CME: Best practices and emerging therapy in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
Activity Description / Statement of Need:
In this online CME self-learning program:
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic malignancy of the lymphocytes, and while the true cause is unknown, associated factors are thought to include: radiation, genetics, viral infections, and the human immunodeficiency virus. Myeloma is most common of the hematologic malignancies after non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with an incidence of a little over 32,000 and an annual mortality rate of just under 13,000. The peak incidence age of MM is at about 70 years of age, and the disease occurs twice as commonly in African Americans as it does in whites. Goals of care in MM are prolonging survival rates and improving quality of life, and treatment begins with induction and post-induction therapy, followed by hematopoietic stem cell transplant or maintenance therapy in patients ineligible for transplant. Relapse is indicated by any number of clinical signs, including hypercalcemia, renal insufficiency, anemia, new bone lesions or paraproteinemia.
This activity has been designed to update HCPs' knowledge around the current state of care in MM and improve their competence and performance in treating it.
Target Audience:
The following healthcare professionals: Hematologists and oncologists; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists who practice in oncology; and any other healthcare professional with an interest in or who clinically encounter patients with RRMM.
This program is supported by educational grants from Sanofi.
Learners may participate in this activity free of charge.
Release Date: May 27, 2021 -- Expiration Date: May 27, 2022
Faculty: Monique Hartley-Brown, MD
Agenda
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Faculty introduction, disclosures |
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Introduction content [Learning Objective #1]
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Updates in treatment in patients with RRMM
· Evaluation of treatment response and surveillance · RRMM goals of therapy · Patient and disease-related factors driving therapeutic decision-making for RRMM [Learning Objective #1] · Present and emerging pharmacotherapy and update in clinical trial evidence [Learning Objectives #2 & 3] · First relapse · Multiple relapse · Treatment-emergent adverse effects and their management [Learning Objectives #2 & 3]
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Summary, conclusions, and best practice recap |
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Recall factors impacting therapeutic decision-making in the treatment of RRMM 2.
- Formulate a treatment plan for a patient with RRMM.
- Describe the risk-benefit profiles of current and emerging therapies for the treatment of RRMM.
Accreditation
ScientiaCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: ScientiaCME designates this internet activity enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC Recognition Statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Physicians: For maintenance of certification (MOC) credit, you must enter your board certification ID # and birth date correctly. It is the learner's responsibility to provide this information completely and accurately at the completion of the activity. Without providing it, the learner will NOT receive MOC credit for this activity. Please note: Not all activities on this site provide MOC credit. If this activity does not specify that it provides MOC credit in this section, then it does NOT provide MOC credit.
Pharmacists
ScientiaCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This program is approved for 1.5 hours (0.15 CEUs) of continuing education. Proof of participation will be posted to your NABP CPE profile within 4 to 6 weeks to participants who have successfully completed the post-test. Participants must participate in the entire presentation and complete the course evaluation to receive continuing pharmacy education credit. ACPE # 0574-0000-21-015-H01-P. ACPE accreditation effective 5/27/2021, expires 5/27/2022. This is an Application (A)-type activity.
Nurse Practitioners (NPs): The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. ScientiaCME will provide NPs who successfully complete each activity with a certificate of participation indicating that the activity was designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
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 Disclosure: Monique A. Hartley-Brown, MD, MMSc., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra University, has received financial compensation for consulting work from with Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, KaryoPharm, Guidepoint and Janssen.
Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD, CEO of ScientiaCME, has no relevant financial disclosures.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by educational grants from Sanofi.
Instructions
- Read the learning objectives above
- Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowedge 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.
- Take the post-test
- Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.
System Requirements
Windows 7 or above
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Mac OS 10.2.8
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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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