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Data + Perspectives: Clinical Investigators Discuss the Current and Future Clinical Care of Patients with HER2-Positive Gastrointestinal Cancers (Symposium Audio Proceedings)
Released June 2025

Featuring perspectives from Dr Haley Ellis, Dr Sara Lonardi and Dr Kanwal Raghav, moderated by Dr Christopher Lieu. Published June 2025.

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This program is intended for medical oncologists, hematology-oncology fellows, surgeons and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Appreciate the prevalence and relevance of HER2 amplification and overexpression in various GI cancers, and consider the implications for biomarker assessment and clinical management.
    • Evaluate available clinical trial findings with HER2-directed therapies for HER2-positive biliary tract cancers, and optimally incorporate recently approved agents into the care of appropriately selected patients.
    • Review published research findings with established HER2-targeted therapies for patients with HER2-positive gastroesophageal cancers, and assess the current role of various agents and regimens outside of a research setting.
    • Recall available data with HER2-targeted agents and strategies for previously treated HER2-overexpressing colorectal cancer, and optimally identify patients for whom these approaches may be appropriate.
    • Understand the biological rationale for and available clinical trial findings with novel HER2-directed bispecific antibodies for patients with HER2-positive GI cancers, and contemplate the current and potential utility of these agents in the management of various diseases.
    • Appraise the side effects associated with available HER2-directed therapies with established efficacy for GI cancers, and use this information to develop supportive care plans for patients undergoing treatment with these agents or regimens.
    • Recall the design of ongoing clinical trials evaluating HER2-directed agents and strategies for advanced HER2-positive GI cancers, and appropriately counsel patients about availability and participation.

    ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
    Research To Practice is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
    Audio Program: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Video Program: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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 these CME activities, which includes participation in the evaluation component and a post-test, enables the participant to earn up to 2.25 (audio) and 1.75 (video) Medical Knowledge 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 each 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, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABIM specialty: medical oncology.

    AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY (ABS) — CONTINOUS CERTIFICATION (CC)
    Successful completion of these CME activities, which includes participation in the evaluation component and a post-test, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABS practice area: complex general surgical oncology.

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    HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
    Audio Program: This CME activity consists of an audio component. To receive credit, the participant should review the CME information, listen to the MP3s, review the downloadable slide set, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation located at ResearchToPractice.com/ASCO2025/HER2GI/CME. The corresponding video program is available as an alternative at ResearchToPractice.com/ASCO2025/HER2GI/Video.

    Video Program: This CME activity consists of a video component. To receive credit, the participant should review the CME information, watch the video, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation located at ResearchToPractice.com/ASCO2025/HER2GI/Video/CME. The corresponding audio program is available as an alternative at ResearchToPractice.com/ASCO2025/HER2GI.

    CONTENT VALIDATION AND DISCLOSURES
    Research To Practice (RTP) is committed to providing its participants with high-quality, unbiased and state-of-the-art education and adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of an accredited continuing education activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers and others, are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of this activity. In addition, all activity content is reviewed by 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 reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

    Haley Ellis, MD
    Medical Oncologist
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Instructor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Advisory Committees: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Cogent Biosciences, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc; Honoraria: Incyte Corporation, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc; Nonrelevant Financial Relationships: Medscape, OncLive, The Jackson Laboratory.

    Sara Lonardi, MD
    Director of the Oncology 1 Unit
    Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS
    Padua, Italy

    No relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

    Kanwal Raghav, MD, MBBS
    Associate Professor, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
    Associate Vice President (AVP), Ambulatory Medical Operations
    Executive Medical Director (EMD), Ambulatory Treatment Centers
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Advisory Committees and Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, Guardant Health, Janssen Biotech Inc, Merck, Pfizer Inc; Data and Safety Monitoring Boards/Committees: AbbVie Inc, Pfizer Inc.

    MODERATOR
    Christopher Lieu, MD
    Professor of Medicine
    Associate Director for Clinical Research
    Co-Director, GI Medical Oncology
    University of Colorado Cancer Center
    Aurora, Colorado

    Consulting Agreements (to Institution): Pfizer Inc; Contracted Research (All to Institution): Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Janssen Biotech Inc, Sanofi.

    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.

    These educational activities contain 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.

    These activities are supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, and Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.

    Release date: June 2025
    Expiration date: June 2026

    After completing the post-test, learners may download and review the answers here in order to identify further areas of study.

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