Assessing Potential Implications of New Data on CMV Treatment in Transplant Recipients
Program Overview
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.
Infectious disease, nephrology, and transplantation clinicians and pharmacists who provide care for transplant patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.
Educational Objectives
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
Activity Faculty
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
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