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NCT04300998Recruiting

Study of CAR-T Therapy in Older Patients

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Start Date

3/4/2020

Completion Date

3/4/2027

Summary

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 60 years to No maximum

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)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Activities of Daily Living/ADLs

BEHAVIORAL

Instrumental Activity of Daily Living

BEHAVIORAL

Timed Up and Go

BEHAVIORAL

Cognition

BEHAVIORAL

Geriatric Depression Scale

BEHAVIORAL

Social Support

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Test of Attention

BEHAVIORAL

Trail Making Test

BEHAVIORAL

Controlled Oral Word Association Test

BEHAVIORAL

Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised

OTHER

Blood draw

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Conditions

LymphomaRefractory B-Cell LymphomaLymphoma, B-CellDLBCL NOSHigh-grade B-cell LymphomaMultiple Myeloma

Locations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York 10065

United States