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...
Ironwood cancer and research center, Chandler, Arizona, United States
City of Hope Cancer Center; Division of Medical Oncology & Experimental Therapeutics, Duarte, California, United States
Kaiser Permanente - Irvine, Irvine, California, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States
Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, Florida, United States
Memorial Cancer Institute - Memorial Hospital West, Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czechia
University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague 10, Czechia
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Local Institution - 501, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne, Gdansk, Poland
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Avera Cancer Institute, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
DIAKO Ev.Diakonie-Krankenhaus gemeinnützige GmbH, Bremen, Germany
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille (CHRU) - Hôpital Claude Huriez, Lille, France
CHU Montpellier - Saint ELOI, Montpellier, France
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
Mount Sinai- Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
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