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CTRI Number  CTRI/2022/01/039113 [Registered on: 04/01/2022] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 08/04/2023
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   Effect of different steroids in ALL cancer patients 
Scientific Title of Study   Randomized controlled study to evaluate efficacy of dexamethasone versus prednisolone in induction phase in pediatric and adolescent acute lymphoblastic leukemia with respect to day 33 bone marrow minimal residual disease response 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Karthik Kumar 
Designation  Senior Resident 
Affiliation  ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, RISHIKESH 
Address  Department of Clinical Hematology All India Institute of Sciences Rishikesh Uttarakhand
Hostel no 84 AIIMS Rishikesh campus Veerbhadra road Rishikesh Uttarakhand
Dehradun
UTTARANCHAL
249 203
India 
Phone  9597675433  
Fax    
Email  drkarthikkumar92@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Uttam Kumar Nath 
Designation  Additional Professor & HOD 
Affiliation  ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, RISHIKESH 
Address  Department of Clinical Hematology All India Institute of Sciences Rishikesh Uttarakhand
Hostel no 84 AIIMS Rishikesh campus Veerbhadra road Rishikesh Uttarakhand
Dehradun
UTTARANCHAL
249 203
India 
Phone  9433982756  
Fax    
Email  uttam.haemat@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Karthik Kumar 
Designation  Senior Resident 
Affiliation  ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, RISHIKESH 
Address  Department of Clinical Hematology All India Institute of Sciences Rishikesh Uttarakhand
Hostel no 84 AIIMS Rishikesh campus Veerbhadra road Rishikesh Uttarakhand
Dehradun
UTTARANCHAL
249 203
India 
Phone  9597675433  
Fax    
Email  drkarthikkumar92@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh 
Address  All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh Veerbhadra road marg Rishikesh Uttarakhand  
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Karthik Kumar  AIIMS Rishikesh  Department of Clinical Hematology All India Institute of Medical Sciences veerbhadra road marg Rishikesh
Dehradun
UTTARANCHAL 
9597675433

drkarthikkumar92@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee,AIIMS Rishikesh  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: C910||Acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL],  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Dexamethosone  Dexamethasone 10 mg/m2/day intravenously x 14 days (days 1-14) followed by tapering over next 7 days 
Comparator Agent  Prednisolone  Prednisolone 60 mg/m2/day orally x 28 days (days 1-28) followed by tapering over next 7 days 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Year(s)
Age To  24.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Newly diagnosed patients of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (both B-ALL & T-ALL), between 1 year to 24 years of age, of any gender, where informed consent of parent/guardian is available 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1.Infantile acute lymphoblastic leukemia (age < 1 year).
2.Patients of lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL).
3.Relapsed cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
4.Patients who have received dexamethasone, prednisolone or any other chemotherapy within 4 weeks of enrollment in study
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Permuted block randomization, fixed 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To compare bone marrow minimal residual disease (MRD) response by flowcytometry on day 33 of induction phase chemotherapy in the dexamethasone and prednisolone treatment groups  0 days and 33 days 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To compare Day 33 bone marrow morphological response in the two treatment groups.
2. To compare Day 15 bone marrow morphological response & MRD status in the two treatment groups as per protocol.
3. To compare the toxicity profile in the two treatment groups – adverse events of any grade, and adverse events of grade 3-4 (CTCAE- Common Terminology Criteria For Adverse Events Version 5).
 
0 days and 33 days 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="160"
Sample Size from India="160" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="75" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   10/01/2022 
Date of Study Completion (India) 31/03/2023 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="3"
Days="7" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   NIL 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response - All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification.

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response - Informed Consent Form
    Response - Clinical Study Report

  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response - Researchers whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee identified for this purpose.

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response - For individual participant data meta-analysis.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response - Proposals should be directed to [drkarthikkumar92@gmail.com].

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 01-11-2022 and end date provided 01-11-2027?
    Response - Beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication.

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - NIL
Brief Summary   The proposed study will compare the efficacy of dexamethasone versus prednisolone on treatment outcomes with respect to Day 33 Minimal Residual Disease during induction phase chemotherapy in pediatric ALL at AIIMS Rishikesh, in view of no published data on this theme in Indian pediatric ALL patients 
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