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How do you decide when to refer a patient with refractory multiple sclerosis for a CAR-T cell clinical trial?

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Neurology · University of Ottawa
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CAR-T trials are numerous now, but all are very preliminary and mostly in phase I. If by "refractory" you mean continued disease activity (relapse, MRI +/- progression), then we would sooner consider aHSCT before referring to a CAR-T trial. If, however, the patient is no longer experiencing relapses...

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