New drug combo for kids with tough leukemia shows promise but trial halted early
NCT ID NCT03860844
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tested the drug isatuximab, a targeted antibody, combined with standard chemotherapy in children aged 28 days to under 18 years whose acute leukemia had returned or stopped responding to treatment. The study aimed to see if the combination could help more children achieve complete remission. However, the trial was terminated early, so the full results are not available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- isatuximab (a targeted antibody) combined with standard chemotherapy drugs
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for children with hard-to-treat leukemia that has returned or not responded to prior therapy.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early, so results are limited. It is a small, single-arm study, and the added benefit of isatuximab over chemotherapy alone is not yet proven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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67 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2019
- Finished
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May 2023
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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28 days to 17 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: * Participant 28 days to less than 18 years of age, at the time of signing the informed consent. * Participants must have had a confirmed diagnosis of relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) of T- or B-cell origin including T-lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL), or relapsed Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia (AML) including participants with history of myelodysplasia. * Participants must have been previously treated for their disease and have relapsed or are refractory to most recent treatment. Participants in first or second relapse were eligible regardless of the remission duration. * Participants who had no more than 1 prior salvage therapy. * White Blood Cell (WBC) counts below 20 x10\^9/L on Day 1 before isatuximab administration Exclusion criteria: * Any serious active disease or co-morbid condition which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may interfere with the safety of the study treatment or the compliance with the study protocol. * Participants must have been off prior treatment with immunotherapy/investigational agents and chemotherapy for \>2 weeks and must have recovered from acute toxicity before the first study treatment administration. Exceptions were participants who needed to receive cytoreductive chemotherapy in order to decrease tumor burden (the study treatment may have started earlier if necessitated by the patient's medical condition (eg, rapidly progressive disease) following discussion with the Sponsor). * Prior stem cell transplant within 3 months and/or evidence of active systemic Graft versus Host Disease (GVHD) and/or immunosuppressive therapy for GVHD within 1 week before the first study treatment administration. * Participants with LBL with bone marrow blasts \<5%. * Participants with Burkitt-type ALL. * Acute leukemia with testicular or central nerve system involvement alone. * Participants who had developed therapy related acute leukemia. * Live vaccine(s) within 30 days prior to the first IMP administration or plans to receive such vaccines during the study until 90 days after the last IMP administration. * Participants with white blood cell count \> 50 x10\^9/L at the time of screening visit. * Participants who had been exposed to anti-CD38 therapies within 6 months prior to Day-1. The above information was not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Medical Center of Dallas-Site Number:8400002
Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States
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Investigational Site Number :0320002
CABA, Buenos Aires, C1181ACH, Argentina
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Investigational Site Number :0320004
Buenos Aires, C1245AAM, Argentina
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Investigational Site Number :0320005
Buenos Aires, C1118AAT, Argentina
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Investigational Site Number :0320006
Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, C1425DUC, Argentina
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Investigational Site Number :0760001
São Paulo, São Paulo, 08270-070, Brazil
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Investigational Site Number :0760004
São Paulo, São Paulo, 4023-062, Brazil
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Investigational Site Number :0760006
Curitiba, Paraná, 81520-060, Brazil
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Investigational Site Number :0760007
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035 003, Brazil
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Investigational Site Number :0760009
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14048-900, Brazil
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Investigational Site Number :0760010
Jaú, São Paulo, 17210-070, Brazil
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Investigational Site Number :0760013
Curitiba, Paraná, 80250-060, Brazil
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Investigational Site Number :2080001
Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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Investigational Site Number :2500001
Paris, 75571, France
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Investigational Site Number :2500002
Lille, 59037, France
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Investigational Site Number :2500003
Lyon, 69008, France
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Investigational Site Number :2500004
Paris, 75935, France
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Investigational Site Number :2760003
Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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Investigational Site Number :2760005
Erlangen, 91054, Germany
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Investigational Site Number :2760006
Münster, 48149, Germany
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Investigational Site Number :3000001
Athens, 115 27, Greece
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Investigational Site Number :3480002
Budapest, 1094, Hungary
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Investigational Site Number :3800001
Monza, Lombardy, 20900, Italy
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Investigational Site Number :3800002
Genoa, Liguria, 16147, Italy
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Investigational Site Number :3800003
Turin, Piedmont, 10126, Italy
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Investigational Site Number :3800005
Verona, Veneto, 37126, Italy
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Investigational Site Number :4100001
Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, 03080, South Korea
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Investigational Site Number :4100002
Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, 06351, South Korea
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Investigational Site Number :4100004
Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, 137-701, South Korea
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Investigational Site Number :4840001
Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico
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Investigational Site Number :4840005
Col. Rancho Menchaca, Querétaro, 76140, Mexico
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Investigational Site Number :5280001
Utrecht, 3584 CS, Netherlands
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Investigational Site Number :5780001
Bergen, 5021, Norway
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Investigational Site Number :5780002
Oslo, 0342, Norway
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Investigational Site Number :6040001
Arequipa, Peru
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Investigational Site Number :6040002
Lima, 34, Peru
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Investigational Site Number :6200001
Lisbon, 1099-023, Portugal
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Investigational Site Number :6200002
Coimbra, 3000-602, Portugal
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Investigational Site Number :6200003
Porto, 4200-162, Portugal
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Investigational Site Number :7520001
Gothenburg, 416 85, Sweden
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute-Site Number:8400001
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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