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Recent Advances in Medical Oncology: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (Faculty Presentations)
Released October 2020

Featuring slide presentations and related discussion from Drs Joyce O’Shaughnessy and Hope S Rugo. (Video Program)

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This program is intended for medical oncologists, hematology-oncology fellows and other allied healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of breast cancer.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Appreciate the biologic rationale for, available data with and potential long-term benefits of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody therapy for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC).
    • Evaluate published efficacy and safety data with the use of PARP inhibitors for mTNBC harboring a germline BRCA1/2 mutation or other DNA repair pathway abnormalities, and consider the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of these findings for nonresearch clinical care.
    • Assess the biologic rationale for, latest research findings with and clinical implications of combining PARP inhibitors with other systemic agents (eg, chemotherapy, immune checkpoint inhibitors) in the treatment of breast cancer.
    • Appraise available data supporting the efficacy of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody therapy combined with chemotherapy for newly diagnosed PD-L1-positive mTNBC, and use this information to identify patients who may be appropriate for this approach in clinical practice.
    • Assess the biologic rationale for ongoing clinical trials evaluating anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies alone or in combination with other systemic therapies for mTNBC, in order to effectively communicate to patients the potential benefits of trial participation.
    • Understand the mechanisms of action, early data and ongoing research with other novel agents and treatment strategies under development for TNBC.

    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
    Video Program: 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:

    Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD
    Celebrating Women Chair in Breast Cancer Research
    Baylor University Medical Center
    Director, Breast Cancer Research Program
    Texas Oncology
    US Oncology
    Dallas, Texas

    Advisory Committee and Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, Agendia Inc, Amgen Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Celgene Corporation, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genomic Health Inc, GRAIL, Halozyme Inc, Heron Therapeutics, Immunomedics Inc, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Jounce Therapeutics, Lilly, Merck, Myriad Genetic Laboratories Inc, Novartis, Odonate Therapeutics, Pfizer Inc, Puma Biotechnology Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc, Seagen Inc, Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc.

    Hope S Rugo, MD
    Professor of Medicine
    Director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education
    University of California, San Francisco
    Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
    San Francisco, California

    Consulting Agreements: Puma Biotechnology Inc, Samsung Bioepis; Contracted Research: Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Immunomedics Inc, Lilly, MacroGenics Inc, Merck, Novartis, OBI Pharma Inc, Odonate Therapeutics, Pfizer Inc, Seagen Inc; Paid Travel: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, MacroGenics Inc, Merck, Mylan NV, Novartis, Pfizer Inc.

    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, 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, 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 AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Celgene Corporation, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Merck, Puma Biotechnology Inc and Seagen Inc.

    Release date: October 2020
    Expiration date: October 2021

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