CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

• TARGET AUDIENCE
  This activity is intended for medical oncologists, hematology-oncology fellows and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.
  
  LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Evaluate the importance of age, performance status and other biologic and disease-related factors in the selection and sequencing of therapy for patients with various presentations of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
  • Appreciate published clinical research findings with venetoclax in combination with azacitidine, decitabine or low-dose cytarabine for patients with newly diagnosed AML who are not fit for intensive therapy, and identify appropriate candidates for treatment.
  • Reflect on available research evidence with approved and investigational FLT3 inhibitors, and use this information to guide clinical care and protocol opportunities for appropriate patients with newly diagnosed or progressive AML harboring a FLT3 mutation.
  • Develop an understanding of published data with and the current role of available IDH1/2 inhibitors for newly diagnosed or relapsed/refractory AML with an IDH1 or 2 mutation, and incorporate these agents into disease management.
  • Assess the results from clinical trials examining the role of CPX-351 for newly diagnosed therapy-related AML or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes, and discern how this agent can be safely and optimally integrated into nonresearch care algorithms.
  • Recall published data with promising investigational agents and strategies under evaluation for AML, and counsel appropriately selected patients regarding clinical trial enrollment.
  • Assess the importance of age, performance status, cytogenetic profile and other patient- and disease-related factors in the selection and sequencing of therapy for lower- and higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
  • Evaluate available research findings with oral hypomethylating agents for intermediate- and high-risk MDS, and identify patients for whom treatment with this novel approach may be appropriate.
  • Describe the biologic rationale for and available research findings with Bcl-2-targeted therapy for patients with high-risk MDS, and appraise the potential role of this strategy in current and future clinical care.
  • Develop an understanding of the mechanisms of action of and available data with investigational approaches for higher-risk MDS in order to prepare for their potential availability in routine practice.
  • Recollect the designs of ongoing clinical trials for low- and high-risk MDS, and counsel appropriate patients about the potential benefits of participation.

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  HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
  Audio Program: This CME activity consists of an audio component.
  CME credit is no longer available for this issue
  
  Video Program: This CME activity consists of a video component.
  CME credit is no longer available for this issue
  
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  FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:
  
  Richard M Stone, MD
  Lunder Family Chair in Leukemia
  Chief of Staff
  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  Professor of Medicine
  Harvard Medical School
  Boston, Massachusetts
  
  Advisory Committee: AbbVie Inc, Amgen Inc, AvenCell, BerGenBio ASA, Celularity, CTI BioPharma Corp, GSK, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Kura Oncology, Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: Aptevo Therapeutics, Epizyme Inc, Syntrix Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
  
  EDITOR — 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 companies: AbbVie Inc, Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, ADC Therapeutics, Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Amgen Inc, Array BioPharma Inc, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc, Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, BeiGene Ltd, BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals Inc, Blueprint Medicines, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Clovis Oncology, Coherus BioSciences, CTI BioPharma Corp, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, Elevation Oncology Inc, EMD Serono Inc, Epizyme Inc, Exact Sciences Corporation, Exelixis Inc, Five Prime Therapeutics Inc, Foundation Medicine, G1 Therapeutics Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab, Gilead Sciences Inc, GSK, Grail Inc, Halozyme Inc, Helsinn Healthcare SA, ImmunoGen Inc, Incyte Corporation, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Kite, A Gilead Company, Kronos Bio Inc, Lilly, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, MEI Pharma Inc, Merck, Mersana Therapeutics Inc, Mirati Therapeutics Inc, Natera Inc, Novartis, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation on behalf of Advanced Accelerator Applications, Novocure Inc, Oncopeptides, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, Puma Biotechnology Inc, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Sanofi, Seagen Inc, Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC, SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Inc, Taiho Oncology Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, TerSera Therapeutics LLC, Tesaro, A GSK Company, TG Therapeutics Inc, Turning Point Therapeutics Inc, Verastem Inc, and Zymeworks Inc.
  
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  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 Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Gilead Sciences Inc, and Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  
  Release date: February 2023
  Expiration date: February 2024