Peter Borchmann, MD, discusses the safety signals seen so far in the phase II JULIET trial investigating tisagenlecleucel, a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, as a treatment option for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Peter Borchmann, MD, a professor in the department of internal medicine at the University Hospital of Cologne, discusses the safety signals seen so far in the phase II JULIET trial investigating tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, as a treatment option for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
With CAR T-cell therapies, cytokine relapse syndrome (CRS) and neurological events are of special interest in regard to safety. In this study, 58% of patients experienced CRS of some grade, but only 22% of patients experienced grade 3 or greater CRS.
Examining the Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment Paradigm
July 15th 2022In season 3, episode 6 of Targeted Talks, Yazan Samhouri, MD, discusses the exciting new agents for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the clinical trials that support their use, and hopes for the future of treatment.
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