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Oncology Today Special Edition: Real-World Case Presentations and Current Questions and Controversies in the Management of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (Audio Interview)
Released April 2025

Featuring an interview with Dr Catherine C Coombs. Published April 2025.

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 chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Individualize the selection of systemic therapy for newly diagnosed CLL, considering new research findings, clinical presentation, biomarker profile, coexisting medical conditions and patient preferences for time-limited or continuous treatment.
    • Appraise available Phase III data documenting the comparative efficacy and tolerability of first- and second-generation Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors, and consider the implications of these findings for clinical decision-making for newly diagnosed CLL.
    • Appreciate ongoing clinical research efforts investigating the combination of BTK and Bcl-2 inhibitors, and review recently presented and emerging data documenting the safety and efficacy of this strategy for patients with newly diagnosed CLL.
    • Analyze how patient- and disease-related factors affect the selection and sequencing of therapy relapsed/refractory (R/R) CLL.
    • Discuss available clinical research findings demonstrating the efficacy and safety of noncovalent BTK inhibitors for CLL, and use this information to effectively incorporate these agents into the care of patients with R/R disease.
    • Recall available and emerging data with novel agents and combination strategies currently under investigation for CLL, and as applicable, refer eligible patients for clinical 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
    Audio Interview: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Video Interview: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM) — MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION (MOC)
    Successful completion of these CME activities, which includes participation in the evaluation components and post-tests, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 (audio) and 1.25 (video) Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for each activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABIM specialties: medical oncology and hematology.

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    HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
    To receive credit for an activity in this series, the participant should review the CME information, listen to or view the MP3s, review the downloadable slide set, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation. Program location URLs are noted below:

    Audio Interview: ResearchToPractice.com/PostConf24/CLL and evaluation ResearchToPractice.com/PostConf24/CLL/CME.

    Video Interview: ResearchToPractice.com/PostConf24/CLL/Video and evaluation ResearchToPractice.com/PostConf24/CLL/Video/CME.

    CONTENT VALIDATION AND DISCLOSURES
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    FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

    Catherine C Coombs, MD
    Associate Clinical Professor
    Division of Hematology/Oncology
    Department of Medicine
    UCI Health
    Orange County, California

    Advisory Committees: AbbVie Inc, Allogene Therapeutics, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Janssen Biotech Inc, Lilly, MingSight Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company; Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Lilly, Octapharma; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, BeiGene Ltd, Carna Biosciences, Lilly; Speakers Bureaus: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Lilly; Stock Options/Stock — Public Company: Geron Corporation, Pfizer Inc.

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    These educational activities contain 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.

    Release date: April 2025
    Expiration date: April 2026

    After completing the post-test, learners may download and review the answers here in order to identify further areas of study.

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