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LymphomaNCT04300998

Study of CAR-T Therapy in Older Patients

An observational study of Lymphoma and Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

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Trial 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. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 60 years and older
What is being tested?
Activities of Daily Living/ADLs, Instrumental Activity of Daily Living and Timed Up and Go
How many people
154 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
4 Mar 2020to 4 Mar 2027
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 60 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Subjects will be recruited from all oncologists and all transplant physicians at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Patients are recruited without consideration of gender, country of origin, educational level, or income. There will be no reimbursement or payment toward the participation of this study.

Who may be able to join

  • 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)

Who cannot join

  • 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)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Richard Lin, MD, PhD contact

646-608-2646

ABMTTrials@mskcc.org

Sergio Giralt, MD contact

ABMTTrials@mskcc.org

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065

    Richard Lin, MD, PhD, ABMTTrials@mskcc.org

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Observational Study of Commercial Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR T) Therapy in Older Patients With Hematologic Malignancies and With an Embedded Pilot Study of Longitudinal Geriatric and Neurocognitive Evaluation

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.

Being tested
Activities of Daily Living/ADLs, Instrumental Activity of Daily Living, Timed Up and Go, Cognition, Geriatric Depression Scale
Keywords
Lymphoma, CART therapy, relapsed refractory large B-cell lymphoma, High-grade B-cell Lymphoma, DLBCL NOS, Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma, 19-452, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Medical subject headings
Lymphoma, Lymphoma, B-Cell, Multiple Myeloma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Activities of Daily Living/ADLsBehavioural

    Also called 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

  • Instrumental Activity of Daily LivingBehavioural

    Also called iADLS

    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 GoBehavioural

    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)

  • CognitionBehavioural

    Mini-Cognition test: CDT and 3-word recall

  • Geriatric Depression ScaleBehavioural

    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 SupportBehavioural

    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 AttentionBehavioural

    Also called BTA

    assess selective auditory attention.

  • Trail Making TestBehavioural

    Assesses visual scanning, graphomotor speed, and set shifting.

  • Controlled Oral Word Association TestBehavioural

    Also called COWAT

    A timed test of verbal fluency

  • Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-RevisedBehavioural

    Also called HVLT-R

    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 drawOther

    collection of blood tests

Study groups in NCT04300998
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
older lymphoma patientsThis 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.
Receives: 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
older patients with lymphoma and other lymphoid malignanciesThis 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.
Receives: 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
older patients with myeloma and other plasma cell disordersThis is a prospective observational cohort where 40 older patients (≥60yo) undergoing CAR T therapy for relapsed refractory plasma cell disorders will undergo
Receives: 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
older patients with lymphomaThis is prospective observational cohort where 16 older (≥60yo) lymphoma patients with pre-CAR T cognitive impairment.
Receives: 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

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of participants who complete all required assessment visits prior to disease progression or death

    Participants who complete all assessment visits prior to disease progression or death will be considered as a success for a feasibility endpoint.

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted9 Mar 2020
  2. Study start4 Mar 2020
  3. Primary completion4 Mar 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion4 Mar 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
154 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04300998
Sponsor's protocol ID
19-452
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
5 Mar 2020
Last updated
7 Apr 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Lymphoma and Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Richard Lin, MD, PhD (646-608-2646, ABMTTrials@mskcc.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of participants who complete all required assessment visits prior to disease progression or death (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Apr 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

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