CAR-T and cytokine release syndrome

  • related: Oncology
  • tags: #literature #hemeonc

  • host immune system activated to attack underlying cancer
  • ICANS: CNS mediated inflammatory response

  • most important: identify patients who need early therapy
  • simple criteria: fever, hypotension, hypoxemia
  • ICANS: steroid very effective
  • as you suppress immune system, you make CAR-T less likely to work. Consult oncology early.1

Footnotes

  1. CHEST fellow course 2024 Heme Onc Emergencies