Infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (KMT2A-rearranged, under one year)
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My details
What I know, what is unclear, changes to discuss
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20 on the sheet- 1.What is my exact diagnosis, stage, and grade, and which tests established them?
- 2.Which biomarkers have been tested on my tumour (for example KMT2A rearrangement by FISH or RNA sequencing, and partner gene, Age at diagnosis, Presenting white cell count, Prednisone response at day 8, Flow cytometry MRD at end of induction), and what were the results?
- 3.Which subtype is my cancer, and does that change the recommended treatment?
- 4.Is germline (inherited) genetic testing recommended for me or my family?
- 5.For my situation (induction), which of the standard options do you recommend and why?
- 6.Am I a candidate for Prednisone, Dexamethasone, Vincristine or related drugs, and what side effects should I expect?
- 7.How do the results of Interfant-06 apply to someone like me?
- 8.For my situation (post-induction, kmt2a-rearranged), which of the standard options do you recommend and why?
- 9.Am I a candidate for Blinatumomab, Cytarabine, Methotrexate or related drugs, and what side effects should I expect?
- 10.How do the results of Interfant-06 apply to someone like me?
- 11.For my situation (high risk), which of the standard options do you recommend and why?
- 12.Am I a candidate for Blinatumomab, and what side effects should I expect?
- 13.For my situation (relapsed or refractory), which of the standard options do you recommend and why?
- 14.Am I a candidate for Revumenib, Ziftomenib, Blinatumomab or related drugs, and what side effects should I expect?
- 15.How do the results of AUGMENT-101 apply to someone like me?
- 16.Are there clinical trials I could join, for example of Blinatumomab, Revumenib, Ziftomenib, Menin inhibitors?
- 17.Would a second opinion at a high-volume centre change anything, and can you help arrange it?
- 18.What supportive care (symptom control, nutrition, exercise, mental health, financial help) is available from the start?
- 19.I read that “Infants who relapse within the first year despite blinatumomab”. How does that affect my plan?
- 20.I read that “Lineage switch to myeloid leukaemia under CD19-directed therapy”. How does that affect my plan?
The words I may hear
- Event-free / disease-free survival (EFS, DFS, iDFS, RFS): In early-stage cancer: how long patients stay free of recurrence, progression, or death.
- B-ALL risk groups (NCI criteria, ETV6::RUNX1, hyperdiploidy, hypodiploidy, iAMP21, IKZF1, CNS status): Childhood leukaemia treatment is chosen from a risk table built over fifty years: age and white count at diagnosis (the NCI criteria), the chromosome pattern in the blasts (favourable ETV6::RUNX1 and high hyperdiploidy, unfavourable hypodiploidy, iAMP21, KMT2A, Ph-positive and Ph-like), whether leukaemia cells are in the spinal fluid, and above all how fast the leukaemia clears in the first month.
- Minimal / molecular residual disease (MRD): Cancer still present after treatment but too small to see on scans, detected by blood or marrow tests.
Tests and results to bring
Biomarker results to ask for: KMT2A rearrangement by FISH or RNA sequencing, and partner gene, Age at diagnosis (under or over 6 months), Presenting white cell count, Prednisone response at day 8, Flow cytometry MRD at end of induction, CD10-negative B-cell immunophenotype with myeloid markers, CNS status.
Bring copies of scan reports, pathology and blood results, and a list of every medicine and supplement.
The treatments I may be offered
- High risk: Allogeneic transplant in first remission after blinatumomab and consolidation. (Allogeneic stem cell transplantation, Blinatumomab)
- Induction: Interfant backbone: a week of prednisone, then dexamethasone, vincristine, cytarabine, daunorubicin and asparaginase with intrathecal therapy. (Prednisone, Dexamethasone, Vincristine, Cytarabine, Daunorubicin, Asparaginase (pegaspargase, calaspargase pegol, Erwinia asparaginase), Methotrexate, Interfant-06)
- Post-induction, KMT2A-rearranged: One 28-day course of blinatumomab after induction (Interfant-21), then Interfant-06 consolidation and maintenance. (Blinatumomab, Interfant-06, Cytarabine, Methotrexate, Mercaptopurine, KMT2A (MLL) rearrangement)
- Relapsed or refractory: Revumenib (approved from the age of one) or trials of menin inhibitors; blinatumomab or CD19 CAR T-cells; transplant. (Revumenib, Ziftomenib, Blinatumomab, Tisagenlecleucel, AUGMENT-101, Menin inhibitors for infant KMT2A-rearranged ALL, Allogeneic stem cell transplantation)
From the standard of care recorded for this cancer; which apply depends on your stage and biomarkers. Ask which the team recommends and why.