Wearable devices may help detect cytokine release syndrome earlier in patients receiving CAR-T therapy

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that wearable devices may help clinicians detect cytokine release syndrome (CRS)—a common and potentially serious side effect of CAR-T cell therapy—hours earlier than standard hospital monitoring in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that begins in plasma cells in the bone marrow. ...