CME: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP): Optimizing pharmacotherapeutic management strategies
ACCREDITATION EXPIRED: July 15, 2022
Activity Description / Statement of Need:
In this online self-learning program:
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a chronic, acquired, autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. Occurring at an incidence of 4-9 people per 100,000, CIDP most commonly occurs in adults aged of 40 to 60, although it may also occur in children and the elderly. The pathophysiology of CIDP is not completely understood but involves several humoral and cell-mediated mechanisms. Symptoms of CIDP include progressive limb weakness, usually with a predilection for proximal muscles, and sensory loss and are monophasic and progress for 8 weeks or more.
Target Audience:
Healthcare professionals specializing in: neurology, internal medicine; nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and pharmacists who specialize in neurology; and those who otherwise commonly care for or clinically encounter patients with CIDP.
This program is supported by an educational grant from CSL Behring.
This activity is free of charge.
Release Date: July 15, 2020 -- Expiration Date: July 15, 2022
Faculty: Tahseen Mozaffar, MD
Agenda
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Faculty introduction, disclosures |
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Introduction content
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Diagnosis and treatment of CIDP
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Summary, conclusions, and best practice recap |
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Describe the common clinical characteristics of CIDP.
- Identify components of electrodiagnostic criteria used to diagnose CIDP.
- Evaluate the present treatment options currently available for the management of CIDP.
- Identify new and emerging therapies for the treatment of CIDP.
Accreditation
ACCME Activity #201861259
ACCREDITATION FOR THIS COURSE HAS EXPIRED. YOU MAY VIEW THE PROGRAM, BUT CME / CE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND NO CERTIFICATE WILL BE ISSUED.
Faculty Disclosure and Resolution of COI
As a provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review ScientiaCME.
Faculty Disclosures: Tahseen Mozaffar, MD, Professor of Neurology and Pathology & Lab Medicine, Interim Chair, Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, has received advisory board and/or research funding from Abbvie, Alexion, Amicus, Argenx, Audentes, Sanofi-Genzyme, Sarepta, Spark Therapeutics, Myositis Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the National Institutes for Health, Bristol-Myers-Squib, Cartesian Therapeutics, Grifols, Momenta, Ra Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi-Genzyme, UCB, and Valerion.
Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, Pharm, DBCPS, BCCCP, CEO of ScientiaCME, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by an educational grant from CSL Behring.
Instructions
- Read the learning objectives above
- Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowledge gained by participating in this CME activity.
- View the online activity. You may view this is in more than one session, and may pause or repeat any portion of the presentation if you need to.
- Minimum participation threshold: Take the post-test. A score of 70% or higher is required to pass and proceed to the activity evaluation.
- Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.
System Requirements
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Please take a few minutes to participate in the optional pre-test. It will help us measure the knowledge gained by participating in this activity.
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