Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42407012›Full record

Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2026

Polatuzumab Vedotin Plus Rituximab, Gemcitabine, and Oxaliplatin in Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Results From the Phase III, Randomized POLARGO Trial.

Matthew Matasar, Zhiming Li, Theodoros P Vassilakopoulos, Juan-Manuel Sancho, Andreas Viardot, Andrew McMillan, Mehmet Sinan Dal, Juliana Pereira, Jin Seok Kim, Lugui Qiu and 9 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Novel Therapies for Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Matthew MatasarRutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ.ORCID 0000-0002-4581-3721
Zhiming LiState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Theodoros P VassilakopoulosNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8766-1853
Juan-Manuel SanchoICO-IJC-HU Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7168-6538
Andreas ViardotDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9593-6327
Andrew McMillanCenter for Clinical Haematology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Mehmet Sinan DalUniversity of Health Science, Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Center, Ankara, Turkey.
Juliana PereiraHospital das Clinicas FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0655-2821
Jin Seok KimSeverance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8986-8436
Lugui QiuNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders and State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Connie Lee BatleviGenentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA.ORCID 0000-0002-9036-9463
Rania IbrahimGenentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA.
Juana HernandezF. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Bruce McCallGenentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA.
Yanwen JiangGenentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA.
Mark YanHoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
Will HarrisGenentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA.ORCID 0000-0002-9807-1274
Lisa MusickGenentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA.
Corinne HaiounLymphoid Malignancies Department, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Créteil Cedex, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePatients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) face an unfavorable prognosis once first-line treatment fails; therefore, there is an unmet need for new treatment options. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of polatuzumab vedotin plus rituximab, gemcitabine, and oxaliplatin (Pola-R-GemOx) as an alternative therapy in patients with transplant-ineligible R/R DLBCL.

methodsThe phase III POLARGO trial was a randomized, open-label, global study. Following a Pola-R-GemOx safety run-in (n = 15), patients with R/R DLBCL (not otherwise specified or transformed indolent lymphoma) ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive Pola-R-GemOx or R-GemOx alone every 21 days for up to eight cycles. The primary end point was overall survival (OS).

resultsIn total, 255 patients were randomly assigned to receive Pola-R-GemOx (n = 129) or R-GemOx (n = 126). After a median follow-up of 24.6 months, patients receiving Pola-R-GemOx versus R-GemOx had a significantly lower risk of death (hazard ratio, 0.6 [95% CI, 0.43 to 0.83];

conclusionPola-R-GemOx significantly improved OS compared with R-GemOx, offering an additional treatment option in patients with transplant-ineligible R/R DLBCL.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDeoxycytidineLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseRituximabAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, MonoclonalFemaleGemcitabineHumansImmunoconjugatesMaleMiddle AgedOxaliplatinAntibodies, MonoclonalDeoxycytidineGemcitabineImmunoconjugatesOxaliplatinpolatuzumab vedotinRituximab

Identifiers

PMID42407012
PMCPMC13528845

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.