Could a simple shot help fight tough leukemia?

NCT ID NCT04521231

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a subcutaneous (under the skin) injection of blinatumomab for people with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) or minimal residual disease. The goal is to see if this new method is safe and effective. About 181 adults and adolescents are taking part in this early-phase trial.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

blinatumomab

What this could lead to

If successful, this could offer a more convenient, injectable version of blinatumomab for treating hard-to-control B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

What could go wrong

This is an early-phase trial (phase 1/2) with a small number of participants, so safety and effectiveness are not yet proven. Side effects may include serious immune reactions or infections.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia Neoplasm, Residual precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Recurrence

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Akita University Hospital

    Akita, Akita, 010-8543, Japan

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Ankara Bilkent Sehir Hastanesi

    Ankara, 06800, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Arthur J E Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9, Canada

  • Austin Health, Austin Hospital

    Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I

    Roma, 00161, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Santobono Pausilipon

    Naples, 80123, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico G Rodolico - San Marco Presidio Ospedaliero G Rodolico

    Catania, 95123, Italy

  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni xxiii

    Bergamo, 24127, Italy

  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia

    Brescia, 25123, Italy

  • Bagcilar Medipol Mega Universite Hastanesi

    Istanbul, 34214, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Beijing Childrens Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100045, China

  • C.S. Mott Children's Hospital - University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • Cemic - Centro de Educacion Medica e Investigaciones Clinicas Norberto Quirno

    Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, C1431FWO, Argentina

  • Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille - Hopital Claude Huriez

    Lille, 59000, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice - Hopital de l Archet

    Nice, 06202, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Universite Catholique de Louvain Namur-Site Godinne

    Yvoir, 5530, Belgium

  • Centre Hospitalier de Versailles - Hopital Andre Mignot

    Le Chesnay, 78157, France

  • Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin

    Berlin, 12203, Germany

  • Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow

    Berlin, 13353, Germany

  • Children's Hospital of Soochow University

    Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215002, China

  • Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital

    Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do, 58128, South Korea

  • Christus Centro de Excelencia en Investigacion

    Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64060, Mexico

  • City of Hope National Medical Center

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

  • Clinica Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain

  • Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca Hospital Universitario de Salamanca

    Salamanca, Castille and León, 37007, Spain

  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum

    Rotterdam, 3015 CN, Netherlands

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98109-1023, United States

  • Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

    Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China

  • Fukushima Medical University Hospital

    Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan

  • Fundacao Amaral Carvalho

    Jaú, São Paulo, 17210-120, Brazil

  • Health Pharma Queretaro Sa de Cv

    Querétaro, 76230, Mexico

  • Henan Cancer Hospital

    Zhengzhou, Henan, 450008, China

  • Hong Kong Childrens Hospital

    Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong

  • Hopital Lyon Sud

    Pierre-Bénite, 69645, France

  • Hopital Robert Debre

    Paris, 75019, France

  • Hopital Saint Antoine

    Paris, 75012, France

  • Hopital Saint Louis

    Paris, 75010, France

  • Hosp Clin Fac Med Ribeirao Preto Usp

    Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14048-900, Brazil

  • Hosp de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia

    Valencia, Valencia, 46010, Spain

  • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

    Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, C1199ABB, Argentina

  • Hospital Sant Joan de Deu

    Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, 08950, Spain

  • Hospital Sirio Libanes Brasilia

    Brasília, Federal District, 70200-730, Brazil

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d Hebron

    Barcelona, Catalonia, 08035, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

    Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Infantil Niño Jesus

    Madrid, 28009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

    Santander, Cantabria, 39008, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

    Seville, Andalusia, 41013, Spain

  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant Orsola

    Bologna, 40138, Italy

  • IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu

    Roma, 00165, Italy

  • IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

    Milan, 20132, Italy

  • Institut Catala d Oncologia Badalona Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

    Badalona, Catalonia, 08916, Spain

  • Institut Catala d Oncologia Hospitalet Hospital Duran i Reynals

    L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, 08908, Spain

  • Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole

    Toulouse, 31059, France

  • Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

    Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China

  • Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

    Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China

  • Instituto Alexander Fleming

    Buenos Aires, C1426ANZ, Argentina

  • Instituto Medicina Integral Imip

    Recife, Pernambuco, 50070-902, Brazil

  • Instituto Onco Ped Graac Unifesp

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 04039-001, Brazil

  • Institutul Oncologic Prof Dr Ion Chiricuta

    Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania

  • Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hastanesi

    Istanbul, 34214, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Izmir Ekonomi Universitesi Medical Point Hastanesi

    Izmir, 35575, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Kanagawa Childrens Medical Center

    Yokohami-shi, Kanagawa, 232-8555, Japan

  • Monash Medical Centre

    Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia

  • Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China

  • National Cancer Center Hospital East

    Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan

  • New York University Grossman School of Medicine and New York University Langone Hospitals

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • Perth Childrens Hospital

    Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909, Australia

  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada

  • Prinses Maxima Centrum

    Utrecht, 3584 CS, Netherlands

  • Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  • Queensland Childrens Hospital

    South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia

  • Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital

    Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel

  • Rambam Medical Center

    Haifa, 3109601, Israel

  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • Royal Adelaide Hospital

    Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia

  • Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi

    Ankara, 06010, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Sanatorio Allende

    Córdoba, Córdoba Province, X5000JHQ, Argentina

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

  • Sydney Childrens Hospital

    Randwick, New South Wales, 2031, Australia

  • The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

    Qingdao, Shandong, 266003, China

  • The Alfred Hospital

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

  • The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St Marys Hospital

    Seoul, 06591, South Korea

  • The Childrens Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310005, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital Of Xi'An Jiaotong Unversity

    Xi’an, Shanxi, 710061, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

    Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215031, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1E8, Canada

  • The Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China

  • Universitaetsklinikum Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien

    Vienna, 1090, Austria

  • Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg

    Augsburg, 86156, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Jena

    Jena, 07747, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Koeln

    Cologne, 50937, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig

    Leipzig, 04103, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

    Tübingen, 72076, Germany

  • Universitatsklinikum Ulm

    Ulm, 89081, Germany

  • University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P4, Canada

  • University of California San Francisco Fresno at Community Cancer Institute

    Clovis, California, 93611, United States

  • University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Vancouver General Hospital, Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9, Canada

  • Westmead Hospital

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia

  • Yokohama City University Medical Center

    Yokohama, Kanagawa, 232-0024, Japan

  • Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical Unversity

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510280, China