Polatuzumab vedotin is a CD79b-directed antibody-drug conjugate that delivers monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE), an anti-mitotic agent, to cancer cells. The drug consists of three components - a humanized immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody specific for human CD79b (polatuzumab), MMAE, and protease-cleavable linker called maleimidocaproyl-valine-citrul...
Polatuzumab vedotin is used in combination with bendamustine and rituximab to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified, after at least two prior therapies. In Canada, this indication is approved for patients who are not eligible for autologous stem cell transplant and have received at least one p...
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Froedtert Hospital & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China
Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Nanjing, China
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center, Irvine, California, United States
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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