Study of CAR-T Therapy in Older Patients

NCT ID: NCT04300998

Last Updated: 2025-06-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

154 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-04

Study Completion Date

2026-03-04

Brief Summary

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This study is being done to find out how older patients respond to CAR-T cell therapy and how the treatment affects their quality of life. This is a quality of life study and participating in the study does not involve receiving any treatment, other than the standard treatment for participants' disease.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Lymphoma Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma Lymphoma, B-Cell DLBCL NOS High-grade B-cell Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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older lymphoma patients

This is a prospective observational cohort where 18 older patients (≥60yo) undergoing CAR T therapy for relapsed refractory high-grade B-cell lymphoma will undergo serial comprehensive geriatric assessment, neurocognitive testing, and quality of life evaluation prior to and following CAR T therapy. The standard follow-up period is one year.

Activities of Daily Living/ADLs

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

7 activities: bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, walking inside the home, walking outside the home, and bladder and bowel control. Participants get 2 points for each activity that is not limited at all, 1 point for limited a little, and 0 points for limited a lot. Total ADL score ranges from 0 to 14

Instrumental Activity of Daily Living

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

8 activities: telephone use, doing laundry, shopping, preparing meals, doing housework, handling own medications, handling money and finances, and transportation to visit one's doctor. Participants get 2 points for each activity that can be done without help, 1 point for needing some help, and 0 point for being unable to do. Total iADL score ranges from 0 to16.

Timed Up and Go

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants are asked to get up from the chair, walk 10 feet, turn, and walk back to the char (\<10 seconds, 10-20 seconds, \>20 seconds)

Cognition

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mini-Cognition test: CDT and 3-word recall

Geriatric Depression Scale

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Four yes/no questions regarding patient's psychological status. Score ranges from 0 to 4, and a score of \>/=1 is usually indicative of depression.

Social Support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Four 5-point Likert scale questions addressing 4 domains of social support: emotional/ informational, tangible, affectionate, and positive social interaction. Score for each item ranges from 1 to 5, and total score ranges from 4 to 20. A higher score means better social support.

Brief Test of Attention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

assess selective auditory attention.

Trail Making Test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assesses visual scanning, graphomotor speed, and set shifting.

Controlled Oral Word Association Test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A timed test of verbal fluency

Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The HVLT-R is a test of verbal learning and recall. Scores obtained are the total number of words: 1) recalled over three trials; 2)recalled after a delay; 3) correctly recognized.

older patients with lymphoma and other lymphoid malignancies

This is a prospective observational cohort where 80 older patients (≥60yo) undergoing CAR T therapy for relapsed refractory lymphoma and lymphoid malignancies will undergo comprehensive geriatric assessment, aging biomarker analysis, and quality of life evaluation prior to and following CAR T therapy. The standard follow-up period is one year.

Activities of Daily Living/ADLs

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

7 activities: bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, walking inside the home, walking outside the home, and bladder and bowel control. Participants get 2 points for each activity that is not limited at all, 1 point for limited a little, and 0 points for limited a lot. Total ADL score ranges from 0 to 14

Instrumental Activity of Daily Living

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

8 activities: telephone use, doing laundry, shopping, preparing meals, doing housework, handling own medications, handling money and finances, and transportation to visit one's doctor. Participants get 2 points for each activity that can be done without help, 1 point for needing some help, and 0 point for being unable to do. Total iADL score ranges from 0 to16.

Timed Up and Go

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants are asked to get up from the chair, walk 10 feet, turn, and walk back to the char (\<10 seconds, 10-20 seconds, \>20 seconds)

Cognition

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mini-Cognition test: CDT and 3-word recall

Geriatric Depression Scale

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Four yes/no questions regarding patient's psychological status. Score ranges from 0 to 4, and a score of \>/=1 is usually indicative of depression.

Social Support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Four 5-point Likert scale questions addressing 4 domains of social support: emotional/ informational, tangible, affectionate, and positive social interaction. Score for each item ranges from 1 to 5, and total score ranges from 4 to 20. A higher score means better social support.

Brief Test of Attention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

assess selective auditory attention.

Trail Making Test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assesses visual scanning, graphomotor speed, and set shifting.

Controlled Oral Word Association Test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A timed test of verbal fluency

Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The HVLT-R is a test of verbal learning and recall. Scores obtained are the total number of words: 1) recalled over three trials; 2)recalled after a delay; 3) correctly recognized.

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

collection of blood tests

older patients with myeloma and other plasma cell disorders

This is a prospective observational cohort where 40 older patients (≥60yo) undergoing CAR T therapy for relapsed refractory plasma cell disorders will undergo

Activities of Daily Living/ADLs

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

7 activities: bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, walking inside the home, walking outside the home, and bladder and bowel control. Participants get 2 points for each activity that is not limited at all, 1 point for limited a little, and 0 points for limited a lot. Total ADL score ranges from 0 to 14

Instrumental Activity of Daily Living

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

8 activities: telephone use, doing laundry, shopping, preparing meals, doing housework, handling own medications, handling money and finances, and transportation to visit one's doctor. Participants get 2 points for each activity that can be done without help, 1 point for needing some help, and 0 point for being unable to do. Total iADL score ranges from 0 to16.

