For patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), less than half of patients are cured with the current standard of care, and effective treatments are greatly needed. In the phase 3 POLARIX trial, a team of researchers investigated the efficacy of polatuzumab vedotin in combination with R-CHP (rituximab/cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/prednisone) for this population. In this interview, one of the study's investigators, Dr. John Burke of Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers and the U...

The FDA has now granted accelerated approval to polatuzumab vedotin (Polivy®, Genentech, Inc.) in combination with bendamustine and a rituximab product for adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), not otherwise specified, following two or more prior lines of therapy. Estimates of five-year survival for DLBCL have been reported at 62.0% in the United States and 55.4% in Europe. Over 50% of patients with advanced-stage, previously untreated DLBCL experience complet...