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CME / CE

Assessing Potential Implications of New Data on CMV Treatment in Transplant Recipients

  • Authors: Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST; Atul Humar, MD, MSc FRCPC, FAST
  • CME / CE Released: 12/13/2022
  • Valid for credit through: 12/12/2023
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    Nurses - 0.50 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)

    Pharmacists - 0.50 Knowledge-based ACPE (0.050 CEUs)

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    • Letter of Completion

Target Audience and Goal Statement

Infectious disease, nephrology, and transplantation clinicians and pharmacists who provide care for transplant patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.

The management of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection or disease in transplant patients has historically been challenging due to side effects with older antiviral therapies, including myelotoxicity and renal toxicity. Side effect and efficacy data for newer improved transplant antiviral therapies, including maribavir and letermovir, is emerging rapidly. The goal of this activity is to help you learn about the emerging data and how to apply it in clinical practice when managing your transplant patients.

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: 

  • Employ late-breaking data on the efficacy of available antiviral therapies when managing cytomegalovirus (CMV) in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients
  • Utilize new data on the safety and tolerability of available antiviral therapies for CMV management in the SOT setting


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Faculty Affiliation and Disclosures

  • Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST

    Clinical Director, Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases
    Infectious Diseases Division
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosures

    Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Biotest, Evrys, Exevir, Hookipa, Merck, Oxford Immunotec, Roche Diagnostics, Takeda

  • Atul Humar, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAST

    Professor, Department of Medicine
    University of Toronto
    R. Fraser Elliott Chair, Transplantation
    University Health Network
    Director, University of Toronto Transplant Institute
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Disclosures

    Atul Humar, MD, FRCPC, FAST, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Astellas Pharma, Inc., Roche, Takeda

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated according to RMEI policies.

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RMEI Medical Education, LLC planners and managers have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

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This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. 

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Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. 


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  • RMEI Medical Education, LLC designates this continuing education activity for 0.50 contact hour(s) (0.050 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

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    Type of Activity: Knowledge

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CME / CE

Assessing Potential Implications of New Data on CMV Treatment in Transplant Recipients

Authors: Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST; Atul Humar, MD, MSc FRCPC, FASTFaculty and Disclosures

CME / CE Released: 12/13/2022

Valid for credit through: 12/12/2023

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