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Cases from the Community: Investigators Discuss Emerging Research and Actual Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Faculty Presentations)
Released March 2021

Featuring slide presentations and related discussion from Drs Richard S Finn, Tim Greten, James J Harding, and Ahmed Omar Kaseb. (Video Program)

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

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

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Consider age, performance status, degree of liver function and other clinical factors in the selection of up-front and later-line therapy for patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
    • Acknowledge available Phase III data with and the FDA approval of lenvatinib as first-line treatment for unresectable HCC, and discern how this agent can be optimally integrated into the clinical care of patients.
    • Evaluate Phase III data leading to the recent FDA approval of atezolizumab in combination with bevacizumab as first-line therapy for patients with newly diagnosed unresectable or metastatic HCC, and incorporate this novel regimen into current clinical management algorithms.
    • Establish personalized treatment plans for patients with HCC and compromised liver function that take into account individual therapeutic needs and toxicity considerations.
    • Develop an evidence-based approach to the selection and sequencing of available therapeutic options for patients with progressive HCC.
    • Maintain an understanding of the side effects and toxicities associated with targeted agents and immunotherapeutic approaches used in the management of advanced HCC, and intervene with early and effective responses to various adverse events.
    • Recall available and emerging data with investigational agents and strategies currently in clinical testing for HCC, and where applicable, refer eligible patients for trial participation.

    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:

    Richard S Finn, MD
    Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Director, Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Program
    Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA
    Los Angeles, California

    Consulting Agreements: Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, CStone Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Lilly, Merck, Pfizer Inc; Contracted Research: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Eisai Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Lilly, Merck, Pfizer Inc; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

    Tim Greten, MD
    Bethesda, Maryland

    No financial interests or affiliations to disclose.

    James J Harding, MD
    Assistant Attending
    Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
    Early Drug Development Service
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York

    Consulting Agreements: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, CytomX Therapeutics, Eisai Inc, Exelixis Inc, Imvax, Lilly, Merck; Contracted Research: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: Merck.

    Ahmed Omar Kaseb, MD, CMQ
    Professor and Director, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Program
    Co-Director, MD Anderson HCC SPORE
    Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
    Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Advisory Committee and Consulting Agreements: Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Eisai Inc, Exelixis Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group; Contracted Research: Adaptimmune, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Eisai Inc, Exelixis Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Hengrui Therapeutics Inc.

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    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, Eisai Inc, Exelixis Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, and Merck.

    Release date: March 2021
    Expiration date: March 2022

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