Follow our patients on their pathway to CAR-T trial participation
Patient Pathways
Patient B
- Does have a referral from a HCP
- Does not live near a CAR-T trial site
- Is not financially able to travel, hire caregivers, and/or be absent from work
Patient B is excluded from trial enrollment as they can't meet the high clinical and personal barriers to entry.
After appropriate HCP referral, patients can often face hurdles in meeting trial participation requirements and provisioning the required financial and personal support.
What we learned about the journey to CAR-T therapy
1. Patients' diagnostic and treatment journeys are unique:
Diagnostic and treatment journeys leading to consideration of a CAR-T therapy vary significantly from person-to-person.
The FDA approves the trials...and the doctor cannot deviate from the protocol. An example I'll give is the bone marrow biopsy. In the three times she had Lymphoma, she never had any positive bone marrow, and because of the protocol she had to get four different bone marrow biopsies...it got to be too much.
The caregiver's perspective
2. Socioeconomic factors and complex inclusion/exclusion criteria prevent patient participation
Complex inclusion/exclusion criteria and a lack of access to resources can preclude potential study participants, especially from underrepresented populations.
There is socioeconomic disparity between those that can go through CAR-T and those that financially or logistically cannot.
The HCP's perspective