Virtual Meetings 2024

Meet The Professor: Optimizing the Management of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

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PARTICIPATING FACULTY
Matthew S Davids, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director of Clinical Research
Division of Lymphoma
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Nicole Lamanna, MD
Judy Horrigan Professor of Medicine
Director of the Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukemia Program
Leukemia Service, Hematologic
Malignancies Section
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York


Jennifer Woyach, MD
Professor
Division of Hematology
Department of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio

SERIES MODERATOR
Neil Love, MD
Research To Practice
Miami, Florida

These activities are supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Lilly.

Agenda

Each 1-hour session will be divided into topic modules focused on current management, emerging research and novel agents and strategies under active investigation for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Each event will employ an identical format that will include the following elements:

  • Moderator Dr Neil Love and a featured participating clinical investigator
  • Discussion of participating faculty treatment recommendations
  • Review of available clinical research findings
  • Community oncologist video case presentations
  • Interactive audience polling and extensive Q&A
Topics to Be Discussed
  • Selection of First-Line Therapy for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
  • Optimal Management of Adverse Events with Bruton Tyrosine Kinase and Bcl-2 Inhibitors; Considerations for Special Patient Populations
  • Evolving Treatment Paradigm for Relapsed/Refractory CLL

Target Audience
This activity is intended for hematologists, medical oncologists and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to

  • Individualize the selection of systemic therapy for newly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), considering new research findings, clinical presentation, biomarker profile, coexisting medical conditions and patient preferences for time-limited or continuous treatment.
  • Appraise the comparative efficacy and tolerability of first- and second-generation Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors, and consider the implications of these findings for clinical decision-making for patients with CLL.
  • Review recently presented and emerging data on combined BTK and Bcl-2 inhibition and ongoing investigation strategies for this approach for CLL.
  • Analyze how age, performance status, prior therapeutic exposure and other biological and disease-related factors affect the selection and sequencing of therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) CLL.
  • Discuss available clinical research findings demonstrating the efficacy and safety of noncovalent BTK inhibitors in patients with CLL, and use this information to effectively incorporate these agents into the treatment of R/R disease.
  • Implement a plan of care to recognize and manage side effects and toxicities associated with recently approved and emerging systemic therapies for CLL.
  • Recall available and emerging data with novel agents and combination strategies currently under investigation for CLL, and as applicable, refer eligible patients for clinical trial participation.

CE Credit
CME and ABIM MOC credit information will be provided to each participant at the conclusion of the activity.

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Credit Designation Statement
Research To Practice designates each live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) — Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Successful completion of each CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component and a short post-test, enables the participant to earn up to 1 Medical Knowledge MOC point 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.

Please note, this program has been specifically designed for the following ABIM specialties: medical oncology and hematology.

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FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

Dr DavidsConsulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, Ascentage Pharma, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Lilly, MEI Pharma Inc, Merck, Nuvalent, Secura Bio, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, TG Therapeutics Inc; Contracted Research: Ascentage Pharma, MEI Pharma Inc, Novartis; Nonrelevant Financial Relationship: UpToDate. Dr LamannaAdvisory Committees: AbbVie Inc, Allogene Therapeutics, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Janssen Biotech Inc, Lilly, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company; Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Lilly, MingSight Pharmaceuticals, Octapharma, Oncternal Therapeutics. Dr WoyachAdvisory Committees: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Janssen Biotech Inc, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, Merck, Newave, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, MingSight Pharmaceuticals, MorphoSys, Schrödinger, Verastem Inc.

SERIES MODERATORDr Love is president and CEO of Research To Practice. Research To Practice receives funds in the form of educational grants to develop CME activities from the following companies: AbbVie Inc, Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, ADC Therapeutics, Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Amgen Inc, Array BioPharma Inc, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc, Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, BeiGene Ltd, BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals Inc, Black Diamond Therapeutics Inc, Blueprint Medicines, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Clovis Oncology, Coherus BioSciences, CTI BioPharma, a Sobi Company, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, Elevation Oncology Inc, EMD Serono Inc, Epizyme Inc, Exact Sciences Corporation, Exelixis Inc, Five Prime Therapeutics Inc, Foundation Medicine, G1 Therapeutics Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Geron Corporation, Gilead Sciences Inc, Grail Inc, GSK, Halozyme Inc, Helsinn Healthcare SA, Hologic Inc, ImmunoGen Inc, Incyte Corporation, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Kite, A Gilead Company, Kronos Bio Inc, Legend Biotech, Lilly, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, MEI Pharma Inc, Merck, Mersana Therapeutics Inc, Mirati Therapeutics Inc, Mural Oncology Inc, Natera Inc, Novartis, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation on behalf of Advanced Accelerator Applications, Novocure Inc, Oncopeptides, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, Puma Biotechnology Inc, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, R-Pharm US, Sanofi, Seagen Inc, Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC, SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc, Stemline Therapeutics Inc, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Inc, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Taiho Oncology Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, TerSeraTherapeutics LLC, Tesaro, A GSK Company, TG Therapeutics Inc, Turning Point Therapeutics Inc, Verastem Inc, and Zymeworks Inc.

SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
Catherine C Coombs, MDAdvisory Committees: Allogene Therapeutics, Janssen Biotech Inc, Mingsight Pharmaceuticals; Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Lilly, Octapharma; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, BeiGene Ltd, Carna Biosciences, Lilly; Speakers Bureaus: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Lilly; Stock Options/Stock — Public Companies: bluebird bio, Geron Corporation, Pfizer Inc. Adam Kittai, MDAdvisory Committees: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen Biotech Inc, Kite, A Gilead Company, Lilly; Consulting Agreement: AbbVie Inc; Contracted Research and Speakers Bureaus: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd. Chaitra Ujjani, MDAdvisory Committee: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, BeiGene Ltd, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, Lilly, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company.

RESEARCH TO PRACTICE CME PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF AND REVIEWERS — Planners, scientific staff and independent reviewers for Research To Practice have no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

Supporters
These activities are supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Lilly.