A Balancing Act: Safety and Success in CMV Management for HCT Patients: A Clinical Forum®
Program Overview
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a serious pathogen that leads to considerable illness and death in hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) patients. The landscape for CMV prevention and treatment in this vulnerable population continues to evolve, with newer antiviral therapies offering efficacy and minimal side effects.
Optimal CMV management should include an individualized approach based on current guidelines, transplant conditioning regimens, treatment toxicities, and potential CMV drug resistance. Join our distinguished panel as they review state-of-the-art therapeutic considerations for managing CMV in HCT patients, including insights on a challenging clinical case from their practice.
Hematologists/oncologists, transplantation, internal medicine, and infectious disease clinicians
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
Select evidence-based treatments for hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) considering newer antiviral medications and guideline recommendations
Identify critical limitations to conventional CMV therapies, including side-effect toxicities, that often result in suboptimal outcomes
Formulate individualized plans for monitoring and treating HCT patients with CMV, including those with refractory or drug-resistant disease
Activity Faculty
Genovefa Papanicolaou, MD
Director, Infectious Disease Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Professor, Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
New York, NY
Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, CMQ
Professor and Chair G. P. Bodey, Sr. Distinguished Professorship, Infectious Diseases Director, Clinical Virology Research
Department of ID/IC/EH
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX