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Year in Review: Clinical Investigators Provide Perspectives on the Most Relevant New Publications, Data Sets and Advances in Gynecologic Cancers (Faculty Presentations)
Released February 2021

Featuring slide presentations and related discussion from Drs Robert L Coleman and Richard T Penson. (Video Program)

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    These activities are intended for gynecologic oncologists, medical oncologists, gynecologists, hematology-oncology fellows and other allied healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of gynecologic cancers.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Assess potential biomarkers of response to PARP inhibition to optimize the selection and use of available genetic testing platforms for patients with ovarian cancer (OC).
    • Evaluate 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 counsel appropriate individuals regarding personalized treatment recommendations.
    • Recognize the recent FDA approval of niraparib as maintenance therapy for advanced OC with or without BRCA mutation in the first-line setting, and identify patients for whom treatment with this agent may be appropriate.
    • Appreciate the biologic rationale for and available data with the combination of PARP inhibitors with chemotherapy, and consider the potential clinical and research implications for OC management.
    • Review available data with the use of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies for patients with microsatellite instability (MSI)-high and microsatellite-stable recurrent endometrial cancer (EC), and appreciate ongoing research attempting to define the therapeutic role of these agents.
    • Consider the recent FDA approval of pembrolizumab in combination with lenvatinib for patients with advanced EC that is not MSI-high/mismatch repair-deficient who experience disease progression after prior systemic therapy, in order to optimally integrate this novel regimen into clinical management algorithms.
    • Appraise the clinical research supporting the FDA approval of anti-PD-1 monotherapy for progressive PD-L1-positive metastatic cervical cancer, and counsel appropriate patients about the risks and potential benefits of this approach.
    • Recognize the incidence of tissue factor expression in patients with cervical and other gynecologic cancers, and consider emerging pivotal research findings and the potential role of tisotumab vedotin for patients with recurrent cervical cancer.

    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.
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    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:

    Robert L Coleman, MD
    Chief Scientific Officer
    US Oncology Research
    Gynecologic Oncology
    McKesson
    The Woodlands, Texas

    Advisory Committee and Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Clovis Oncology, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, GlaxoSmithKline, ImmunoGen Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Merck, Novocure Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc, Takeda Oncology, Tesaro, A GSK Company; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Clovis Oncology, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Janssen Biotech Inc, Merck, Roche Laboratories Inc; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, VBL Therapeutics.

    Richard T Penson, MD, MRCP
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
    Clinical Director, Medical Gynecologic Oncology
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Advisory Committee: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Care4ward (unpaid), Clovis Oncology, Curio Science, Eisai Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Janssen Biotech Inc, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Mersana Therapeutics, NewLink Genetics, Nexus Group Global, Pieris Pharmaceuticals Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc, Sutro Biopharma, Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tesaro, A GSK Company, Vascular Biogenics; Contracted Research: Array BioPharma Inc, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Eisai Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Sanofi Genzyme, Tesaro, A GSK Company, Vascular Biogenics; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

    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, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, 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 grantors.

    This activity is supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, GlaxoSmithKline, ImmunoGen Inc and Merck.

    Release date: February 2021
    Expiration date: February 2022

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