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T-cell adult acute lymphocytic leukemia

MedGen UID:
79009
•Concept ID:
C0279592
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: acute Adult T-cell Leukemia-lymphoma; adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia of T cell; adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia of T cell; adult precursor T lymphoblastic leukaemia; adult precursor T lymphoblastic leukemia; adult precursor T-lymphoblastic leukaemia; Adult Precursor T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia; adult precursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia; adult T acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Adult T Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; adult T acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Adult T-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; adult T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Adult T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; adult T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; T Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia; T Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; T cell adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; T cell adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia; T cell adult acute lymphocytic leukaemia; T cell adult acute lymphocytic leukemia; T Cell Adult ALL; T cell adult ALL; T-Cell Adult ALL; T-cell adult ALL
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003539

Definition

An acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia occurring in adults. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVT-cell adult acute lymphocytic leukemia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and management of lymphoblastic lymphoma in children, adolescents and young adults.
Temple WC, Mueller S, Hermiston ML, Burkhardt B
Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2023 Mar;36(1):101449. Epub 2023 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2023.101449. PMID: 36907639
Evolving therapy of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia: state-of-the-art treatment and future directions.
Samra B, Jabbour E, Ravandi F, Kantarjian H, Short NJ
J Hematol Oncol 2020 Jun 5;13(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s13045-020-00905-2. PMID: 32503572Free PMC Article
Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Treatment and Management Updates.
Gregory S
Semin Oncol Nurs 2019 Dec;35(6):150951. Epub 2019 Nov 20 doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2019.150951. PMID: 31759820

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

How I treat newly diagnosed and refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma in children and young adults.
Si Lim SJ, Ford JB, Hermiston ML
Blood 2023 Jun 22;141(25):3019-3030. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022016503. PMID: 37018730
The evolution of acute lymphoblastic leukemia research and therapy at MD Anderson over four decades.
Jabbour E, Short NJ, Jain N, Haddad FG, Welch MA, Ravandi F, Kantarjian H
J Hematol Oncol 2023 Mar 16;16(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13045-023-01409-5. PMID: 36927623Free PMC Article
Children's Oncology Group Trial AALL1231: A Phase III Clinical Trial Testing Bortezomib in Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma.
Teachey DT, Devidas M, Wood BL, Chen Z, Hayashi RJ, Hermiston ML, Annett RD, Archer JH, Asselin BL, August KJ, Cho SY, Dunsmore KP, Fisher BT, Freedman JL, Galardy PJ, Harker-Murray P, Horton TM, Jaju AI, Lam A, Messinger YH, Miles RR, Okada M, Patel SI, Schafer ES, Schechter T, Singh N, Steele AC, Sulis ML, Vargas SL, Winter SS, Wood C, Zweidler-McKay P, Bollard CM, Loh ML, Hunger SP, Raetz EA
J Clin Oncol 2022 Jul 1;40(19):2106-2118. Epub 2022 Mar 10 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02678. PMID: 35271306Free PMC Article
Effect of Postreinduction Therapy Consolidation With Blinatumomab vs Chemotherapy on Disease-Free Survival in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With First Relapse of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Brown PA, Ji L, Xu X, Devidas M, Hogan LE, Borowitz MJ, Raetz EA, Zugmaier G, Sharon E, Bernhardt MB, Terezakis SA, Gore L, Whitlock JA, Pulsipher MA, Hunger SP, Loh ML
JAMA 2021 Mar 2;325(9):833-842. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.0669. PMID: 33651090Free PMC Article
Results of treatment with hyper-CVAD, a dose-intensive regimen, in adult acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Kantarjian HM, O'Brien S, Smith TL, Cortes J, Giles FJ, Beran M, Pierce S, Huh Y, Andreeff M, Koller C, Ha CS, Keating MJ, Murphy S, Freireich EJ
J Clin Oncol 2000 Feb;18(3):547-61. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.3.547. PMID: 10653870

