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ArticleEuropean journal of neurology2024

Patterns of neurotoxicity among patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: A single-centre cohort study.

Carmela Sales, Mary Ann Anderson, Valeriya Kuznetsova, Hannah Rosenfeld, Charles B Malpas, Izanne Roos, Michael Dickinson, Simon Harrison, Tomas Kalincik

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Article in European journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  1. Cancer-related cognitive impairment in patients with hematologic malignancies after CAR T cell therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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Carmela SalesNeuroimmunology Centre, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9895-5216
Mary Ann AndersonDepartment of Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Valeriya KuznetsovaNeuroimmunology Centre, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4413-5359
Hannah RosenfeldNeuroimmunology Centre, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Charles B MalpasNeuroimmunology Centre, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0534-3718
Izanne RoosNeuroimmunology Centre, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0371-3666
Michael DickinsonDepartment of Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Simon HarrisonDepartment of Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Tomas KalincikNeuroimmunology Centre, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3778-1376

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6 · The paper itself

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background and purposeImmune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) is an important complication of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy. This study aims to identify the patterns of neurotoxicity among patients with ICANS at a tertiary referral centre in Australia. METHODOLOGY: This single-centre, prospective cohort study included all consecutively recruited patients who underwent CAR-T therapy for eligible haematological malignancies. All patients underwent a comprehensive neurological assessment and cognitive screening before CAR-T infusion, during the development of ICANS, and 1 month after treatment. Baseline demographic characteristics, incidence, and neurological patterns of neurotoxicity management were evaluated.

resultsOver a 19-month period, 23% (12) of the 53 eligible patients developed neurotoxicity (10/12 [83%] being grade 1). All patients showed changes in handwriting and tremor as their initial presentation. Changes in cognition were manifested in most of the patients, with a more substantial drop noted in their Montreal Cognitive Assessment compared to immune effector cell-associated encephalopathy scores. All manifestations of neurotoxicity were short-lived and resolved within a 1-month period, with a mean duration of 8.2 days (range = 1-33).

conclusionsThe patterns of CAR-T-related neurotoxicity often include change in handwriting, tremor, and mild confusional state, especially early in their evolution. These may remain undetected by routine neurological surveillance. These features represent accessible clinical markers of incipient ICANS.

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Receptors, Chimeric AntigenCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCohort StudiesHumansProspective StudiesTremorReceptors, Chimeric Antigenaxicabtagene ciloleucelCAR-T therapyICANSneurotoxicitytisagenlecleucel

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