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. 2019 Oct 22;3(20):3062–3069. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000593

Table 2.

Posttransplant complications in patients with prior CD19-targeted CAR-T treatment

ALL (n = 19) NHL/CLL (n = 13) Entire cohort (N = 32)
Acute GVHD
 Grade 1 2 (10.5) 1 (7.7) 3 (9.4)
  Grade 2 8 (42.1) 6 (46.2) 14 (43.8)
  Grade 3 3 (15.8) 2 (15.4) 5 (15.6)
 Grade 4 1 (5.3) 2 (15.4) 3 (9.4)
 1-y cumulative incidence of grade 2-4 (95% CI), % 63 (40-86) 77 (51-100) 69 (52-85)
 1-y cumulative incidence of grade 3-4 (95% CI), % 21 (2-40) 31 (4-57) 25 (10-40)
Chronic GVHD
 No 15 (78.9) 12 (92.3) 27 (84.4)
 Yes 4 (21.1) 1 (7.7) 5 (15.6)
 1-y cumulative incidence (95% CI), % 16 (0-33) 0 (0-0) 10 (0-21)
Viral and fungal infections
 Parainfluenza 2 (10.5) 0 (0.0) 2 (6.2)
 HSV-1 stomatitis 1 (5.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.1)
 Adenovirus hepatitis 1(5.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.1)
 CMV gastroenteritis 1 (5.3) 2 (15.4) 3 (9.4)
 RSV 1 (5.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.1)
 Aspergillosis 3 (15.8) 0 (0.0) 3 (9.4)
 Other fungal 1 (5.3) 2 (15.4) 3 (9.4)
 Toxoplasmosis 1 (5.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.1)
Nonhematologic toxicities
 Neurologic: PRESS 1 (8) 0 (0) 1 (3)
 Cardiac: atrial fibrillation 1 (5) 1 (8) 2 (6)
 Hepatic: cholecystitis 1 (5) 0 (0) 1 (3)
 Renal: TMS 0 (0) 3 (23) 3 (9)
 Renal: other renal 2 (10.5) 0 (0) 2 (6)
 GI: bleeding 0 (0) 1 (8) 1 (3)
 Pulmonary: DAH 2 (10.5) 1 (8) 3 (9)
 Pulmonary: PE 0 (0) 1 (8) 1 (3)
Cause of death
 Disease progression 2 (10.5) 2 (15.4) 4 (12.5)
 GVHD 1 (5.3) 2 (15.4) 3 (9.4)
 Fungal infection 1 (5.3) 1 (7.7) 2 (6.2)
 Sepsis 1 (5.3) 0 1 (3.1)
 Pulmonary
  PE 0 1 (7.7) 1 (3.1)
  IPS 1 (5.3) 0 1 (3.1)
 Total 6 (31) 6 (46) 12 (37.5)

Unless otherwise indicated, data are n (%).

CMV, cytomegalovirus; DAH, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; GI, gastrointestinal; HSV, herpes simplex virus; IPS, idiopathic pulmonary syndrome; PE, pulmonary embolus; PRESS, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.