Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics, safety, and outcomes of patients with aggressive B-NHL receiving CD19-directed CAR-T

CharacteristicNumber (%)
Number of patients  514 
Age, y, median (range)  59 (18-84) 
Sex Male 305 (59%) 
ECOG PS at apheresis 0-1 409 (80%) 
 29 (6%) 
 3-4 6 (1%) 
 Unknown 70 (14%) 
Histologic subtype De novo DLBCL 357 (69%) 
 Transformed follicular lymphoma 98 (19%) 
 Richter’s transformation 18 (3.5%) 
 Other  12 (2.3%) 
 Transformed marginal zone lymphoma 10 (1.9%) 
 PMBL 9 (1.8%) 
 PTLD 5 (0.97%) 
 Gray zone lymphoma 3 (0.58%) 
 Transformed mantle cell lymphoma 2 (0.39%) 
Number of previous lines of therapy 58 (11%) 
 225 (44%) 
 3-4 203 (39%) 
 5-6 25 (5%) 
 Unknown 3 (1%) 
IPI at apheresis 0-1 99 (19%) 
 95 (18%) 
 128 (25%) 
 4-5 73 (14%) 
 Unknown 119 (23%) 
LDH elevation at apheresis Yes 248 (48%) 
 No 115 (22%) 
 Unknown 151 (29%) 
Stage at apheresis 1-2 84 (16%) 
 3-4 418 (81%) 
 Unknown 12 (2%) 
Cell of origin Germinal center B-cell like 238 (46%) 
 Nongerminal center B-cell like 163 (32%) 
 Unknown 113 (22%) 
Double expressor/double hit status Double hit  81 (16%) 
 Double expressor  86 (17%) 
 None 267 (52%) 
 Unknown 80 (16%) 
Previous autologous transplant Yes 139 (27%) 
 No 375 (73%) 
CNS involvement at apheresis Yes 32 (6%) 
 No 470 (91%) 
 Unknown 12 (2%) 
CAR construct Axi-cel 330 (64%) 
 Tisa-cel 138 (27%) 
 Liso-cel 45 (9%) 
 Unknown 1 (0.2%) 
CAR-T on clinical trial Yes 127 (25%) 
 No 387 (75%) 
CRS Any grade 344 (67%) 
 Grade 3+ 62 (12%) 
ICANS Any grade 236 (46%) 
 Grade 3+ 87 (17%) 
Best response to CAR-T ORR 351 (68%) 
 Complete response rate 251 (49%) 
Relapse Late relapse (≥180 days) 59 (11.5%) 
CD19 antigen CD19 loss post–CAR-T failure 14 (17%) 
 No CD19 loss 67 (83%) 
 Missing/not assessed 173 
CharacteristicNumber (%)
Number of patients  514 
Age, y, median (range)  59 (18-84) 
Sex Male 305 (59%) 
ECOG PS at apheresis 0-1 409 (80%) 
 29 (6%) 
 3-4 6 (1%) 
 Unknown 70 (14%) 
Histologic subtype De novo DLBCL 357 (69%) 
 Transformed follicular lymphoma 98 (19%) 
 Richter’s transformation 18 (3.5%) 
 Other  12 (2.3%) 
 Transformed marginal zone lymphoma 10 (1.9%) 
 PMBL 9 (1.8%) 
 PTLD 5 (0.97%) 
 Gray zone lymphoma 3 (0.58%) 
 Transformed mantle cell lymphoma 2 (0.39%) 
Number of previous lines of therapy 58 (11%) 
 225 (44%) 
 3-4 203 (39%) 
 5-6 25 (5%) 
 Unknown 3 (1%) 
IPI at apheresis 0-1 99 (19%) 
 95 (18%) 
 128 (25%) 
 4-5 73 (14%) 
 Unknown 119 (23%) 
LDH elevation at apheresis Yes 248 (48%) 
 No 115 (22%) 
 Unknown 151 (29%) 
Stage at apheresis 1-2 84 (16%) 
 3-4 418 (81%) 
 Unknown 12 (2%) 
Cell of origin Germinal center B-cell like 238 (46%) 
 Nongerminal center B-cell like 163 (32%) 
 Unknown 113 (22%) 
Double expressor/double hit status Double hit  81 (16%) 
 Double expressor  86 (17%) 
 None 267 (52%) 
 Unknown 80 (16%) 
Previous autologous transplant Yes 139 (27%) 
 No 375 (73%) 
CNS involvement at apheresis Yes 32 (6%) 
 No 470 (91%) 
 Unknown 12 (2%) 
CAR construct Axi-cel 330 (64%) 
 Tisa-cel 138 (27%) 
 Liso-cel 45 (9%) 
 Unknown 1 (0.2%) 
CAR-T on clinical trial Yes 127 (25%) 
 No 387 (75%) 
CRS Any grade 344 (67%) 
 Grade 3+ 62 (12%) 
ICANS Any grade 236 (46%) 
 Grade 3+ 87 (17%) 
Best response to CAR-T ORR 351 (68%) 
 Complete response rate 251 (49%) 
Relapse Late relapse (≥180 days) 59 (11.5%) 
CD19 antigen CD19 loss post–CAR-T failure 14 (17%) 
 No CD19 loss 67 (83%) 
 Missing/not assessed 173 

DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; ORR, overall response rate; PMBL, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma; PTLD, posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder.

Other histologies included: transformed lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, T cell rich B-cell lymphoma, and Burkitt lymphoma.

MYC translocation with a concurrent BCL2 and/or BCL6 translocations.

Overexpression of MYC and BCL2 proteins.

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