Factors affecting lymphocyte collection efficiency for the manufacture of chimeric antigen receptor T cells in adults with B-cell malignancies.
Sherilyn A TuazonAng LiTheodore GooleyThomas W EunsonDavid G MaloneyCameron J TurtleMichael L LinenbergerLaura S Connelly-SmithPublished in: Transfusion (2019)
Lymphocyte collection at our center was well tolerated and 100% successful in manufacturing CD19-directed CAR T cells from adult patients with B-cell malignancies despite low CE in some patients. A diagnosis of ALL, advancing age, and higher preapheresis platelet counts were observed to be associated with low CE.