Diagnosis

How I treat newly diagnosed and refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma in children and young adults.
Si Lim SJ, Ford JB, Hermiston ML
Blood 2023 Jun 22;141(25):3019-3030. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022016503. PMID: 37018730
Diagnosis and management of lymphoblastic lymphoma in children, adolescents and young adults.
Temple WC, Mueller S, Hermiston ML, Burkhardt B
Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2023 Mar;36(1):101449. Epub 2023 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2023.101449. PMID: 36907639
Children's Oncology Group Trial AALL1231: A Phase III Clinical Trial Testing Bortezomib in Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma.
Teachey DT, Devidas M, Wood BL, Chen Z, Hayashi RJ, Hermiston ML, Annett RD, Archer JH, Asselin BL, August KJ, Cho SY, Dunsmore KP, Fisher BT, Freedman JL, Galardy PJ, Harker-Murray P, Horton TM, Jaju AI, Lam A, Messinger YH, Miles RR, Okada M, Patel SI, Schafer ES, Schechter T, Singh N, Steele AC, Sulis ML, Vargas SL, Winter SS, Wood C, Zweidler-McKay P, Bollard CM, Loh ML, Hunger SP, Raetz EA
J Clin Oncol 2022 Jul 1;40(19):2106-2118. Epub 2022 Mar 10 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02678. PMID: 35271306Free PMC Article
Update on Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma.
Luca DC
Clin Lab Med 2021 Sep;41(3):405-416. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2021.04.003. PMID: 34304772
Genetic Basis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Iacobucci I, Mullighan CG
J Clin Oncol 2017 Mar 20;35(9):975-983. Epub 2017 Feb 13 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.70.7836. PMID: 28297628Free PMC Article

Therapy

Preparing for CAR T cell therapy: patient selection, bridging therapies and lymphodepletion.
Amini L, Silbert SK, Maude SL, Nastoupil LJ, Ramos CA, Brentjens RJ, Sauter CS, Shah NN, Abou-El-Enein M
Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2022 May;19(5):342-355. Epub 2022 Mar 22 doi: 10.1038/s41571-022-00607-3. PMID: 35318469
Children's Oncology Group Trial AALL1231: A Phase III Clinical Trial Testing Bortezomib in Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma.
Teachey DT, Devidas M, Wood BL, Chen Z, Hayashi RJ, Hermiston ML, Annett RD, Archer JH, Asselin BL, August KJ, Cho SY, Dunsmore KP, Fisher BT, Freedman JL, Galardy PJ, Harker-Murray P, Horton TM, Jaju AI, Lam A, Messinger YH, Miles RR, Okada M, Patel SI, Schafer ES, Schechter T, Singh N, Steele AC, Sulis ML, Vargas SL, Winter SS, Wood C, Zweidler-McKay P, Bollard CM, Loh ML, Hunger SP, Raetz EA
J Clin Oncol 2022 Jul 1;40(19):2106-2118. Epub 2022 Mar 10 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02678. PMID: 35271306Free PMC Article
Effect of Postreinduction Therapy Consolidation With Blinatumomab vs Chemotherapy on Disease-Free Survival in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With First Relapse of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Brown PA, Ji L, Xu X, Devidas M, Hogan LE, Borowitz MJ, Raetz EA, Zugmaier G, Sharon E, Bernhardt MB, Terezakis SA, Gore L, Whitlock JA, Pulsipher MA, Hunger SP, Loh ML
JAMA 2021 Mar 2;325(9):833-842. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.0669. PMID: 33651090Free PMC Article
CRISPR/Cas9-Engineered Universal CD19/CD22 Dual-Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy for Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Hu Y, Zhou Y, Zhang M, Ge W, Li Y, Yang L, Wei G, Han L, Wang H, Yu S, Chen Y, Wang Y, He X, Zhang X, Gao M, Yang J, Li X, Ren J, Huang H
Clin Cancer Res 2021 May 15;27(10):2764-2772. Epub 2021 Feb 24 doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-3863. PMID: 33627493
Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Treatment and Management Updates.
Gregory S
Semin Oncol Nurs 2019 Dec;35(6):150951. Epub 2019 Nov 20 doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2019.150951. PMID: 31759820

Prognosis

How I treat newly diagnosed and refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma in children and young adults.
Si Lim SJ, Ford JB, Hermiston ML
Blood 2023 Jun 22;141(25):3019-3030. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022016503. PMID: 37018730
Preparing for CAR T cell therapy: patient selection, bridging therapies and lymphodepletion.
Amini L, Silbert SK, Maude SL, Nastoupil LJ, Ramos CA, Brentjens RJ, Sauter CS, Shah NN, Abou-El-Enein M
Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2022 May;19(5):342-355. Epub 2022 Mar 22 doi: 10.1038/s41571-022-00607-3. PMID: 35318469
Update on Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma.
Luca DC
Clin Lab Med 2021 Sep;41(3):405-416. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2021.04.003. PMID: 34304772
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Onciu M
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2009 Aug;23(4):655-74. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2009.04.009. PMID: 19577163
Results of treatment with hyper-CVAD, a dose-intensive regimen, in adult acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Kantarjian HM, O'Brien S, Smith TL, Cortes J, Giles FJ, Beran M, Pierce S, Huh Y, Andreeff M, Koller C, Ha CS, Keating MJ, Murphy S, Freireich EJ
J Clin Oncol 2000 Feb;18(3):547-61. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.3.547. PMID: 10653870

