Episode 10: The New Frontier: CAR T-Cell Therapy and What the AP Needs to Know
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Wendy Vogel, MSN, FNP, AOCNP
Victoria Reiser, RN, BSN, BMTCN, OCN
Victoria Reiser, RN, BSN, BMTCN, OCN, author of the JADPRO article Beyond CAR T-Cell Therapy: Continued Monitoring and Management of Complications speaks with co-host Wendy Vogel, MSN, FNP, AOCNP, on caring for patients who have received CAR T-cell therapy.
2:07 Introductions
3:42 If you had a billboard about your article, what would the headline be?
4:25 Why is this topic important for APs?
5:27 How would you explain CAR T-cell therapy to family members?
6:35 Infusion process
7:52 Monitoring for cytokine release syndrome
8:26 Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS)
11:05 Inpatient vs. outpatient
11:35 Caregiver involvement
14:02 Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
15:48 Recovery period
16:28 Long-term toxicities
17:34 Assessing response
18:18 Prophylaxis after therapy
19:30 COVID-19 advice for patients
20:52 Geriatric patients
22:15 Myths
23:42 What's the hardest thing about CAR T-cell therapy?
