What is the most important information I should know about KYMRIAH?
KYMRIAH may cause side effects that are severe or life-threatening, such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurological toxicities. Call your health care provider or get emergency help right away if you get any of the following signs and symptoms of:
What is KYMRIAH?
KYMRIAH is made from your own white blood cells and is a prescription cancer treatment used in patients up to 25 years of age who have acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that is either relapsing (went into remission, then came back) or is refractory (did not go into remission after receiving other leukemia treatments). It is also used in patients with large B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma (FL), two types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, that have relapsed or are refractory after having at least two other kinds of treatment.
There are ongoing studies to confirm the benefit of KYMRIAH for FL.