Committee chairs

Barbara De Moerloose (AML)
Barbara de Moerloose Faculty of Medicine and Health Science UGent
Arnaud Petit (AML)
Arnaud Petit Hopitaux de Paris

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Committee (AML)

Abstract

Outcomes of children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have improved significantly in the past decades among others through efforts of cooperative groups, an intense collaboration and the coordination of research efforts. The I-BFM AML committee is a working group that unites doctors, biologists and researchers interested in pediatric acute myeloid disease and/or involved in treatment of patients with acute myeloid malignancies, such as AML and acute promyelocytic leukemia, Down syndrome associated leukemia and myeloproliferative disease. The mission of the I-BFM AML committee is the improvement of outcome and quality of life of children and adolescents with acute myeloid malignancies by promoting and advancing knowledge and exchanging information. The I-BFM AML committee is an interface between the various national and international cooperative groups, the research teams and organizations focused on innovative treatment such as ITCC (Innovative Therapies for Children with Cancer) and EUPAL (EUropean Pediatric Acute Leukemia) initiative.

Scientific aims

  • Facilitate and promote the exchange of information between cooperative groups, including preliminary results of clinical trials.
  • Support collaborative clinical trials, registries, and initiatives regarding innovation and early phase trials.
  • Promote and facilitate collaboration in scientific research projects.
  • Stimulate the exchange of discoveries between research groups and between researchers and clinicians.
  • Support young investigators working in the field of myeloid malignancies.

Open clinical trials

The I-BFM AML committee is not a sponsor of a clinical trial by itself. The clinical trials listed below are coordinated by cooperative groups and open in 2023:

  • AAML1831

    Frontline protocol (COG)

  • AIEOP-AML-BFM 2020

    Frontline protocol (BFM, AIEOP)

  • AMoRe 2017

    For molecular relapsed AML patients

  • EuPAL trials

    For relapsed AML patients and early phase trials for relapsed AML (ITCC)

  • ICC APL study 02

    For newly diagnosed APL patients

  • JPLSG-AML-20

    Frontline protocol (JCCG)

  • JPLSG-AML-D16

    For newly diagnosed Down syndrome patients with myeloid leukemia (JCCG)

  • JPLSG-AML-P13

    For newly diagnosed APL patients (JCCG)

  • ML-DS 2018

    For newly diagnosed Down syndrome patients with myeloid leukemia

  • MyeChild01

    Frontline protocol (SFCE, CCLG, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland)

  • NOPHO-DBH AML 2012

    Frontline protocol (NOPHO DH SHIP)

  • PedAL trials

    For relapsed AML patients and early phase trials for relapsed AML (COG)

Selected publications, from 2023 onwards

2023 Jun 1;41(16):2963-2974. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.02120. Epub 2023 Mar 30
J Clin Oncol
Romy E van Weelderen, Kim Klein, Christine J Harrison, Yilin Jiang, Jonas Abrahamsson, Nira Arad-Cohen, Emmanuelle Bart-Delabesse, Barbara Buldini, Barbara De Moerloose, Michael N Dworzak, Sarah Elitzur, José M Fernández Navarro, Robert B Gerbing, Bianca F Goemans, Hester A de Groot-Kruseman, Erin Guest, Shau-Yin Ha, Henrik Hasle, Charikleia Kelaidi, Hélène Lapillonne, Guy Leverger, Franco Locatelli, Riccardo Masetti, Takako Miyamura, Ulrika Norén-Nyström, Sophia Polychronopoulou, Mareike Rasche, Jeffrey E Rubnitz, Jan Stary, Anne Tierens, Daisuke Tomizawa, C Michel Zwaan, Gertjan J L Kaspers

Committee members

Members come from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brasil, Canada, Chili, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA

Cooperative Groups

Group name Acronym Country Website
Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica AIEOP Italy
Belgian Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology BSPHO Belgium
Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster Austria BFM Austria Austria
Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster Germany BFM Germany Germany
Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster Slovenia BFM Slovenia Slovenia
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group CCLG United Kingdom
Children’s Oncology Group COG USA
Chilean Pediatric National Cancer Program PINDA Chile
Czech Pediatric Hematology CPH Czech Republic
Dutch Childhood Oncology Group DCOG Netherlands
Grupo Português de Leucemias Pediátricas GPLP Portugal
Hellenic Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology HeSPHO Greece
Hong Kong Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Study Group HKPHOSG Hong Kong
Hungarian Pediatric Oncology-Hematology Group HPOG Hungary
Israel National Study INS Israel
Japanese Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Study Group JPLSG Japan
Nordic Society for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology NOPHO Scandinavia
Polish Paediatric Leukaemia/Lymphoma Study Group PPLLSG Poland
Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Pediátrica SOBOPE Brasil
Société Française de luttre contre les Cancers et leucémies de l’Enfant et de l’adolescent SFCE France
Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology SEHOP Spain
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St. Jude USA
Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group SPOG Switzerland
Swiss Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology SSPHO Switzerland
Turkish Paediatric Oncology Group TPOG Turkey