/Thio with Treo or ivBu) in comparison to the standard conditioning regimen (TBI/VP16). All patients with an indication for HSCT, age > 4 years and a matched donor (MD) or matched sibling donor (MSD) underwent a randomisation between these two conditioning regimens. The decision if the irradiation free conditioning is Flu/Thio/Treo or Flu/Thio/ivBu was stratified by country. Patients with age < 4 years received the irradiation free conditioning. Patients with a mismatched donor were stratified according to the donor's stem cell source (cordblood, haploidentical tx or bone marrow/peripheral blood stem cells).
After an interim analysis of the randomized FORUM-trial in December 2018, which showed superior OS for TBI/Etoposide with equal outcomes for Bu or Treo-containing regimen, the randomization was suspended. The reason was less relapse incidence whereas 1-year TRM was comparable in all 3 arms. The randomization was closed in March 2019 based on the results of additional analyses confirming the superiority of TBI/VP16 over chemo-conditioning. Consequently, the TBI conditioning has remained a standard for the patients older than 4 years with a MSD/MD. Use of a conditioning other than TBI/VP16 in this age group is made at the center level based on the assessment of each individual patient.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Flu/Thio/Treo Fludarabine/Thiotepa/Treosulfan is for conditioning before HSCT from MSD or MD. ATG Thymo or Grafalon is used for patients who receive stem cells from unrelated donors. Fludarabine/Thiotepa/Treosulfan with either ATG Thymo or Grafalon is also used for HSCT from MMD with in vitro T-Cell Depletion (TCD) or with CD34+ selection. Fludarabine/Thiotepa/Treosulfan with Post Tx-Cyclophosphamide is used for MMD-graft without in vitro TCD. |
Drug: Thiotepa
2x5 mg/kg BW, 1 day
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Drug: Treosulfan
14g/m² BS, 3 days
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Drug: Fludarabine
30 mg/m² BS, 5 days
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Drug: ATG Thymoglobulin
MD: ATG Thymo: 2,5mg/kg BW/d 3 days.
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Drug: Grafalon
MD: 15mg/kg BW/d 3 days MMD: 10mg/kg BW/d 3 days
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Active Comparator: TBI/VP16 TBI (Total Body Irradiation) / VP16 is used for conditioning for HSCT with MSD or MD graft with patients who are older than 48 months at the time of conditioning. TBI/VP16 is also used with Post TX-Cyclophosphamide for MMD-graft without in vitro T-Cell Depletion. TBI/VP16 with either ATG Thymo or Grafalon is used for MMD-HSCT with in vitro T-Cell Depletion or with CD34+ selection. |
Drug: VP16
60 mg/kg BW,1 day
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Radiation: TBI
2 x 2Gy/day , 3 days (total 12Gy)
Drug: ATG Thymoglobulin
MD: ATG Thymo: 2,5mg/kg BW/d 3 days.
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Drug: Grafalon
MD: 15mg/kg BW/d 3 days MMD: 10mg/kg BW/d 3 days
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Experimental: Flu/Thio/ivBu Fludarabine/Thiotepa/iV Busulfan is used for conditioning before HSCT from MSD or MD. Fludarabine/Thiotepa/iBu with either ATG Thymo or Grafalon is also used for HSCT from MMD-HSCT with T-Cell Depletion (TCD) or haplo with CD34+ selection. Fludarabine/Thiotepa/iV Busulfan with Post Tx-Cyclophosphamide is used for MMD-graft without in vitro TCD. |
Drug: Thiotepa
2x5 mg/kg BW, 1 day
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Drug: Fludarabine
30 mg/m² BS, 5 days
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Drug: Busulfan
iV, dosage according therapeutic drug monitoring, 4 days
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Drug: ATG Thymoglobulin
MD: ATG Thymo: 2,5mg/kg BW/d 3 days.
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Drug: Cyclophosphamide
50mg/kg BW/d 2 days with Mesna
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Drug: Grafalon
MD: 15mg/kg BW/d 3 days MMD: 10mg/kg BW/d 3 days
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Overall Survival (OS) Stratum 1a (randomisation TBI+ chemo-conditioning vs. chemo-conditioning only) [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
Stratum 1 - randomisation related question was closed in December 2018; patients are in active follow-up: To show that a non total body irradiation (TBI) containing conditioning (Flu/Thio/ivBu or Flu/Thio/Treo) results in a non-inferior survival as compared to conditioning with TBI/Etoposide in children older than 4 years after HSCT from a Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) identical sibling donor (MSD) or a HLA matched donor (MD). The primary endpoint is the OS calculated from the date of the randomisation. Death from any cause will be considered an event.
