CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

• TARGET AUDIENCE
  This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of oncology nurses, nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists involved in the treatment of lung cancer.
  
  OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITY
  Lung cancer is a devastating disease with a broad-reaching impact on public health as it accounts for 14% of all new cancer cases in the United States and the most cancer-related deaths among both men and women. In the year 2019, it is estimated that approximately 228,150 individuals will be diagnosed with cancer of the lung and bronchus. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 84% of all cases, and among this population approximately one third will present with Stage III disease. The management of Stage III NSCLC remains one of the major challenges faced in solid tumor oncology, but the recent incorporation of immune checkpoint inhibitors into the treatment milieu has revolutionized the management of this disease. As a result of the exciting advances that are occurring in the management of Stage III NSCLC, a number of questions and clinical challenges have emerged.
  
  Importantly, oncology nurses require ongoing access to resources designed to provide updated information and perspectives on recent advances in this disease. Although many of the educational needs related to the care of patients with locally advanced NSCLC are relevant specifically to the practicing medical oncologists directly responsible for therapeutic decision-making, the overall importance of the oncology nurse in the successful delivery of systemic anticancer therapy and in the preservation of the physical and psychosocial well-being of patients should not be diminished. These video proceedings from the third part of a 6-part integrated CNE curriculum originally held at the 2019 ONS Annual Congress feature discussions with leading lung cancer investigators and their nursing counterparts about actual patient cases and recent clinical research findings regarding the optimal therapeutic and supportive care of patients with Stage III NSCLC and the emergence of immune checkpoint inhibition as a rational therapeutic strategy for these individuals.
  
  ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
  Research To Practice (RTP) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
  
  LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Appreciate the benefits, risks and long-term outcomes associated with current local and/or systemic treatment modalities in the management of resectable or unresectable locally advanced NSCLC, and consider this information when counseling patients regarding therapeutic recommendations.
  • Appreciate available research data documenting the benefits and risks of sequential anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy for patients with unresectable locally advanced NSCLC.
  • Review the recent FDA approval of anti-PD-L1 antibody consolidation therapy for patients with unresectable Stage III NSCLC who have not experienced disease progression after standard platinum-based chemotherapy concurrent with radiation therapy, and discern how this strategy can be appropriately and safely integrated into routine clinical practice.
  • Recognize immune-related adverse events and other common side effects of anti-PD-L1 antibody consolidation therapy in patients with Stage III NSCLC, and offer supportive strategies to minimize and/or manage these toxicities.

  ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
  Research To Practice (RTP) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
  
  CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
  CNE credit is no longer available for this issue
  
  ONCC/ILNA CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
  CNE credit is no longer available for this issue
  
  FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
  This CNE activity consists of a video component.
  CNE credit is no longer available for this issue
  
  CONTENT VALIDATION AND DISCLOSURES
  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 CNE 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 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:
  
  Edward B Garon, MD, MS
  Associate Professor
  Director, Thoracic Oncology Program
  Director, Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Research Program
  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Advisory Committee: Dracen Pharmaceuticals, EMD Serono Inc; Consulting Agreement: Merck; Contracted Research: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Dynavax, Genentech, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Lilly, Merck, Mirati Therapeutics, Neon Therapeutics, Novartis.
  
  Matthew Gubens, MD, MS
  Associate Professor, Thoracic Medical Oncology
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, California
  
  Consulting Agreements: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Genentech, Heron Therapeutics Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc, Takeda Oncology; Contracted Research: Celgene Corporation, Merck, Novartis, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc.
  
  Blanca Ledezma, MSN, NP
  Nurse Practitioner
  Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  Los Angeles, California
  
  No relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.
  
  Wendi S Lee, MSN, RN, NP-C
  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Houston, Texas
  
  No relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.
  
  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/CNE activities from the following commercial interests: AbbVie Inc, Acerta Pharma — A member of the AstraZeneca Group, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Agendia Inc, Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc, Amgen Inc, Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc, Array BioPharma Inc, Astellas Pharma Global Development Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Biodesix Inc, bioTheranostics Inc, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Boston Biomedical Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Celgene Corporation, Clovis Oncology, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Dendreon Pharmaceuticals Inc, Eisai Inc, Exelixis Inc, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, Genmab, Genomic Health Inc, Gilead Sciences Inc, Guardant Health, Halozyme Inc, ImmunoGen Inc, Incyte Corporation, Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Kite Pharma Inc, 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, Oncopeptides, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, Prometheus Laboratories Inc, Puma Biotechnology Inc, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Sandoz Inc, a Novartis Division, Sanofi Genzyme, Seattle Genetics, Sirtex Medical Ltd, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc, Taiho Oncology Inc, Takeda Oncology, Tesaro, Teva Oncology, Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc and Tolero Pharmaceuticals.
  
  RTP CNE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF AND REVIEWERS — Planners, scientific staff and independent reviewers for RTP 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 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
  
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  A monitor set to 1280 x 1024 pixels or more
  Internet Explorer 11 or later, Firefox 56 or later, Chrome 61 or later, Safari 11 or later, Opera 48 or later
  Adobe Flash Player 27 plug-in or later
  Adobe Acrobat Reader
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  Last review date: June 2019
  Expiration date: June 2020
  
  There is no implied or real endorsement of any product by RTP or the American Nurses Credentialing Center.