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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Cell Ther. 2025 Apr 25;31(7):419–433. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2025.03.011

Table 2.

Multivariable Analysis for Overall, CRS, Rapid Onset of CRS, and ICANS

Variable N OR (95% CI) P Value
CRS (no versus yes)
 Sex .006
  Female 688 1
  Male 1218 0.72 (0.57–0.91) .006
 Elevated LDH prior to CAR-T .002
  No 722 1
  Yes 832 1.56 (1.23–2.00) <.001
  Not reported 352 1.23 (0.89–1.68) .209
 CAR-T product <.001
  Tisa-cel 478 1
  Axi-cel 1428 4.61 (3.65–5.81) <.001
Severe CRS (≥3 grade versus <3 grade and no CRS)
 Age .005
  <65 years 1061 1
  ≥65 years 841 1.60 (1.15–2.23) .005
 KPS prior to CAR-T <.001
  90–100 738 1
  80 547 1.63 (1.05–2.54) .031
  <80 370 3.32 (2.16–5.10) <.001
  Not reported 247 1.53 (0.87–2.72) .143
 CAR-T product .001
  Tisa-cel 478 1
  Axi-cel 1424 2.11 (1.36–3.29) .001
Rapid Onset of CRS (≤4 days versus >4 days CRS or no CRS)
 Elevated LDH prior to CAR-T <.001
  No 722 1
  Yes 832 1.67 (1.36–2.05) <.001
  Not reported 352 1.25 (0.96–1.63) .095
 CAR-T product .001
  Tisa-cel 478 1
  Axi-cel 1428 1.46 (1.17–1.81) .001
ICANS (no versus yes)
 Age <.0001
  <65 years 1057 1.00
  ≥65 years 835 1.83 (1.50–2.24) <.0001
 KPS prior to CAR-T <.0001
  90–100 733 1.00
  80 542 1.17 (0.92–1.49) .19
  <80 371 2.48 (1.88–3.27) <.0001
  Not reported 246 1.52 (1.11–2.09) .01
 Disease status at infusion
  Complete response 72 1.00 .0001
  Partial response 434 1.30 (0.70–2.41) .40
  Resistant 1222 1.98 (1.10–3.58) .02
  Untreated/not reported 164 2.62 (1.35–5.10) .004
 CAR-T product <.0001
  Tisa-cel 478 1.00
  Axi-cel 1414 5.85 (4.48–7.64) <.0001
Severe ICANS (≥3 grade versus <3 grade and no ICANS)
 Age .0003
  <65 years 1029 1.00
  ≥65 years 810 1.56 (1.22–1.98) .0003
 KPS prior to CAR-T <.0001
  90–100 713 1.00
  80 533 1.24 (0.90–1.70) .18
  <80 356 2.85 (2.07–3.93) <.0001
  Not reported 237 2.76 (1.91–3.99) <.0001
 Elevated LDH prior to CAR-T .007
  No 694 1.00
  Yes 799 1.52 (1.15–2.00) .003
  Not reported 346 1.09 (0.77–1.55) .62
 CAR-T product <.0001
  Tisa-cel 478 1.00
  Axi-cel 1361 5.65 (3.82–8.35) <.0001
Rapid Onset ICANS (≤7 days versus >7 days ICANS and no ICANS)
 Age <.0001
  <65 years 1057 1.00
  ≥65 years 835 1.73 (1.40–2.15) <.0001
 KPS prior to CAR-T <.0001
  90–100 733 1.00
  80 542 1.19 (0.91–1.55) .21
  <80 371 2.07 (1.56–2.76) <.0001
  Not reported 246 1.45 (1.03–2.05) .04
 Elevated LDH prior to CAR-T .0055
  No 718 1.00
  Yes 821 1.40 (1.10–1.79) .006
  Not reported 353 0.97 (0.71–1.32) .82
 CAR-T product <.0001
  Tisa-cel 478 1.00
  Axi-cel 1414 4.02 (2.95–5.49) <.0001

axi-cel indicates axicabtagene ciloleucel; CAR-T, chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy; CRS, cytokine release syndrome; ICANS, immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; KPS, Karnofsky Performance Status; OR, odds ratio; tisa-cel, tisagenlecleucel.