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The German Co-operative Study Group COALL for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in childhood started the first trial in 1980. This report gives an overview of the long-term results of the four consecutive studies COALL-82, COALL-85, COALL-89 and COALL-92. Besides improvement in long-term survival major objectives were reduction of treatment-related toxicity by transferring asparaginase (ASP) from induction therapy to intensive phase and omitting CNS irradiation by stepwise increase of the initial white blood count (WBC) up to 50 x 10(9)/l (exception T-ALL) as criterion for irradiation. In study COALL-85 in high risk patients slow vs rapid rotational treatment was randomized. In study COALL-92 initial response to daunorubicin (DNR) as a 1-h vs 24-h infusion and its prognostic value was investigated. Furthermore, 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) and 6-thioguanine (6-TG) were randomized in maintenance treatment. In total, 1191 eligible patients were enrolled. Induction treatment without ASP has been shown to be as effective and less hazardous than the former four-drug induction. CNS control could be obtained in most without cranial irradiation (CNS relapse-free survival &gt;95%). The leukemic cell kill with a 24-h DNR infusion was equivalent to that of a 1-h infusion. DNR response was of less prognostic significance than prednisone response. The rapid rotation regimen failed to improve outcome as well as 6-TG in maintenance treatment. However, intensification of systemic treatment resulted in an increase in overall event-free survival (EFS) to approximately 80% which is comparable to other groups.

Co-operative study group for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (COALL): long-term follow-up of trials 82, 85, 89 and 92