CME: Identification and management moderate-to-severe psoriatic arthritis: stopping the disease in its tracks and meeting unmet needs
Activity Description / Statement of Need:
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic, progressive disease that, untreated, may be associated with permanent joint damage, disability, impaired quality of life, and cardiovascular disease. Globally, it affects 0.1-1% of people, it is a common comorbidity of patients with psoriasis, affecting up to a quarter of those with moderate-to-severe disease. affecting them in a quarter percent of the U.S. population. PsA is an immune-mediated disease characterized by inflammation of the skin and nails disease or a family history of psoriasis in association with pluralistic musculoskeletal disease that may involve entheses, the spine, and peripheral joints. Unlike the clinical manifestations of inflammatory, pathophysiological processes of psoriasis, a failure to intervene early in PsA with treatment often results in damage that is irreversible. In all, patients with PsA incur about four times the direct medical costs as compared to the average medical patient.
This accredited educational activity identifies the critical components of the management process and offer solutions to close gaps in diagnosis and care, with the ultimate goals being the improvement of psoriatic arthritis management, treatment adherence, and health and cost outcomes.
Target Audience:
The following HCPs: rheumatologists, dermatologists, and primary care physicians; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists who practice in rheumatology and immunology; and any other HCPs with an interest in or who clinically encounter patients with PsA.
This activity is supported in part by an independent medical educational grant from Mylan Inc., a Viatris Company.
This activity is free of charge.
Release Date: May 15, 2022 -- Expiration Date: May 15, 2024
Faculty: Peng Fan, MD
Agenda
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Faculty introduction, disclosures |
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Introduction content: cursory refresher and review of PsA Epidemiology: statistics by severity Pathophysiology Clinical presentation; disease progression; complications, comorbidities, and burden of disease Evaluation, diagnosis, and associated pitfalls |
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Treatment of PsA Peripheral arthritis vs. axial disease Prognosis Moderate-to-severe disease treatment cDMARDs: methotrexate, leflunomide, and phosphodiesterase-4 inhibition Adverse prognosis and resistance to cDMARDs Tumor necrosis factor-targeting therapy IL-17, -12, and -23-targeting therapies Selective T-cell costimulation Janus kinase inhibition Later-line agents Monitoring Recent clinical trial evidence and guideline updates Emerging and future therapies Disease flares and adverse events Patient case(s) |
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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 barriers to optimal care in patients with PsA, including the burden of disease, consequences of delayed diagnosis, and suboptimal therapy
- Describe guideline-recommended and investigational pharmacotherapy for moderate-to-severe PsA
- Formulate a treatment plan for a patient with moderate-to-severe PsA
Accreditation
ACCME Activity #202290043
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through ScientiaCME. ScientiaCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: ScientiaCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. 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 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. 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) points, 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 points for this activity. By providing this data, you acknowledge that it will be shared with ACCME and the applicable certifying board. Please note: not all activities on this site provide MOC points. If this activity does not specify that it provides MOC points in this section, then it does NOT provide MOC points. This activity provides MOC points only for ABIM.
Pharmacists
ScientiaCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit. 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 # 0574-0000-22-027-H01-P. 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 healthcare 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/CPE activity. For this CME/CPE activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review ScientiaCME.
Faculty: Peng Fan M.D. FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology,David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has received financial compensation from Amgen, Pfizer, Abbvie, Sanofi, Novartis, Radius, and Regeneron for speaker's bureau work.
Faculty WILL discuss off-label use of a commercial product.
Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, CEO of ScientiaCME, has no relevant financial disclosures.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This activity is supported in part by an independent medical educational grant from Mylan Inc., a Viatris Company.
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.
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