Table 2 Baseline characteristics of large B cell lymphoma treated with CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cells.

From: Infection during the first year in patients treated with CD19 CAR T cells for diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Baseline parameters

N = 60 (%)

Median Age at Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell (range)

63 (19.5–85.9) years

Gender (Male:Female)

42:18

Histopathological diagnosis

      De novo diffuse large B cell lymphoma

35 (58.3)

      Transformed indolent lymphoma

25 (41.7)

Stage

      Stage 1–2

14 (23.3)

      Stage 3–4

38 (63.3)

      Not available

8 (13.3)

ECOG Performance status

      0–1

44 (73.3)

      2

10 (16.7)

      3

2 (3.3)

      Not available

4 (6.7)

Median number of treatment lines prior to CAR T cells (range)

3 (2–9)

Response to prior treatments

      Primary refractory disease

10 (16.7)

      Relapsed disease

50 (83.3)

Presence of bulky disease

      Yes

9 (15.0)

      No

45 (75.0)

      Not available

6 (10.0)

History of hematopoietic stem cell transplant prior to CAR T cells

      Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplanta

12 (20.0)

      Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplanta

5 (8.3)

      No

44 (73.3)

Bridging treatment before CAR T cell

      High-Intensity systemic therapy

23 (38.3)

      Low-Intensity systemic therapyb

11 (18.3)

      Radiotherapyb

5 (8.3)

      No bridging therapy or systemic corticosteroid

22 (36.7)

History of Infection within 30 days before CAR T cell

24 (40.0)

Lymphodepletion chemotherapy

      Fludarabine cyclophosphamide

57 (95.0)

      Bendamustine

3 (95.0)

CAR T cell product

      Axicabtagene ciloleucel

43 (71.7)

      Tisagenlecleucel

17 (28.3)

  1. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, CAR chimeric antigen receptor.
  2. aOne patient had both autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
  3. bOne patient received combined non-intensive systemic and radiation therapy.