Timed Up and Go

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants are asked to get up from the chair, walk 10 feet, turn, and walk back to the char (\<10 seconds, 10-20 seconds, \>20 seconds)

Cognition

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mini-Cognition test: CDT and 3-word recall

Geriatric Depression Scale

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Four yes/no questions regarding patient's psychological status. Score ranges from 0 to 4, and a score of \>/=1 is usually indicative of depression.

Social Support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Four 5-point Likert scale questions addressing 4 domains of social support: emotional/ informational, tangible, affectionate, and positive social interaction. Score for each item ranges from 1 to 5, and total score ranges from 4 to 20. A higher score means better social support.

Brief Test of Attention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

assess selective auditory attention.

Trail Making Test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assesses visual scanning, graphomotor speed, and set shifting.

Controlled Oral Word Association Test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A timed test of verbal fluency

Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The HVLT-R is a test of verbal learning and recall. Scores obtained are the total number of words: 1) recalled over three trials; 2)recalled after a delay; 3) correctly recognized.

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

collection of blood tests

older patients with lymphoma

This is prospective observational cohort where 16 older (≥60yo) lymphoma patients with pre-CAR T cognitive impairment.

Activities of Daily Living/ADLs

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

7 activities: bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, walking inside the home, walking outside the home, and bladder and bowel control. Participants get 2 points for each activity that is not limited at all, 1 point for limited a little, and 0 points for limited a lot. Total ADL score ranges from 0 to 14

Instrumental Activity of Daily Living

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

8 activities: telephone use, doing laundry, shopping, preparing meals, doing housework, handling own medications, handling money and finances, and transportation to visit one's doctor. Participants get 2 points for each activity that can be done without help, 1 point for needing some help, and 0 point for being unable to do. Total iADL score ranges from 0 to16.

Timed Up and Go

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants are asked to get up from the chair, walk 10 feet, turn, and walk back to the char (\<10 seconds, 10-20 seconds, \>20 seconds)

Cognition

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mini-Cognition test: CDT and 3-word recall

Geriatric Depression Scale

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Four yes/no questions regarding patient's psychological status. Score ranges from 0 to 4, and a score of \>/=1 is usually indicative of depression.

Social Support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Four 5-point Likert scale questions addressing 4 domains of social support: emotional/ informational, tangible, affectionate, and positive social interaction. Score for each item ranges from 1 to 5, and total score ranges from 4 to 20. A higher score means better social support.

Brief Test of Attention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

assess selective auditory attention.

Trail Making Test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assesses visual scanning, graphomotor speed, and set shifting.

Controlled Oral Word Association Test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A timed test of verbal fluency

Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The HVLT-R is a test of verbal learning and recall. Scores obtained are the total number of words: 1) recalled over three trials; 2)recalled after a delay; 3) correctly recognized.

Blood draw

Intervention Type OTHER

collection of blood tests

Interventions

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Activities of Daily Living/ADLs

7 activities: bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding, walking inside the home, walking outside the home, and bladder and bowel control. Participants get 2 points for each activity that is not limited at all, 1 point for limited a little, and 0 points for limited a lot. Total ADL score ranges from 0 to 14

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Instrumental Activity of Daily Living

8 activities: telephone use, doing laundry, shopping, preparing meals, doing housework, handling own medications, handling money and finances, and transportation to visit one's doctor. Participants get 2 points for each activity that can be done without help, 1 point for needing some help, and 0 point for being unable to do. Total iADL score ranges from 0 to16.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Timed Up and Go

Participants are asked to get up from the chair, walk 10 feet, turn, and walk back to the char (\<10 seconds, 10-20 seconds, \>20 seconds)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cognition

Mini-Cognition test: CDT and 3-word recall

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Geriatric Depression Scale

Four yes/no questions regarding patient's psychological status. Score ranges from 0 to 4, and a score of \>/=1 is usually indicative of depression.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Social Support

Four 5-point Likert scale questions addressing 4 domains of social support: emotional/ informational, tangible, affectionate, and positive social interaction. Score for each item ranges from 1 to 5, and total score ranges from 4 to 20. A higher score means better social support.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief Test of Attention

assess selective auditory attention.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Trail Making Test

Assesses visual scanning, graphomotor speed, and set shifting.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Controlled Oral Word Association Test

A timed test of verbal fluency

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised

The HVLT-R is a test of verbal learning and recall. Scores obtained are the total number of words: 1) recalled over three trials; 2)recalled after a delay; 3) correctly recognized.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Blood draw

collection of blood tests

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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ADLs iADLS BTA COWAT HVLT-R

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* are ≥60 years old (all cohorts)
* have pathologically confirmed, relapsed refractory lymphoid malignancy or plasma cell disorder receiving a commercial CAR T-cell product (all cohorts)
* able to speak and understand English (cohort 1 and 4 only)
* have a MoCA score of less than 26 out of 30 during the GA visit by a geriatrician prior to CAR T-cell treatment (cohort 4 only)

Exclusion Criteria

* Any prior commercial or investigational CAR T therapy (all cohorts)
* Current diagnosis of major Axis I psychiatric disorder (DSM-IV), major depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia, as per medical records or patient report (cohort 1 only)
* History of a neurological disorder, neurodegenerative disease, or traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness (\>60 minutes), as per medical records or patient report (cohort 1 only)
* Current ongoing substance abuse and/or history of substance abuse, as per medical records or patient report (cohort 1 only)
* History of CNS disease (cohort 4 only)
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Richard Lin, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Richard Lin, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

646-608-2646

Sergio Giralt, MD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Richard Lin, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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19-452

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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