Kite Pharma reports study patient death but FDA does not demand a pause

18 August 2015

US company Kite Pharma (Nasdaq: KITE) has confirmed the death of a patient in one of its Phase I/II studies, but this was not related to the drug being tested.

The patient was in the study of CAR-T therapy KTE-C19 for refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in patients who have failed prior chemo treatments and has a poor prognosis, although the company said the death was unrelated to the therapy.

The US Food and Drug Administration did not ask Kite to pause patient enrolment.

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