Tackling Treatment-Refractory and Drug-Resistant CMV in the Solid Organ Transplant Setting: A Care Team Forum®
Program Overview
The goal of this activity is to provide clinicians with the clinical tools necessary to identify and manage treatment-refractory and drug-resistant CMV in patients after solid organ transplantation (SOT). A panel of infectious diseases experts review current CMV treatment guidelines, discuss antiviral resistance testing, and provide insights for management with a new antiviral therapeutic option. An experienced patient withCMVprovides important practical take-aways for clinicians to use with their own SOT patients.
Transplantation, infectious diseases, nephrology, internal medicine, and pharmacy clinicians who manage patients with refractory or resistant cytomegalovirus (CMV) after solid organ transplantation.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
Employ current CMV treatment guidelines for the use of antiviral therapies and management of their adverse effects
Identify treatment-refractory and drug-resistant CMV by correctly interpreting antiviral resistance testing results
Select transplant patients who will benefit from the efficacy and reduced toxicity of new CMV therapy
Activity Faculty
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
Raymund R. Razonable, MD, FIDSA, FAST
Professor, Medicine Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Vice Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Fernanda P. Silveira, MD, MS, FIDSA, FAST
Director, Clinical Operations
Transplant Infectious Diseases
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States