PeerView Internal Medicine CME/CNE/CPE Audio Podcast - Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, FACP, FASCO - Everything You Need to Know About Biomarkers, Immunotherapies, Combinations, and Other Emerging Approaches for Lung Cancer

Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, FACP, FASCO - Everything You Need to Know About Biomarkers, Immunotherapies, Combinations, and Other Emerging Approaches for Lung Cancer

08/19/20 • 61 min

PeerView Internal Medicine CME/CNE/CPE Audio Podcast

Go online to PeerView.com/APK860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have firmly established their role as a major component of the lung cancer treatment arsenal. In the first-line setting of advanced NSCLC, there are a number of monotherapy and combinatorial strategies (such as combining immune checkpoint inhibitors with chemotherapy regimens, antiangiogenic therapies, and other immunotherapies with non-redundant mechanisms of action) that have FDA-approved indications and are recommended in various best practice guidelines. In addition, increasing evidence is supporting the use of immunotherapies in locally advanced and earlier disease settings, including as neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatments in patients with resectable NSCLC. More recently, the immunotherapy era arrived in SCLC, with new approvals in different settings. Other novel therapies have also improved patient outcomes in extensive-stage SCLC, such as transcription inhibitors. This educational on-demand activity based on a recent live webcast features a panel of leading experts who engage in candid conversations about the modern management of lung cancer. In addition to reviewing the essential established and new clinical data and approvals/indications of immunotherapies, combinations, and other novel treatment options for NSCLC and SCLC, they discuss insightful registry and survey findings regarding patient perspectives, experiences, and needs, as well as the increasing importance of individualizing treatment selection and patient engagement in care planning. Evidence reviews are framed with case scenarios to illustrate the nuances of clinical decision-making in the context of a complex treatment landscape and a variety of tumor-, patient-, and treatment-related factors that should inform these decisions. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Assess the efficacy/safety profiles and clinical roles of approved and investigational immunotherapies, combinations, and other novel therapies in lung cancer, including NSCLC and SCLC, Evaluate the roles of predictive biomarkers (PD-L1, TMB) and other relevant disease-, and treatment-related factors as well as patient needs and preferences that should be taken into consideration as part of individualized treatment planning and selection for patients with lung cancer, Describe key new research directions and clinical trials evaluating cancer immunotherapy biomarkers, rational immunotherapy-based treatment strategies, and other emerging therapies in different subtypes and settings of NSCLC and SCLC to refine, expand, and maximize the use of optimal therapies throughout the disease continuum, Educate patients with lung cancer and their caregivers about cancer immunotherapies and other treatment options to help them become well-informed participants in their care, Implement individualized, evidence-based, patient-centric treatment plans for patients with lung cancer.

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John C. Byrd, MD - How I Think, How I Treat: BTK Inhibitors as a Centerpiece of Care for Hematologic Cancers

Go online to PeerView.com/UVJ860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In PeerView’s latest “How I Think, How I Treat” webcast, leading experts, John C. Byrd, MD, Alexey V. Danilov, MD, PhD, and Nicole Lamanna, MD, explore the current evidence that underlies the use of first- and second-generation BTK inhibitors in diseases such as CLL, MCL, and others. They also share their personal insights and intra-institutional experiences in order to illustrate what the availability of BTK inhibitor therapy has meant for their practices. Learn how the experts have adapted to the BTK era! Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the anticancer mechanisms of first- and second-generation BTK inhibitors, Cite updated guidelines and evidence surrounding the efficacy and safety of first- and second-generation BTK inhibitors in the management of B-cell cancers, including CLL and MCL, among others, Develop appropriate single-agent, sequential, or combination strategies using BTK inhibitors in the management of patients with B-cell malignancies, Manage the unique spectrum of adverse events associated with the use of BTK inhibitors in patients with B-cell cancer.

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Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD - Evidence Informing Practice: Changing Standards of Care for Use of CDK4 and 6 Inhibitors in the Treatment of Breast Cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/GVH860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The recent approval of newer JAK inhibitors and new evidence on emerging JAK-targeting strategies have raised additional questions over optimized treatment selection in myelofibrosis (MF) and awareness of clinical factors that can influence therapeutic selection. Additionally, newer dynamic risk-assessment models have allowed for more precise characterization of this disease at diagnosis and during the treatment course. In the wake of these advances, understanding how to effectively personalize therapeutic management based on the modern diagnostic and risk-assessment tools while ensuring safe usage of JAK inhibitors is crucial to maximizing beneficial patient outcomes in MF. In a recent live webcast, our panel of experts used the latest real-world evidence to confirm the core therapeutic role for JAK inhibitor–based strategies in MF, highlighting modern diagnostic and risk-assessment strategies that have informed an individualized treatment approach. During a unique practicum session, the panel offered practice strategies using real-world case scenarios, walking through selection of JAK inhibitor–based options across the MF disease continuum to improve patient outcomes. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Recognize clinical and molecular/mutational features that can be used for diagnosis and risk stratification in myelofibrosis, Review the latest efficacy and safety evidence about approved and emerging JAK inhibitors as well as other targeted therapies in the management of myelofibrosis, Design safe, risk-adapted treatment regimens for patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic myelofibrosis, including those refractory to front-line JAK inhibitor therapy.