New cocktail of drugs hopes to beat childhood leukemia that Won't quit
NCT ID NCT05751044
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests a combination of dasatinib, venetoclax, and chemotherapy in children and young adults with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL). The study has two phases: first to find the safest dose, then to see how well it shrinks tumors or clears leukemia cells from the bone marrow. Only 26 participants will be enrolled, and all have tumors with specific genetic changes in the MAPK/SRC pathway.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dasatinib, venetoclax, dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for children with hard-to-treat blood cancers that have returned or not responded to standard therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 26 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug combination can cause serious side effects, and it is not yet known if it will improve survival.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 26 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2032
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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1 year to 21 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Children between 1 year (≥ 12 months) and 18 years of age at the time of first diagnosis and less than 21 years at the time of inclusion 2. Performance status: Karnofsky performance status (for patients \>12 years of age) or Lansky Play score (for patients ≤12 years of age) ≥ 50% (Appendix I). 3. Written informed consent from parents/legal representative, patient, and age-appropriate assent before any study specific screening procedures are conducted, according to local, regional or national guidelines. 4. For all oral medications patients must be able to comfortably swallow capsules (except for those for which an oral solution is available or dissolving of tablets is allowed based on investigator brochure (IB); nasogastric or gastrostomy feeding tube administration is allowed only if indicated). 5. Patients must have had advanced molecular profiling and flow-cytometric analysis of their recurrent or refractory disease at a time-point before the first inclusion into this trial (see section 9.1 for detailed description of the molecular diagnostics required). Drug response profiling and methylation is highly recommended but not mandatory. Patients with advanced molecular profiling at diagnosis may be allowed to be included after discussion with the sponsor. 6. Patients whose tumor present the following alterations: NUP214-ABL1 fusion or other ABL1 fusion, activating the kinase domain, or ABL1 amplification, or PDGFRβ-fusion with various fusion partners including but not limited to: AGGF1, DOCK2, SATB1, ETV6 and/or Patients showing a very deep ex-vivo dasatinib IC50 below 10 nM (Only data generated in centralized laboratory, where a robust DRP platform has been established with a reference cohort in place, will be considered) 7. Adequate organ function: * RENAL AND HEPATIC FUNCTION (Assessed within 48 hours prior to C1D1) : * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age or calculated creatinine clearance as per the Schwartz formula or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. * Direct bilirubin ≤ 2 x ULN (≤ 3.0 × ULN for patients with Gilbert's syndrome). * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 5 x ULN; aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase/SGOT ≤ 5 x ULN. Note: Patients with hepatic disfunction related to the underling disease can be eligible even if they do not fulfill the aforementioned values for hepatic transaminases. In these cases, patients need to be discussed with the sponsor to confirm the eligibility. * CARDIAC FUNCTION: * Shortening fraction (SF) \>29% (\>35% for children \< 3 years) and/or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% at baseline, as determined by echocardiography or MUGA. * Absence of QTcF prolongation (QTc prolongation is defined as \>450 msec on baseline ECG, using the Friedericia correction), or other clinically significant ventricular or atrial arrhythmia. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnancy or positive pregnancy test (urine or serum) in females of childbearing potential. Pregnancy test must be performed within 7 days prior to C1D1. 2. Sexually active participants not willing to use highly effective contraceptive method (pearl index \<1) as defined in CTFG HMA 2020 (Appendix II) during trial participation and until 6 months after end of antileukemic therapy. 3. Breast feeding. 4. Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter drug absorption of oral drugs (e.g., ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or malabsorption syndrome) in case of oral IMPs. 5. Patients whose tumor present known mutationts confering resistance to venetoclax (e.g. BCL2 mutations of venetoclax binding-site (Gly101Val mutation, Phe104Leu/Cys mutations). 6. Have a known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to the study drugs, or drugs chemically related to study treatment or excipients that contraindicate their participation, including conventional chemotherapeutics (i.e. cytarabine and cyclophosphamide when applicable, intrathecal agents) and corticoids. 7. Known active viral hepatitis or known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or any other uncontrolled infection. a. Additional specifications for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): i. Patients with a recent positive test for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and no follow-up negative PCR test are not eligible. ii. Patients with recent contact to persons with COVID-19 and persons with signs and symptoms of COVID-19 infection must be tested before enrolling. In case of contact with a COVID-19 positive person, at least 5 days should be observed between last contact and COVID testing. A negative PCR test is required to be eligible. iii. A negative COVID-19 test result is defined as at least 1 negative PCR test at least 24 hours after resolution of clinical symptoms. Resolution of clinical symptoms is defined as resolution of fever without use of antipyretics and improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath). iv. Frequency or timing of COVID-19 testing and interval between testing for the above viral clearance criteria may be adjusted to the applicable country and institutional guidelines. 8. Severe concomitant disease that does not allow treatment according to the protocol at the investigator's discretion. 9. Subjects unwilling or unable to comply with the study procedures. 10. Previous treatment with dasatinib and venetoclax in combination (Patients who have previously received any of these two drugs separately can be eligible for this sub-protocol). 11. Current use of a prohibited medication or herbal preparation or requires any of these medications during the study. See Section 7, Appendix III and IV for details. In general, CYP3A4 inhibitors/Pgp inhibitors, moderate or strong inducers of CYP3A4 or drugs inducing QTc changes (prolongation of the QT interval or inducing Torsade de Points) are not permitted. Among others and not exclusively that relates to antiviral, antifungal, antibiotic, antimalarial, antipsychotic and antidepressive drugs. 