- Event free survival (EFS) Stratum 2 (mismatched donor transplantation) [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
EFS after allogeneic HSCT. EFS calculated from date of recruitment to disease progression or relapse, secondary neoplasm and death from any cause.
- Overall Survival (OS), Stratum 1b: MSD/MD without randomisation [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
To explore the impact of risk factors on the incidence of adverse events of special interest (AESIs) and on overall survival and event free survival in the entire MSD/MD cohort
Secondary Outcome Measures
- EFS (Stratum 1a and 1b) [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
EFS calculated from date of randomization (1a) or recruitment (1b) to disease progression or relapse, secondary neoplasm and death from any cause. Patients lost to follow-up without event will be censored at the date of their last follow-up evaluation.
- TRM [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
Cumulative Incidence of Treatment-related mortality (TRM) for Stratum 1 and 2.
- Relapse/progression [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
Cumulative Incidence of Relapse for Stratum 1a, 1b and 2.
- Acute and late toxicity for Stratum 1a, 1b and 2 [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
according a preselection out of CTC3
- OS (Stratum 2) [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
The primary endpoint is the OS calculated from the date of the recruitment . Death from any cause will be considered an event.
Other Outcome Measures
- Acute Graft versus Host Disease (aGVHD) [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
According to the modified Seattle Glucksberg criteria
- Secondary malignancies [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
Incidence, type and timepoint of occurence
- Chronic Graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) [first: 18 months after inclusion of first patient, afterwards annually up to 10 years]
Chronic GVHD is diagnosed using criteria created through the NIH consensus development project
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients with ALL (except for patients with B-ALL) who fulfil the following criteria:
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age at diagnosis ≤ 18 years. Age at HSCT ≤ 21 years
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indication for allogeneic HSCT
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complete remission (CR) before HSCT
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written consent of the parents (legal guardian) and, if necessary, the minor patient via "Informed Consent Form"
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no pregnancy
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no secondary malignancy
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no previous HSCT
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HSCT is performed in a study participating centre
Exclusion Criteria:
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patients who do not fulfil the inclusion criteria
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Non Hodgkin-Lymphoma
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the whole protocol or essential parts are declined either by patient himself/herself or the respective legal guardian
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no consent is given for saving and propagation of anonymous medical data for study reasons
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severe concomitant disease that does not allow treatment according to the protocol at the investigator's discretion (e.g. malformation syndromes, cardiac malformations, metabolic disorders)
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Karnofsky / Lansky score < 50%
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subjects unwilling or unable to comply with the study procedures
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Hospital de Pediatria "Juan P. Garrahan" Combate de Los Pozos N°1800 CABA | Buenos Aires | Argentina | ||
2 | Hospital Sor Maria Ludovica, Department Hematology Stem Cell Transplant Unit | La Plata | Argentina | 1651 | |
3 | Children's Cancer Centre The Royal Children's Hospital | Melbourne | Australia | 3052 | |
4 | Princess Margaret Hospital for Children | Perth | Australia | 6008 | |
5 | Sydney Children's Hospital | Randwick | Australia | 2031 | |
6 | Lady Cilento Children's Hospital | South Brisbane | Australia | 4101 | |
7 | The Children's Hospital at Westmead Oncology Unit | Sydney | Australia | 2145 | |
8 | Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Abt. f. Hämato-Onkologie | Graz | Austria | 8036 | |
9 | Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde | Innsbruck | Austria | 6020 | |
10 | St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria | Vienna | Austria | 1090 | |
11 | Belarusian Research Center for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology | Minsk | Belarus | ||
12 | Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola (HUDERF) | Brussels | Belgium | 1020 | |
13 | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (UCL) Hématologie et oncologie pédiatrique | Brussels | Belgium | 1200 | |
14 | University Hospital Gent Pediatrische hemato-oncologie | Gent | Belgium | 9000 | |
15 | University Hospitals Leuven Kinderhemato-oncologie | Leuven | Belgium | 3000 | |
16 | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman | Liège | Belgium | ||
17 | Alberta Children's Hospital Division of Pediatric Oncology | Calgary | Canada | ||
