Assessing Compliance With Mercaptopurine Treatment in Younger Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in First Remission

Official record

Identifier

NCT01503632

Recruiting locations

countries

United StatesPuerto Rico

Interventions studied

Behavioral InterventionCompliance MonitoringLaboratory Biomarker AnalysisMercaptopurineQuestionnaire AdministrationStandard Follow-Up Care

Lead sponsor

Children's Oncology Group

Target enrolment

570 participants

Study type

INTERVENTIONAL

Phase

Phase 3

Status

Completed

First posted

Jan 4, 2012

Last updated on the registry

Jul 31, 2026

Age

1 Year – 21 Years

Sex

ALL

Study contact

No public contact is listed on the official record.

Eligibility criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the official record. Eligibility is decided by the study team, never by this page.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of ALL, in first remission; enrollment on a Children Oncology Group (COG) therapeutic study for ALL is not required
* At the time of enrollment, patient must have completed at least 24 weeks of maintenance chemotherapy, and is scheduled to receive at least 24 more weeks of maintenance chemotherapy
* Receiving continuous oral 6MP during the maintenance phase of therapy for ALL (held only for toxicity or illness), and will be returning to the clinic every 4 weeks for scheduled appointments while enrolled on COG ACCL1033 (between days 1 and 141)
* Has a designated parent or caregiver who is willing to enter into a mutual agreement with the patient to participate in a daily supervised medication administration routine
* Able and willing to use the MEMS® TrackCap™ (e.g., not using a pillbox or prescribed liquid 6MP)
* Parent/caregiver and patient (if 12 years and older) must be willing to use a cellular telephone to receive medication reminders via text messaging during study period
* Patient and parent/caregiver must speak English or Spanish
* All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
* All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with Down syndrome
* Patients who previously participated in or are currently participating in another intervention clinical trial designed to improve adherence

Indexed under

Lymphoma