12. Patients who have consumed grapefruit, grapefruit products, Seville oranges (Including marmalade containing Seville oranges) or starfruit within 72 hours prior to the first dose of study drug. 13. Unresolved toxicity greater than NCI CTCAE v 5.0 ≥ grade 2 from previous anti-cancer therapy, including major surgery, except those that in the opinion of the investigator are not clinically relevant given the known safety/toxicity profile of the study treatment (e.g., alopecia and/or peripheral neuropathy related to platinum or vinca alkaloid based chemotherapy) (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) (cancer.gov). 14. Active acute graft versus host disease (GvHD) of any grade or chronic GvHD of grade 2 or higher. Patients receiving any agent to treat or prevent GvHD post bone marrow transplant are not eligible for this trial. 15. Received immunosuppression post allogenic HSCT within one moth of study entry. 16. History of bone disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta, rickets, renal osteodystrophy, osteomyelitis, osteopenia, fibrous dysplasia, osteomalacia etc. prior to the underlying diagnosis. 17. Evidence of clinically active tuberculosis (clinical diagnosis per local practice). 18. Wash-out periods of prior medication: 1. CHEMOTHERAPY: At least 7 days must have elapsed since the completion of cytotoxic therapy, with the exception of hydroxyurea, 6-mercaptopurine, oral methotrexate and steroids which are permitted up until 48 hours prior to initiating protocol therapy. Patients may have received intrathecal therapy (IT) at any time prior to study entry. 2. RADIOTHERAPY: Radiotherapy (non-palliative) within 21 days prior to the first dose of drug. Palliative radiation in past 21 days is allowed. 3. HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION (HSCT): * Autologous HSCT within 2 months prior to the first study drug dose. * Allogeneic HSCT within 3 months prior to the first study drug dose. 4. IMMUNOTHERAPY: At least 42 days must have elapsed after the completion of any type of immunotherapy other than monoclonal antibodies (e.g. CAR-T therapy) 5. MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS: At least 21 days or 5 times the half-life (whichever is shorter) from prior treatment with monoclonal antibodies or any investigational drug under investigation must have elapsed before the first study drug. 6. SURGERY: Major surgery within 21 days of the first dose. Gastrostomy, ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, endoscopic ventriculostomy, tumor biopsy and insertion of central venous access devices are not considered major surgery.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
33 sites in 14 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBristol, B52 8BJ, United Kingdom
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CHRU Lille - Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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CHU Nantes Hôpital Mère-Enfant
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNantes, 44093, France
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Centre Léon Bérard
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, 69 373, France
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Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBerlin, 13353, Germany
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Fondazione MBBM c/o Centro ML Verga
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMonza, 20900, Italy
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Great North Children's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNewcastle, NE1 4LP, United Kingdom
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLondon, WC1N 2BH, United Kingdom
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Helsinki University Hospital, New Children's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHelsinki, FI00029, Finland
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Hopital La Timone - Enfants
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, 13005, France
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Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMadrid, 28009, Spain
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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08950, Spain
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Hôpital Robert Debré
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75019, France
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Hôpital des Enfants GH Pellegrin - CHU de Bordeaux
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33076, France
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IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGenova, 16147, Italy
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Karolinska university hospital
RECRUITINGStockholm, 171 76, Sweden
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La Fe
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGValencia, 46026, Spain
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Oslo University Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGOslo, 0373, Norway
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Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTurin, 10126, Italy
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Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRoma, 0165, Italy
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Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDublin, D12N512, Ireland
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Padova Azienda Ospedaliera
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPadova, 35128, Italy
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Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGUtrecht, Utrecht, 3584CS, Netherlands
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Rigshospitalet Copenhagen
RECRUITINGCopenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark
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Royal Marsden NHS Trust
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSutton, SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
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Schneider's Children's Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPetah Tikva, 4920235, Israel
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Sheba Medical Center Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRamat Gan, 52621, Israel
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St. Anna Kinderspital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVienna, 1090, Austria
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Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGhent, 9000, Belgium
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Universitätsklinikum Augsburg
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAugsburg, 86156, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Essen
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGEssen, 45147, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFrankfurt, 60590, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Münster
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMünster, 48149, Germany
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