New chemo cocktail aims to boost survival in kids with rare lymphoma
NCT ID NCT02845882
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 3 trial is testing a modified chemotherapy regimen for 150 Chinese children and adolescents newly diagnosed with lymphoblastic lymphoma. The goal is to improve event-free survival compared to previous results. Participants receive a combination of drugs including prednisone, vincristine, and others over several phases.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- combination chemotherapy (prednisone, vincristine, pegylated-asparaginase, cytarabine, cyclophosphamide, daunorubicin, 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could improve survival rates for children with lymphoblastic lymphoma in China.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small sample size, and the modified regimen may not prove more effective than standard therapy. Chemotherapy carries risks like infection and organ damage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2016
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
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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12 months to 18 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: * Patients must have newly diagnosed lymphoblastic lymphoma; Patients shall have had no prior cytotoxic chemotherapy with the exception of steroids (\<420mg/m2) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with Down syndrome; * Morphologically unclassifiable lymphoma * Patients with congenital immunodeficiency, chromosomal breakage syndrome, prior organ transplantation, previous malignancy of any type, or known positive HIV serology. * Evidence of pregnancy or lactation period. * Ph+ lymphoblastic lymphoma
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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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Shanghai Children's Medical Center
Shanghai, 200127, China
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West China Second University Hospital
Chengdu, China
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