Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients treated with chimeric antigen receptor T cells

Blood. 2023 Feb 9;141(6):673-677. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022017386.

Abstract

Using 2 global postmarketing surveillance databases, Goldman and colleagues report that progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a viral disease associated with profound immunosuppression, occurs in approximately 0.9 cases per 1000 recipients of CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy. The risk of PML appears higher with CAR T-cell therapy than other cancer therapies, but its precise role cannot be distinguished from antecedent therapies that these patients receive.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brain
  • Humans
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal* / etiology
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal* / therapy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Receptors, Chimeric Antigen*
  • T-Lymphocytes

Substances

  • Receptors, Chimeric Antigen