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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Haematol. 2021 Oct;8(10):e711–e722. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(21)00238-6

Table 3:

Cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxic adverse events by CNS stratum

CNS-negative
stratum
(n=129)
CNS-positive
stratum
(n=66)
p value
Cytokine release syndrome ·· ·· 0·26
 0 19 (15%) 13 (20%) ··
 1 12 (9%) 2 (3%) ··
 2 61 (47%) 38 (58%) ··
 3 18 (14%) 7 (11%) ··
 4 19 (15%) 6 (9%) ··
Any neurotoxicity ·· ·· 0·20
 0 76 (59%) 28 (41%) ··
 1 24 (19%) 20 (30%) ··
 2 14 (11%) 10 (15%) ··
 3 12 (9%) 6 (9%) ··
 4 3 (2%) 2 (3%) ··
Encephalopathy ·· ·· 0·36
 0 82 (64%) 35 (53%) ··
 1 20 (16%) 16 (24%) ··
 2 13 (10%) 7 (11%) ··
 3 13 (10%) 6 (10%) ··
 4 1 (1%) 2 (3%) ··
Seizure ·· ·· 0·71
 0 119 (92%) 61 (92%) ··
 1 1 (1%) 0 ··
 2 5 (4%) 4 (6%) ··
 3 1 (1%) 1 (2%) ··
 4 3 (2%) 0 ··
Vision changes ·· ·· 0·023
 0 126 (98%) 59 (89%) ··
 1 2 (2%) 6 (9%) ··
 2 1 (1%) 1 (2%) ··
 3 0 0 ··
 4 0 0 ··
Speech impairment ·· ·· 0·023
 0 126 (98%) 60 (91%) ··
 1 3 (2%) 2 (3%) ··
 2 0 1 (2%) ··
 3 0 3 (5%) ··
 4 0 0 ··
Movement disorder ·· ·· 0·42
 0 124 (96%) 6 (9%) ··
 1 5 (4%) 1 (2%) ··
 2 0 3 (5%) ··
 3 0 0 ··
 4 0 0 ··
Cranial nerve disorder ·· ·· 0·26
 0 127 (98%) 65 (98%) ··
 1 2 (2%) 0 ··
 2 0 0 ··
 3 0 1 (2%) ··
 4 0 0 ··
Neurological serious adverse event ·· ·· 0·75
 0 102 (79%) 48 (73%) ··
 1 1 (1%) 1 (2%) ··
 2 12 (9%) 9 (14%) ··
 3 11 (9%) 6 (9%) ··
 4 3 (2%) 2 (3%) ··

Data are n (%). No grade 5 adverse events were reported.