TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity is intended for hematologists, medical oncologists and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITY
Lung cancer is a devastating disease with broad-reaching impact on public health, as it accounts for 14% of all new cancer cases in the United States and the most cancer-related deaths among both men and women. Despite the many advances over the past few decades related to surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, death rates attributable to lung cancer have remained relatively unchanged. Today, however, scientists and clinicians working in this area of cancer medicine have renewed optimism that these trends have started to change as recent research advances have led to an explosion in lung cancer genetic and biologic knowledge. A major focus of recent lung cancer research has been the development — and subsequent approval — of a number of molecular-targeted agents and the identification of related biomarkers to help guide treatment selection for those individuals who harbor specific oncogenic alterations.

These video proceedings from a CME symposium held during the 2016 IASLC Chicago Multidisciplnary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology feature discussions with leading researchers with an expertise in the management of lung cancer about clinical research findings relevant to treatment for patients with targetable tumor mutations to address existing uncertainties and help keep clinicians up to date and informed on the targeted treatment of NSCLC.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Discriminate among molecular determinants that may be used to refine NSCLC prognosis and/or predict therapeutic response to an individual treatment, and apply available clinical guidelines to appropriately select patients for biomarker assessment.
• Recognize available and emerging research information validating the utility of blood-based diagnostic assays to identify or measure lung cancer biomarkers, and assess how, if at all, these testing platforms can be used by practicing oncologists outside of a research setting.
• Employ an understanding of personalized medicine to individualize the use of available EGFR inhibitors in the long-term care of patients with EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC.
• Describe mechanisms of tumor resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and the clinical significance of T790M mutations, and discern how osimertinib can be optimally used for patients with progressive EGFR mutation-positive disease.
• Develop an understanding of the mechanisms of action, available research data and ongoing trials of investigational EGFR TKIs under development for the management of progressive EGFR-positive advanced NSCLC.
• Communicate the efficacy and safety of crizotinib, ceritinib, alectinib and other emerging ALK inhibitors to appropriate patients with NSCLC, considering the predictive utility of ALK mutation testing.
• Assess new oncogenic pathways mediating the growth of unique NSCLC tumor subsets, and recall emerging data with experimental agents exploiting these targets.
• Recognize the advantages and limitations of multiplex and next-generation sequencing platforms, and determine their clinical and/or research application for patients with NSCLC.

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HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
This CME activity consists of a video component.

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CONTENT VALIDATION AND DISCLOSURES
Research To Practice (RTP) is committed to providing its participants with high-quality, unbiased and state-of-the-art education. We assess conflicts of interest with faculty, planners and managers of CME activities. Conflicts of interest are identified and resolved through a conflict of interest resolution process. In addition, all activity content is reviewed by both a member of the RTP scientific staff and an external, independent physician reviewer for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies referenced and patient care recommendations.

FACULTY — The following faculty (and their spouses/partners) reported relevant conflicts of interest, which have been resolved through a conflict of interest resolution process:

MODERATOR
Joel W Neal, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Oncology
Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Consulting Agreements: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc, ARMO BioSci­ences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, CARET/Physi­cians Resource Management, Clovis Oncology, Nektar; Contracted Research: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc, ArQule Inc, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Exelixis Inc, Genentech BioOncology, Merck, Nektar, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Roche Laboratories Inc.

FACULTY
Geoffrey R Oxnard, MD
Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Advisory Committee: ARIAD Pharma­ceuticals Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Boehringer Ingel­heim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Genentech BioOncology, Inivata, Takeda Oncology; Consulting Agreements: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Gregory J Riely, MD, PhD
Associate Attending
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Consulting Agreement: Genentech BioOncology; Contracted Research: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc, Astellas Pharma Global Development Inc, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Pfizer Inc.

David R Spigel, MD
Program Director, Lung Cancer Research
Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee

Advisory Committee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Genentech BioOncology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Pfizer Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc; Data and Safety Monitoring Board: Merck.

RESEARCH TO PRACTICE STAFF AND EXTERNAL REVIEWERS — The scientific staff and reviewers for Research To Practice have no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

This educational activity contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration. Research To Practice does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings. The opinions expressed are those of the presenters and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantors.

This activity is supported by educational grants from Astellas Pharma Global Development Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Foundation Medicine and Genentech BioOncology.

Hardware/Software Requirements:
A high-speed Internet connection
A monitor set to 1280 x 1024 pixels or more
Internet Explorer 7 or later, Firefox 3.0 or later, Chrome, Safari 3.0 or later
Adobe Flash Player 10.2 plug-in or later
Adobe Acrobat Reader
(Optional) Sound card and speakers for audio

Last review date: September 2016
Expiration date: September 2017