Clinical Trials / Research Studies

Who can participate?

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eligible to receive either tisagenlecleucel or axicabtagene ciloleucel for approved hematologic indications.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 to 1.
• Willingness to avoid pregnancy or fathering children

Exclusion Criteria:

• Evidence of active uncontrolled/untreated infection (viral, bacterial, fungal, opportunistic) of any origin.
• Evidence of active hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infection.
• Known human immunodeficiency virus.
• Active acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease requiring systemic therapy.
• Concurrent use of chronic systemic steroids or immunosuppressant medications.
• Any unresolved toxicity ≥ Grade 2 (except stable Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy or alopecia) from previous anticancer therapy.
• Known history or prior diagnosis of immunologic or inflammatory/autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS) and unrelated to their disease under study or previous treatment.
• Clinically significant or uncontrolled cardiac disease.
• Acute lymphoblastic leukemia participants with protocol-defined CNS status are eligible only in the absence of neurologic symptoms suggestive of CNS leukemia.
• Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma participants must have no signs or symptoms of CNS disease or detectable evidence of CNS disease; participants who have been previously treated for CNS disease but have no evidence of disease at screening are eligible.
• Laboratory values at screening outside the protocol-defined ranges.