Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.

From: Impact of CAR T cell therapy on thymus size in children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Characteristics

Total (n = 20)

Age (year)*

18 [11]

Sex

 

 Female

11 (55)

Male

9 (45)

Ethnicity

 

Hispanic/Latino

13 (65)

 Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

7 (35)

Race

 

 Other

12 (60)

 White

5 (25)

 Asian

2 (10)

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1 (5)

Steroid treatment

 

 No

14 (70)

 Yes

6 (30)

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

 

 No

3 (15)

 Yes

17 (85)

Type of CAR T-cell agent

 

 CD19/22

7 (35)

 CD19

12 (60)

 CD22

1 (5)

Cytokine release syndrome grade

 

 0

1 (5)

 1

11 (55)

 2

5 (25)

 3

2 (10)

 4

1 (5)

Disease Burden

 

 No detectable

16 (80)

 Low (<5% bone marrow blasts)

2 (10)

 High (≥5% bone marrow blasts)

2 (10)

Flow Cytometry

 

 Lymphocytes percentage

24.35 [18]

 Lymphocytes absolute count

643 [490]

 CD4⁺ Recent Thymic Emigrants %

17.15 [38.45]

 CD4⁺ Recent Thymic Emigrants Abs

26.18 [82.10]

 Bone marrow blast

12 [10.75]

 Bone marrow lymphocytes

0.5 [0]

 CAR T-cell persistence (days)

75.5 [99.5]

 Time Between Imaging and CAR (days)

51 [107]

Thymus volume (cm3)*

 

 Before therapy

4.52 [8.13]

 After therapy

6.85 [20.58]

Thymus transverse size

 

 Before therapy

65 [11.15]

 After therapy

70 [11.25]

  1. Data are presented as the number of patients with percentages in parentheses. * Data are in median with interquartile range in brackets. CAR, Chimeric antigen receptor.