| Inclusion Criteria: | 1) Patient must be >/= 18 months and < 30 years of age at time of relapse.
2) Diagnosis of ALL (either B-precursor or T-Lineage) in first BM remission with first isolated CNS and/or testicular relapse.or diagnosis of Lymphoblastic NHL with first isolated CNS and/or testicular relapse.(see Section 3.3 for definitions of CNS and Testicular Relapse). Length of initial complete remission must be >/= 18 months from the time of initial diagnosis. Bone marrow must be M1 by morphology.
3) Performance score of >/=30. Use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients </= 16 years of age.
4) Patient should not have had prior (non-protocol specified) systemic therapy for current extramedullary relapse. IT therapy given within one week of beginning systemic Induction will be considered Day 1 dose of ITT and total anthracycline dosage must be </= 360 mg/m^2.
5) Creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR >/= 70ml/min/1.73m^2 Or A serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows: 1 mo to < 6 mos max. serum creat of 0.4 for male and female, 6 mos to < 1 yr max. serum creat of 0.5 for male and female, 1 to < 2yrs max. serum creat of 0.6 for male and female, 2 to <6 yrs max. serum creat of 0.8 for male and female, 6 to <10 yrs max. serum creat of 1 for male and female, 10 to < 13 yrs max. serum creat 1.2 for male and female, 13 to < 16 yrs max. serum creat of 1.5 for male and 1.4 for female, >/= 16 yrs max. serum creat of 1.7 for male and 1.4 for female.
6) Adequate cardiac function defined as: - Shortening fraction of >/= 27% by echocardiogram, or - Ejection fraction of >= 50% by radionuclide angiogram (MUGA).
7) All patients and/or a parent or legal guardian must sign a written informed consent. And all institutional, FDA, and NCI requirements for human studies must be met. |