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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cytotherapy. 2021 May 9;23(7):627–634. doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2021.03.006

Table 3.

Summary of all signs and symptoms occurring during or within 4 hours after NK cell infusion that were either definitely, probably or possibly related to the infusion

Sign/symptom Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Total, n (%)
Constitutional
 Chills 29 80 1 - 110 (84.6%)
 Fever (no infection) 17 6 15 - 38 (29.2%)
Respiratory
 Dyspnea 4 3 8 - 15 (11.5%)
 Hypoxia 1 4 8 - 13 (10.0%)
 Bronchospasm 0 3 3 - 6 (4.6%)
 Pneumonitis 1 1 (0.8%)
Cardiovascular
 Hypertension 6 16 17 - 39 (30.0%)
 Hypotension 3 4 2 1 10 (7.7%)
 Tachycardia* - - - - 2 (1.5%)
 Chest pain 1 1 (0.8%)
CNS
 Headache 12 9 8 29 (22.3%)
Gastrointestinal
 Nausea** - - - - -
 Emesis** - - - - -
 Abdominal cramps - 1 - - 1 (0.8%)
 Ascites 2 - - - 2 (1.5%)
Musculoskeletal
 Myalgia 1 4 1 - 6 (4.6%)
Skin/subcutaneous
 Rash 2 - - - 2 (1.5%)
Other
 Localized edema 8 4 - - 12 (9.2%)
 Sweating 1 - - - 1 (0.8%)
 Dry eye 1 - - - 1 (0.8%)
*

Tachycardia was not part of routine reporting for CTCAE; two episodes of tachycardia were noted in the record that were not graded

**

Reports of nausea/vomiting were not graded - anecdotally they appeared to mostly be mild and readily treatable