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CME / ABIM MOC

Targeting Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: An Update on Emerging Treatments

  • Authors: Scott Isaacs, MD, FACP, FACE
  • CME / ABIM MOC Released: 1/23/2023
  • Valid for credit through: 1/23/2024, 11:59 PM EST
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 0.25 ABIM MOC points

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    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for diabetologists and endocrinologists, primary care physicians, and gastroenterologists.

The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to assimilate data on emerging treatments for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and determine which patients may be candidates for these therapies.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Mechanism of investigational treatments for NASH in the context of disease pathology
    • Clinical trials of emerging NASH treatments
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Identifying patients who are at greatest risk for NASH


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Faculty

  • Scott Isaacs, MD, FACP, FACE

    Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Atlanta, Georgia
    The opinions expressed are those of Dr Isaacs and do not necessarily reflect the views of Emory University or Emory Healthcare. Dr Isaacs’s participation in this activity does not constitute or imply endorsement by Emory University or Emory Healthcare.

    Disclosures

    Scott Isaacs, MD, FACP, FACE, has no relevant financial relationships.

Editors

  • Kim Storck, PharmD

    Senior Director, Content Development, Medscape, LLC

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  • Laura Jacob, MEd

    Senior Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC

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  • Amanda Jett, PharmD, BCACP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

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    Amanda Jett, PharmD, BCACP, has no relevant financial relationships.

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CME / ABIM MOC

Targeting Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: An Update on Emerging Treatments

Authors: Scott Isaacs, MD, FACP, FACEFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC Released: 1/23/2023

Valid for credit through: 1/23/2024, 11:59 PM EST

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What is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the United States? Did you guess "alcohol-related liver disease"? How about "chronic hepatitis C"? At one time, yes, these were the most common causes. But not any longer. The epidemiology of liver disease in the United States has changed.[1] Today, the most common cause of chronic liver disease is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). And 95% of people with NAFLD do not know they have it.[2]

Medscape recently sat with the world-renowned endocrinologist, educator, and fatty liver disease expert, Scott Isaacs, MD, to explore the alarming rise of NAFLD.

Medscape: What is NAFLD, and how does it impact patients?

Scott Isaacs, MD, FACP, FACE: NAFLD represents a spectrum of fatty liver disease ranging from steatosis to progressive steatosis with inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and finally, hepatic decompensation (Figure 1).[3] Fueled by the obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) epidemics, NAFLD affects approximately 1 in 3 people in the United States.[4] Of them, up to 30% have the more severe form of NAFLD, called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).[5] In people with T2D, the prevalence of NASH may exceed 37%.[6] NASH is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma, the leading indication for liver transplant in women, and soon to be the number 1 cause of liver transplant in men.[1,7]

Figure 1. The Spectrum and Progression of NAFLD[4]

But the primary cause of death in people with NAFLD is not liver disease…

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