A Phase III Randomized Trial for Newly Diagnosed High Risk B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) Including a Stratum Evaluating Dasatinib (NSC#732517) in Patients With Ph-like Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) Sensitive Mutations

This randomized phase III trial studies how well combination chemotherapy works in treating
young patients with newly diagnosed B acute lymphoblastic leukemia that is likely to come
back or spread, and in patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-like tyrosine kinase
inhibitor (TKI) sensitive mutations. Chemotherapy drugs, work in different ways to stop the
growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by
stopping them from spreading. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) and giving
the drugs in different doses and in different combinations may kill more cancer cells.