Disease index

DLBCL

Haematology · 2019–2026

7decisions
5medicines
7carried consumer input
2individual submissions

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
loncastuximab tesirine Treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who have received two or more prior lines of therapy. Mar 2026 Not recommended input received Rare Cancers Australia · Lymphoma Group
glofitamab Treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after one or more lines of systemic therapy who are unable to… Jul 2025 Recommended with restriction input received Rare Cancers Australia · Leukaemia Foundation · Lymphoma Australia
polatuzumab vedotin Treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in previously untreated patients with an international prognostic index (IPI) score of 3–5, in combination… Mar 2025 Recommended with restriction input received Lymphoma Group · Rare Cancers Australia · Leukaemia Foundation · Lymphoma Australia
epcoritamab Treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy who have previously… Nov 2024 Recommended with restriction input received Rare Cancers Australia · Leukaemia Foundation
polatuzumab vedotin Previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with an international prognostic index (IPI) score of 3-5, in combination with rituximab,… Nov 2022 Not recommended input received Lymphoma Australia · Leukaemia Foundation · Rare Cancers Australia
selinexor Treatment of adult patients with relapsed and/or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after at least two lines of systemic therapy. Jul 2021 Not recommended input received Rare Cancers Australia · Lymphoma Australia · Leukaemia Foundation · Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
polatuzumab vedotin Treatment of relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL) in combination with bendamustine and rituximab in patients ineligible for stem… Nov 2019 Not recommended 2 individuals

Who spoke

Rare Cancers Australia · Leukaemia Foundation · Lymphoma Australia · Lymphoma Group · Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

What the PBS pays

$10M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 952 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
selinexor $8.6M
epcoritamab $1.2M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 9 technologies for this condition, recommending 7 and declining 1. A different committee, a different population and a different price: this is what has been looked at there, not a verdict on what happened here.

TechnologyAppraisalOutcomeDate
glofitamabGlofitamab with gemcitabine and oxaliplatin for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma TA1113 recommended 2025-12
lisocabtagene maraleucelLisocabtagene maraleucel for treating relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after first-line chemoimmunotherapy when a stem cell transplant is suitable TA1048 recommended 2025-03
epcoritamabEpcoritamab for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic treatments TA954 recommended restricted 2024-03
tisagenlecleucelTisagenlecleucel for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic therapies (terminated appraisal) TA933 terminated 2023-11
glofitamabGlofitamab for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic treatments TA927 recommended restricted 2023-10
axicabtagene ciloleucelAxicabtagene ciloleucel for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after first-line chemoimmunotherapy TA895 recommended 2023-06
tafasitamabTafasitamab with lenalidomide for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma TA883 not recommended 2023-05
polatuzumab vedotinPolatuzumab vedotin in combination for untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma TA874 recommended restricted 2023-03
polatuzumab vedotinPolatuzumab vedotin with rituximab and bendamustine for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma TA649 recommended restricted 2020-09

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 7 of 7 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.