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. 2024 Feb 29;12(2):e008735. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2023-008735

Table 1.

Pre-TIL infusion checklist*

Cryopreserved TIL infusion product
  • TIL product to be thawed per manufacturer’s specification.

Fluid balance
  • The goal is to ensure that the patient is at baseline weight prior to infusion.

Physical examination
  • Weight.

  • Gastrointestinal; cardiovascular; extremities; head; eyes, ears, nose, and throat; respiratory system; dermatologic; musculoskeletal; neurologic; and psychiatric examinations.

  • Baseline ophthalmology exam in patients with a history of uveitis from prior therapy to ensure complete resolution.

Vital signs
  • Pulse rate, O2 saturation, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and temperature.

Blood tests
  • Hematology: CBC with differentials (WBC with differentials, RBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit, MCV, MCH, platelet count).

  • Blood chemistry: Sodium, potassium, chloride, total carbon dioxide or bicarbonate, creatinine, glucose, BUN, albumin, calcium total, magnesium total, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, ALT/SGPT, AST/SGOT, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, LDH, total protein, and uric acid.

  • Inflammatory markers: CRP and ferritin.

Line placement
  • Central venous catheter/PICC line.

Premedication
  • Acetaminophen or equivalent.

  • Diphenhydramine or other H1-histamine antagonist.

Medications available at bedside during infusion
  • Continued acetaminophen (650 mg q4h) or equivalent.

  • Indomethacin (50–75 mg q6h) or equivalent.

  • Pantoprazole (40 mg) or famotidine (20 mg) or equivalent.

  • Meperidine (25–50 mg) and/or hydromorphone.

  • Epinephrine and diphenhydramine.

  • Other medications as per institutional standards.

Other concurrent medications
  • All other concurrent medications to be stopped during TIL infusion.

*Pre-non-myeloablative lymphodepletion checklist is provided in online supplemental table 3.

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CBC, complete blood count; CRP, C reactive protein; IV, intravenous; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; PICC, peripherally inserted central catheter; q4h, every 4 hours; q6h, every 6 hours; RBC, red blood cell count; SGOT, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; SGPT, serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase; TIL, tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte; WBC, white blood cell count.