ABT-751 With Chemotherapy for Relapsed Pediatric ALL

All patients will receive the 2 courses of chemotherapy unless medical complications prevent the administration of some of the drugs. Treatment for the first 2 courses of therapy will last about 2 months. Treatment on this study will consist of a combination of 8 anti-cancer medications. The 8 anticancer medicines are ABT-751, dexamethasone, PEG-asparaginase, doxorubicin, cytarabine (Ara-C), methotrexate (MTX), cyclophosphamide, and 6-thioguanine. All the drugs except ABT-751 are well known anti-cancer drugs and have been used extensively in the treatment of cancer. During the Phase I portion of this study, when you enroll, you will be given an assigned dose of ABT-751. The dose of ABT-751 will be based on doses given in previous studies done with adults and children. At each dose level of ABT-751, between 3 and 6 children will receive ABT-751 in combination with chemotherapy. If the side effects are not too severe, the next group of children will receive a higher dose. The dose will continue to be increased until we find the dose that causes serious side effects. Your dose of ABT-751 will not be increased. If you have bad side effects, your dose may be decreased. The dose used during the Phase 2 part of this study will be determined by the outcome of the Phase I study. The highest dose used in Phase I that was tolerated without serious side effects will be the one used in Phase 2.