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Meet The Professor: Management of Ovarian Cancer (Webinar Video Proceedings)
Released February 2021

Featuring perspectives from Dr Ursula Matulonis. (Video Program)

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This activity is intended for gynecologic oncologists, medical oncologists, gynecologists, hematology-oncology fellows and other allied healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of ovarian cancer (OC).

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Appraise guideline recommendations, consensus statements and clinical investigator perspectives regarding the indications for and selection of genetic testing platforms in ovarian cancer (OC), and use the results of these assessments to guide long-term treatment planning.
    • Recognize the FDA approval of olaparib as maintenance therapy after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with advanced OC harboring a deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA germline or somatic mutation, and appropriately integrate this agent into clinical care.
    • Review available trial data contributing to the FDA approval of niraparib as maintenance therapy in the first-line setting for patients with or without BRCA mutations, and consider the implications for clinical practice.
    • Evaluate the key clinical data resulting in the FDA approval of olaparib in combination with bevacizumab as front-line maintenance therapy, and discern how to incorporate this strategy into the treatment algorithm for patients with advanced OC.
    • Assess available clinical trial data with and approved indications for the use of FDA-endorsed PARP inhibitors for patients with recurrent, platinum-sensitive and multiregimen-refractory OC to design personalized care plans potentially incorporating these agents.
    • Recognize the toxicities associated with PARP inhibitors commonly used in the treatment of OC, and offer supportive management strategies to minimize or ameliorate these side effects.

    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: 

    Presenting Faculty Member

    Ursula Matulonis, MD
    Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
    Brock-Wilson Family Chair
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Consulting Agreements: Merck, Novartis; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: Advaxis Inc, Symphogen A/S; Scientific Advisory Board: Clarity Pharmaceuticals, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, Rivkin Foundation.

    Contributing Investigator

    Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD
    Medical Director, Nordic Society of Gynaecological Oncology
    Vice-Chairman, Danish Society of Gynaecologic Oncology
    Executive Director, Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup
    Chief Oncologist, Department of Oncology
    Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Advisory Committee: Karyopharm Therapeutics, Sera Prognostics; Global Clinical Lead: ENGOT-OV16/NOVA niraparib, ENGOT-EN6/NSGO-RUBY; Institutional Financial Interests (Study Grants): AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Clovis Oncology, Pfizer Inc, Tesaro, A GSK Company, Ultimovacs; Personal Financial Interests: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BIOCAD, Clovis Oncology, Geneos Therapeutics, Genmab, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Merck, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, Mersana Therapeutics, Oncology Venture, Pfizer Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc, Seagen Inc, Sera Prognostics, SOTIO LLC, Tesaro, A GSK Company, Zai Lab. Other: Council and Faculty, European Society of Gynaecological Oncology, Chair-Elect, European Network of Gynaecological Oncological Trials Group.

    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, Exact Sciences Inc, Exelixis Inc, Five Prime Therapeutics Inc, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab, 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, Novocure Inc, 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 grantor.

    This activity is supported by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

    Release date: February 2021
    Expiration date: February 2022

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