Incidence and risk factors associated with a syndrome of persistent cytopenias after CAR-T cell therapy (PCTT)

Autor: George Nahas, Lazaros J. Lekakis, Mark Goodman, Antonio M. Jimenez, Trent P Wang, Amer Beitinjaneh, Krishna V. Komanduri, Denise Pereira
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Leukemialymphoma. 61(4)
ISSN: 1029-2403
Popis: Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells (CAR-T) have shown dramatic efficacy in treating refractory aggressive B cell Lymphomas leading to FDA approval of axicabtagene ciloleucel and tisagenlecleucel. While long-term remission rate for both is higher than 33%, this treatment is associated with life-threatening complications including cytokine-release syndrome, encephalopathy, and lethal cerebral edema. Here we describe a case series of bone marrow failure syndromes with or without co-existing clonal myelodysplastic syndrome. Bone marrow failure was defined as absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
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