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Recent Advances in Medical Oncology: Immunotherapy and Other Nontargeted Approaches for Lung Cancer (Faculty Presentations)
Released November 2020

Featuring slide presentations and related discussion from Drs Edward B Garon, Stephen V Liu and David R Spigel. (Video Program)

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This activity is intended for hematologists, medical oncologists and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of lung cancer.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Use available clinical trial findings and evidence-based guidelines to inform the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors alone or in combination with chemotherapy for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
    • Assess clinical trial data leading to the recent FDA approval of lurbinectedin for patients with metastatic SCLC with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy, and identify individuals for whom treatment with this novel agent may be appropriate.
    • Appraise the FDA approval of anti-PD-L1 antibody consolidation therapy for patients with unresectable Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have not experienced disease progression after standard platinum-based chemotherapy concurrent with radiation therapy, and discern how this strategy can be appropriately and safely integrated into routine clinical practice.
    • Formulate treatment strategies to appropriately incorporate the use of anti-PD-1/ PD-L1 antibodies as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy or chemobiologic therapy for newly diagnosed metastatic NSCLC.
    • Evaluate the benefits and risks of anti-PD-1/ PD-L1 and anti-CTLA-4 antibody combinations with or without chemotherapy as first-line treatment for SCLC or NSCLC, and determine which patients may be most appropriate for this treatment approach.
    • Develop management strategies for NSCLC that relapses after initial treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody therapy, considering guideline recommendations for appropriate therapeutic options.

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

    CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
    CME credit is no longer available for this issue

    AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM) — MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION (MOC)
    CME credit is no longer available for this issue

    HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
    This CME activity consists of a video component.
    CME credit is no longer available for this issue

    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:

    Edward B Garon, MD, MS
    Associate Professor
    Director, Thoracic Oncology Program
    Director, Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Research Program
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Los Angeles, California

    Advisory Committee: Dracen Pharmaceuticals, EMD Serono Inc, GlaxoSmithKline, Mirati Therapeutics, Novartis; Contracted Research: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Dynavax Technologies, EMD Serono Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Lilly, Merck, Mirati Therapeutics, Neon Therapeutics, Novartis.

    Stephen V Liu, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Georgetown University Hospital
    Washington, DC

    Advisory Committee: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Celgene Corporation, G1 Therapeutics, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Guardant Health, Lilly, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, PharmaMar, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Takeda Oncology; Consulting Agreements: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Celgene Corporation, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Janssen Biotech Inc, Lilly, Merck, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, Pfizer Inc, Takeda Oncology; Contracted Research: Alkermes, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Blueprint Medicines, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Lilly, Lycera, Merck, Merus BV, Molecular Partners, Pfizer Inc, Rain Therapeutics, RAPT Therapeutics, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc, Turning Point Therapeutics; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: Taiho Oncology Inc.

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

    Consulting Agreements: Aptitude Health, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Celgene Corporation, Dracen Pharmaceuticals, EMD Serono Inc, Evelo Biosciences Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, GlaxoSmithKline, Iksuda Therapeutics, Illumina, Merck, Molecular Templates, Nektar, Novartis, Pfizer Inc, PharmaMar, Roche Laboratories Inc, Seagen Inc, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Triptych Health Partners, TRM Oncology; Contracted Research: Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BIND Therapeutics Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Celgene Corporation, Celldex Therapeutics, Clovis Oncology, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, EMD Serono Inc, G1 Therapeutics, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, GRAIL, ImClone Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, ImmunoGen Inc, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Lilly, Merck, Molecular Partners, Nektar, Neon Therapeutics, Novartis, Takeda Oncology, Transgene, UT Southwestern Medical Center.

    MODERATOR — Dr 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 commercial interests: AbbVie Inc, Acerta Pharma — A member of the AstraZeneca Group, Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, Agendia Inc, Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc, Amgen Inc, Array BioPharma Inc, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc, Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Biodesix Inc, bioTheranostics Inc, Blueprint Medicines, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Celgene Corporation, Clovis Oncology, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Dendreon Pharmaceuticals Inc, Eisai Inc, EMD Serono Inc, Epizyme Inc, Exelixis Inc, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab, Genomic Health Inc, Gilead Sciences Inc, GlaxoSmithKline, Grail Inc, Guardant Health, Halozyme Inc, Helsinn Healthcare SA, ImmunoGen Inc, Incyte Corporation, Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Kite, A Gilead Company, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc, Lilly, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, Merck, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc, Myriad Genetic Laboratories Inc, Natera Inc, Novartis, Oncopeptides, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, Prometheus Laboratories Inc, Puma Biotechnology Inc, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Sandoz Inc, a Novartis Division, Sanofi Genzyme, Seagen Inc, Sirtex Medical Ltd, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Inc, Taiho Oncology Inc, Takeda Oncology, Tesaro, A GSK Company, Teva Oncology, Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc and Verastem Inc.

    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.

    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 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Blueprint Medicines, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Lilly and Merck.

    Release date: November 2020
    Expiration date: November 2021

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