Antibiotic use, certain gut bacteria affect CAR-T efficacy, toxicity

Antibiotic use, certain gut bacteria affect CAR-T efficacy, toxicity - Blog

Researchers examined two cohorts of patients who received CD19-directed CAR-T cells for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma or B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The researchers used the first cohort to retrospectively examine the impact of prior antibiotic use on CAR-T clinical outcomes. The second cohort had prospective baseline fecal samples collected before CAR-T cell infusion for subsequent assessment of […]