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...
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Maidstone & Tonbridge Wells Hospital; Kent Oncology Center, Maidstone, United Kingdom
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Hospital, Romford, United Kingdom
Hopital Henri Mondor, Unite Hemopathies lymphoides, Creteil, France
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Greeley, Colorado, United States
The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Azienda Ospedale San Giovanni, Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Texas Oncology, P.A. - Tyler; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, Texas, United States
McGill University; Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital; Oncology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
M.D Anderson Cancer Center; Oncology, Houston, Texas, United States
Florida Cancer Specialists; Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, United States
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France
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