Triple threat: targeted drugs + CAR-T cells aim to beat a tough leukemia

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female patients aged 18 years or older 2. Newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive(either t(9;22) and/or BCR-ABL positive and/ or FISH positive) acute lymphoblastic leukemia 3. CD19 expression on blasts 4. Expected survival time greater than 3 months 5. Adequate end organ function as defined by: Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal（ULN）; serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN or ≤5 x ULN if leukemic involvement of the liver is present; Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN; Serum amylase and lipase ≤ 1.5 x ULN; Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN unless considered tumor related; normal electrolytes: Potassium ≥ LLN; Magnesium ≥ LLN; Phosphorus ≥ LLN; Cardiac color Doppler ultrasound ejection fraction ≥ 45% 6. Subject has provided written informed consent prior to any screening procedure Exclusion Criteria: 1. Lymphoid blast crisis of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) 2. Previous or ongoing systemic anti-ALL therapy (including but not restricted to TKI and/or radiotherapy, except for appropriate pre-treatment) 3. Patients with a history of myocardial infarction within 12 months or clinically significant cardiac disorders disease (e.g., unstable angina, congestive heart failure, uncontrollable hypertension, uncontrollable arrhythmia, etc.) 4. Uncontrolled active serious infections that could, in the investigator's opinion, potentially interfere with the completion of treatment 5. Known HIV seropositivity 6. History of acute pancreatitis within 1 year of study screening or history of chronic pancreatitis 7. Uncontrolled hypertriglyceridemia (triglycerides \>450 mg/dL) 8. Another malignancy diagnosed and treated within 5 years prior to diagnosis or previously diagnosed with another malignancy with evidence of residual disease. Patients with non-melanoma skin cancer or any type of carcinoma in situ that has been completely excised should not be excluded 9. Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding 10. Clinical manifestations of active CNS or extramedullary involvement with ALL 11. Poorly controlled diabetes, defined as glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) values of \>7.5%. Patients with preexisting, well-controlled diabetes are not excluded 12. Any serious psychiatric illness that could, in the investigator's opinion, potentially interfere with the completion of treatment 13. Other conditions assessed by the investigators to be inappropriate for this study