NOVEL IMMUNOTHERAPIES (CAR-T, BiTE)

Real-World Adverse Events Associated With CAR T-Cell Therapy Among Adults Age  ≥  65  Years

An FDA Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) database analysis of adverse events experienced among patients age < 65 and those age > 65 receiving axicabtagene ciloleucel and/or tisagenlecleucel CAR T-cell therapy showed that some individual clinical features of cytokine release syndrome were significantly more common among younger age group cases, including tachycardia (10% vs. 5%, p < .01).

Journal of Geriatric Oncology