18 | Montreal Children's Hospital | Montral | Canada | ||
19 | CHU Sainte-Justine Hematology-Oncology Division | Montreal | Canada | ||
20 | Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto Division of Haematology/Oncology | Toronto | Canada | ||
21 | BC Children's Hospital | Vancouver | Canada | ||
22 | CancerCare Manitoba/University of Manitoba | Winnipeg | Canada | ||
23 | Hospital Dr Luis Calvo Mackenna | Santiago | Chile | ||
24 | Department of Pediatrics, UHC Zagreb | Zagreb | Croatia | ||
25 | Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Teaching Hospital Motol, 2nd Medical School, Charles University | Prague | Czechia | 150 06 | |
26 | Paediatric Stem Cell Transplant and Immune Deficiency, Dept. for children and adolescents 4072, Rigshospitalet | Copenhagen | Denmark | 2100 | |
27 | Division of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Univ. of Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland | 00029 HUS | |
28 | CHU Bordeaux | Bordeaux | France | 33076 | |
29 | CHU Clermont-Ferrand | Clermont-Ferrand | France | 63003 | |
30 | CHU Grenoble - Clinique Universitaire de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Couple Enfant | Grenoble | France | 38043 | |
31 | CHRU Lille, Service d'Hématologie Pédiatrique | Lille | France | 59037 | |
32 | IHOP / Lyon, Service Hématologie et d'Oncologie pédiatrique | Lyon | France | 69372 | |
33 | Hopital la Timone Adulte | Marseille | France | 13385 | |
34 | Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve | Montpellier | France | 34295 | |
35 | CHU Nancy - Hopital d'Enfants | Nancy | France | 54500 | |
36 | CHU Nantes, Service d'onco hémato pédiatrie | Nantes | France | 44093 | |
37 | Hôpital Robert Debré | Paris | France | 75019 | |
38 | CHU de Rennes, Serive d'Onco-Pédiatrie | Rennes | France | 35203 | |
39 | CHU de Rouen, Hopital des Enfants, Service d' Immuno-Hématologie Oncologie Pédiatrique | Rouen | France | 76031 | |
40 | CHU Strasbourg, Service d'hématologie et d'oncologie pédiatrique | Strasbourg | France | 67098 | |
41 | Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Aachen | Germany | 52074 | |
42 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum | Berlin | Germany | 13353 | |
43 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Abteilung für Pädiatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie | Bonn | Germany | 53113 | |
44 | Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Klinik für Kinder-Onkologie, -Hämatologie und Klinische Immunologie | Düsseldorf | Germany | 40225 | |
45 | Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Kinder- und Jugendklinik | Erlangen | Germany | 1054 | |
46 | Universitätsklinikum Essen, Klinik für Kinderheilkunde III | Essen | Germany | 45122 | |
47 | Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (KKJM) | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 60590 | |
48 | Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Freiburg | Germany | 79106 | |
49 | Universitätsklinikum Gießen, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Gießen | Germany | 35392 | |
50 | Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Greifswald | Germany | 17475 | |
51 | Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Halle | Germany | 06120 | |
52 | Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik und Poliklinik für Pädiatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie | Hamburg | Germany | 20246 | |
53 | Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Zentrum Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin | Hannover | Germany | 30625 | |
54 | Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Heidelberg | Germany | 69120 | |
55 | Universitätsklinikum Jena, Sektion für Stammzelltransplantation | Jena | Germany | 07745 | |
56 | UKSH - Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Klinik für Allgemeine Pädiatrie | Kiel | Germany | 24105 | |
57 | Universitätsmedizin Leipzig, Abteilung für Pädiatrische Onkologie, Hämatologie und Hämostaseologie | Leipzig | Germany | 04103 | |
58 | Klinikum der Universität München, Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital | München | Germany | 80337 | |
59 | Städt. Krankenhaus München Schwabing, Universitätskinderklinik der TU München | München | Germany | 80804 | |
60 | Universitätsklinikum Münster, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Münster | Germany | 48149 | |
61 | Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Regensburg | Germany | 93053 | |
62 | Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Tübingen | Tübingen | Germany | 72076 | |
63 | Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | Ulm | Germany | 89075 | |
64 | Universitäts-Kinderklinik Würzburg | Würzburg | Germany | 97080 | |
65 | Saint Sophia Children's Hospital BMT Unit | Athens | Greece | 11527 | |
66 | Hospital of Southern Pest, National Insitute of Hematology and Infectious DiseaseHospital of Southern Pest, National Insitute of Hematology and Infectious Disease Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit at Central | Budapest | Hungary | 1097 | |
67 | Rambam Medical Center | Haifa | Israel | 31096 | |
68 | Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel | Petach-Tikva | Israel | 49202 | |
69 | Dana Children's Hospital | Tel Aviv | Israel | 64239 | |
70 | Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi di Bologna | Bologna | Italy | 40138 | |
71 | Ospedale Mayer di Firenze SODc Tumori Pediatrici e TMO | Florence | Italy | 50139 | |
72 | Istituto Gaslini Genova Oncoematologia Pediatrica- | Genoa | Italy | 16147 | |
