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Year in Review: Clinical Investigator Perspectives on the Most Relevant New Data Sets and Advances in Targeted Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Faculty Presentations)
Released February 2022

Featuring slide presentations and related discussion from Drs John Heymach and Zofia Piotrowska. Published February 1, 2022. (Faculty Presentations)

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This activity is intended for hematologists, medical oncologists, hematology-oncology fellows and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of lung cancer.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Consider emerging research information and available guideline recommendations to individualize first- and later-line therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring various targetable genetic abnormalities.
    • Acknowledge the FDA approval of adjuvant osimertinib for early-stage NSCLC with an EGFR mutation, and identify individuals for whom treatment with this novel approach would be warranted.
    • Develop an optimal approach to the management of newly diagnosed metastatic NSCLC with an EGFR mutation, considering the implications of mutation type, symptomatology, sites and extent of metastases and other relevant factors.
    • Describe mechanisms of tumor resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors and discern how available and investigational therapies can be optimally employed in the protocol and nonresearch care of patients with progressive disease and an EGFR mutation.
    • Understand the biology of EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations and optimally incorporate recently approved agents into the care of patients with these abnormalities.
    • Communicate the efficacy and safety of approved and investigational ALK inhibitors to appropriate patients with NSCLC.
    • Convey the clinical relevance of a positive ROS1 mutation testing result to appropriate patients with NSCLC, and appreciate available clinical research findings with approved and investigational agents demonstrating efficacy in these individuals.
    • Assess available research evidence with approved RET inhibitors, and use this information to guide clinical care and protocol opportunities for appropriate patients with newly diagnosed or progressive NSCLC.
    • Evaluate available clinical trial findings supporting the FDA approval of novel MET inhibitors for patients with metastatic NSCLC whose tumors have a mutation that leads to MET exon 14 skipping and identify those who might benefit from treatment with these novel compounds.
    • Recall other oncogenic pathways (eg, NTRK, KRAS G12C, HER2) mediating the growth of tumors in unique subsets, and consider published and emerging data with commercially available and investigational agents exploiting these targets.

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    FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

    John V Heymach, MD, PhD
    Professor and Chair
    Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Advisory Committee and Consulting Agreements: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co Ltd, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, EMD Serono Inc, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, GlaxoSmithKline, Guardant Health, Hengrui Therapeutics Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Kairos Venture Investments LLC, Leads Biolabs, Lilly, Mirati Therapeutics, Nexus Health Systems, Novartis, Pneuma Respiratory, RefleXion, Roche Laboratories Inc, Sanofi Genzyme, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc; Contracted Research: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc; Data and Safety Monitoring Board/Committee: BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co Ltd; Royalties and Licensing Fees: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc; Speaker's Bureau: IDEOlogy Health.

    Zofia Piotrowska, MD, MHS
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Advisory Committee: Blueprint Medicines, C4 Therapeutics, Cullinan Oncology, Janssen Biotech Inc, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc: Consulting Agreements: Daiichi Sankyo Inc; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Cullinan Oncology, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Novartis, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, Tesaro, A GSK Company.

    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 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 Company, Celgene Corporation, Clovis Oncology, Coherus BioSciences, CTI BioPharma Corp, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Eisai Inc, EMD Serono Inc, Epizyme Inc, Exact Sciences, Exelixis Inc, Five Prime Therapeutics Inc, Foundation Medicine, G1 Therapeutics Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab, Gilead Sciences Inc, GlaxoSmithKline, 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, Lilly, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, Merck, Mersana Therapeutics Inc, Natera Inc, Novartis, Novocure Inc, Oncopeptides, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, Puma Biotechnology Inc, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Sanofi Genzyme, Seagen Inc, Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology Inc, Taiho Oncology Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, Tesaro, A GSK Company, TG Therapeutics Inc, Turning Point Therapeutics Inc, Verastem Inc and Zymeworks 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.

    These activities are supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, EMD Serono Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, and Janssen Biotech Inc, administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC.

    Release date: February 2022
    Expiration date: February 2023

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