Patient reported outcome to assess quality of life in patients aged 8 and above. The 23 items PedQL (Pediatrics Quality of Life Inventory) measure core dimensions of health as delineated by the World Health Organization, as well as role (school) functioning.

Items measured include 1) Physical Functioning (8 items), 2) Emotional Functioning (5 items), 3) Social Functioning (5 items), and 4) School Functioning (5 items).

Each item is measured on a 5 point Likert scale with 0 indicating "never" and 4 indicating "almost always".

The Likert scores are reversed scored and linearly transform to a 0-100 scale with 0=100, 1-75, 2=50, 5=25, and 4=0. A higher score indicates better health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Patient reported outcome to assess health status in patients aged 8 and above. The EQ-5D (European Quality of Life -5 Dimensions) measures a wide range of health conditions and treatments; it is composed of 5 dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression) and a visual analogue scale (EQ-visual analogue scale [EQ-VAS]) that records the patient's self-rated overall health state.

Respondents rate each of these 5 dimensions from "no problem", "some problem," or "extreme problem".

The EQ-VAS records the respondents' self-related health on a vertical, visual analogue scale. The range for EQ-VAS is from 0 (=the worst health you can imagine) to 100 (=the best health you can imagine).

Inclusion Criteria:

1. CD19 expressing B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
2. De novo NCI HR B-ALL who received first-line treatment and are MRD ≥ 0.01% at EOC. EOC bone marrow MRD will be collected prior to screening and will be assessed by multi-parameter flow cytometry using central laboratory analysis.
3. Age 1 to 25 years at the time of screening
4. Lansky (age < 16 years) or Karnofsky (age ≥ 16 years) performance status ≥ 60%
5. Adequate organ function during the screening period:

   A. Renal function based on age/gender B. ALT ≤ 5 times ULN for age C. AST ≤ 5 times ULN for age D. Total bilirubin < 2 mg/dL (for Gilbert's Syndrome subjects total bilirubin < 4 mg/dL)

   E. Adequate pulmonary function defined as:

   • no or mild dyspnea (≤ Grade 1)
   • oxygen saturation of > 90% on room air F. Adequate cardiac function defined as LVSF ≥ 28% confirmed by echocardiogram or LVEF ≥ 45% confirmed by echocardiogram or MUGA within 6 weeks of screening
6. Prior induction and consolidation chemotherapy allowed: 1st line subjects: ≤ 3 blocks of standard chemotherapy for first-line B-ALL, defined as 4-drug induction, augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM) consolidation, and interim maintenance with high-dose methotrexate.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. M3 marrow at the completion of 1st line induction therapy
2. M2 or M3 marrow or persistent extramedullary disease at the completion of first-line consolidation therapy. Patients with previous CNS disease are eligible if there is no active CNS involvement of leukemia at the time of enrollment.
3. Philadelphia chromosome positive ALL
4. Hypodiploid: less than 44 chromosomes and/or DNA index < 0.81, or other clear evidence of a hypodiploid clone
5. Prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy
6. Subjects with concomitant genetic syndromes associated with bone marrow failure states: such as subjects with Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Shwachman syndrome or any other known bone marrow failure syndrome. Subjects with Down syndrome will not be excluded.
7. Subjects with Burkitt's lymphoma/leukemia (i.e. subjects with mature B-ALL, leukemia with B-cell [sIg positive and kappa or lambda restricted positivity] ALL, with FAB L3 morphology and /or a MYC translocation)
8. Has had treatment with any prior anti-CD19 therapy 9. Treatment with any prior gene or engineered T cell therapy

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion may apply.

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