Clinical prediction guides

CRISPR/Cas9-Engineered Universal CD19/CD22 Dual-Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy for Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Hu Y, Zhou Y, Zhang M, Ge W, Li Y, Yang L, Wei G, Han L, Wang H, Yu S, Chen Y, Wang Y, He X, Zhang X, Gao M, Yang J, Li X, Ren J, Huang H
Clin Cancer Res 2021 May 15;27(10):2764-2772. Epub 2021 Feb 24 doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-3863. PMID: 33627493
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the Older Adult.
Aldoss I, Forman SJ, Pullarkat V
J Oncol Pract 2019 Feb;15(2):67-75. doi: 10.1200/JOP.18.00271. PMID: 30763199
Tisagenlecleucel in Children and Young Adults with B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Maude SL, Laetsch TW, Buechner J, Rives S, Boyer M, Bittencourt H, Bader P, Verneris MR, Stefanski HE, Myers GD, Qayed M, De Moerloose B, Hiramatsu H, Schlis K, Davis KL, Martin PL, Nemecek ER, Yanik GA, Peters C, Baruchel A, Boissel N, Mechinaud F, Balduzzi A, Krueger J, June CH, Levine BL, Wood P, Taran T, Leung M, Mueller KT, Zhang Y, Sen K, Lebwohl D, Pulsipher MA, Grupp SA
N Engl J Med 2018 Feb 1;378(5):439-448. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1709866. PMID: 29385370Free PMC Article
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells for sustained remissions in leukemia.
Maude SL, Frey N, Shaw PA, Aplenc R, Barrett DM, Bunin NJ, Chew A, Gonzalez VE, Zheng Z, Lacey SF, Mahnke YD, Melenhorst JJ, Rheingold SR, Shen A, Teachey DT, Levine BL, June CH, Porter DL, Grupp SA
N Engl J Med 2014 Oct 16;371(16):1507-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1407222. PMID: 25317870Free PMC Article
Results of treatment with hyper-CVAD, a dose-intensive regimen, in adult acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Kantarjian HM, O'Brien S, Smith TL, Cortes J, Giles FJ, Beran M, Pierce S, Huh Y, Andreeff M, Koller C, Ha CS, Keating MJ, Murphy S, Freireich EJ
J Clin Oncol 2000 Feb;18(3):547-61. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.3.547. PMID: 10653870

Recent systematic reviews

Tisagenlecleucel vs. historical standard of care in children and young adult patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
V Stackelberg A, Jäschke K, Jousseaume E, Templin C, Jeratsch U, Kosmides D, Steffen I, Gökbuget N, Peters C
Leukemia 2023 Dec;37(12):2346-2355. Epub 2023 Oct 25 doi: 10.1038/s41375-023-02042-4. PMID: 37880478Free PMC Article
Clinical Presentation, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Immune Effector Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Syndrome Following Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy: A Systematic Review.
Grant SJ, Grimshaw AA, Silberstein J, Murdaugh D, Wildes TM, Rosko AE, Giri S
Transplant Cell Ther 2022 Jun;28(6):294-302. Epub 2022 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.03.006. PMID: 35288347Free PMC Article
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Grover P, Veilleux O, Tian L, Sun R, Previtera M, Curran E, Muffly L
Blood Adv 2022 Mar 8;6(5):1608-1618. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003482. PMID: 34610109Free PMC Article
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of CD19-Specific CAR-T Cell Therapy in Relapsed/Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the Pediatric and Young Adult Population: Safety and Efficacy Outcomes.
Aamir S, Anwar MY, Khalid F, Khan SI, Ali MA, Khattak ZE
Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2021 Apr;21(4):e334-e347. Epub 2020 Dec 17 doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2020.12.010. PMID: 33573914
Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in acute lymphocytic leukaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Anagnostou T, Riaz IB, Hashmi SK, Murad MH, Kenderian SS
Lancet Haematol 2020 Nov;7(11):e816-e826. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(20)30277-5. PMID: 33091355

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