This study is being done to see if the investigational drug, anakinra, prevent or reverse the severe side effects caused by CAR-T cell therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
62
100mg subcutaneous
Hackensack Meridian Health (Data collection only)
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Arm 1 (CAR T Cell Group) Rate of Severe Neurotoxicities
Determine the rate of severe neurotoxicities, \>/= Grade 3 or any grade seizure, within the first 4 weeks of treatment with prophylactic use of anakinra in participants receiving CD19-specific CAR T cells
Time frame: 4 weeks
Arm 2 (COVID-19 Group) proportion of patients able to avoid death or mechanical ventilation
proportion of patients able to avoid death or mechanical ventilation within 28 days from the start of the treatment.
Time frame: 28 days from the start of treatment
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