Kite Pharma, Inc., a for-profit biotechnology company, is funding this research study and has designed the trial. The sponsor is testing an experimental treatment named KTE-C19, which uses the patient’s own genetically altered blood cells to treat cancer. KTE-C19 is made from blood cells that are removed from the patient. A virus (retrovirus) is used to introduce a gene that creates a protein (called a chimeric antigen receptor or CAR) on the surface of T cells, a type of blood cell that fights infection and eliminates cancer cells. The main purpose of this research study is to...