73 | A.O. San Gerardo di Monza Clinica Pediatrica | Monza | Italy | 20900 | |
74 | A.O.R.N. Santobono Pausilipon, Dipartimento di Oncoematologia | Napoli | Italy | 80123 | |
75 | Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova Oncoematologia Pediatrica | Padova | Italy | 35128 | |
76 | Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo | Pavia | Italy | 27100 | |
77 | Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana U.O. di Oncoematologia Pediatrica A.O. | Pisa | Italy | 56126 | |
78 | Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Sapienza, University of Rome | Rome | Italy | 00165 | |
79 | Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita SC Oncoematologia e Centro Trapianti | Torino | Italy | 10126 | |
80 | University of Malaya, Department of Paediatrics | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | ||
81 | Instituto Nacional de Peditria | Ciudad de México | Mexico | ||
82 | Leiden University Medical Center Department of Pediatrics/BMT unit | Leiden | Netherlands | 2300 | |
83 | Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology | Utrecht | Netherlands | 3584 | |
84 | Starship Children's Hospital | Auckland | New Zealand | 1142 | |
85 | Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet | Oslo | Norway | 0424 | |
86 | University Hospital No.1, Collegium Medicum UMK, department of Paediatrics, Oncology, Hematology and Paediatric Transplantology | Bydgoszcz | Poland | ||
87 | University Children's Hospital in Krakow, Department of Transplantation | Kraków | Poland | ||
88 | Children's University Hospital, Dept. Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantology | Lublin | Poland | ||
89 | Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatric Onology, Hematology & HSCT | Poznań | Poland | ||
90 | Cape of Hope, Wroclaw Medical University | Wrocław | Poland | ||
91 | IInsitutul Clinic Fundeni, Sectia de Transplant Medular | Bukarest | Romania | ||
92 | University of Medicine and Pharmacy V. BABES, Emergency Children's Hospital LOUIS TURCANU, III. Clinic of Pediatrics , Department of Onco-hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation | Timişoara | Romania | ||
93 | King Abdullah specialists children hospital | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | ||
94 | University Children's Hospital | Bratislava | Slovakia | 83340 | |
95 | University childrens' hospital, UMCL | Ljubljana | Slovenia | ||
96 | Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau | Barcelona | Spain | ||
97 | Hospital Vall d'Hebron | Barcelona | Spain | ||
98 | Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca | El Palmar | Spain | ||
99 | Hospital Materno Infantil de Málaga | Málaga | Spain | ||
100 | Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias | Oviedo | Spain | ||
101 | Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Oncology (Avdelnig 321-322) | Göteborg | Sweden | 41685 | |
102 | Skane University Hospital, Dept. of Pediatrics, Section for Hematology and Oncology | Lund | Sweden | 22185 | |
103 | Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics | Stockholm | Sweden | 14186 | |
104 | University Children's Hospital, Dept. of Women's & Children's Health Section for Pediatrics | Uppsala | Sweden | 75185 | |
105 | Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel (UKBB) | Basel | Switzerland | 4056 | |
106 | HUG Hôpitaux Universitaire de Genève | Geneva | Switzerland | 1211 | |
107 | Universitäts-Kinderspital Zurich | Zurich | Switzerland | 8032 | |
108 | Ankara University School of Medicine Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Ankara | Turkey | 06100 | |
109 | Gazi University School of Medicine Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Ankara | Turkey | ||
110 | Gülhane Training and Research Hospital | Ankara | Turkey | ||
111 | Akdeniz University School of Medicine Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Antalya | Turkey | ||
112 | Bahcesehir University School of Medicine Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Antalya | Turkey | ||
113 | Acibadem University Atakent Hospital Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Istanbul | Turkey | ||
114 | Bahcelievler Medicalpark Hospital Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Istanbul | Turkey | ||
115 | Bahcesehir University School of Medicine Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Istanbul | Turkey | ||
116 | Medipol Mega Üniversite Hastanesi | Istanbul | Turkey | ||
117 | Dokuzeylul University School of Medicine Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Izmir | Turkey | ||
118 | Ege University School of Medicine Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Izmir | Turkey | ||
119 | Erciyes University School of Medicine Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation Unit | Kayseri | Turkey |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung
- ALL SCTped Forum
- European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
- ALL-BFM Study Group
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Dutch Childhood Oncology Group
- Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group
- Australian & New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group
Investigators
- Study Chair: Christina Peters, Prof. MD PhD, St. Anna Kinderspital, Vienna, Austria
- Study Chair: Peter Bader, Prof. MD PhD, Goethe University
- Study Chair: Franco Locatelli, Prof. MD PhD, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
Study Documents (Full-Text)
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Additional Information:
Publications
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