Utilizing a CDST for Resistant/Refractory CMV in Solid Organ Transplant Patients

Program Overview

Join Drs. Kotton, Razonable, and Humar as they illustrate how to use a new clinical decision support tool (CDST) for resistant or refractory cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients. They will walk you through a challenging CMV resistant patient case and demonstrate how to enter clinical data into the novel CDST for optimal treatment decision making. An expert panel discussion provides opportunity for you to learn how to apply the CDST in practice and incorporate a new therapy, maribavir, into the care of SOT patients with resistant or refractory CMV infection.

0.5 CE Credit(s)
Expires: December 1, 2023

Target Audience

This activity is intended for transplantation, infectious disease, and nephrology clinicians who manage patients with CMV infection after solid organ transplant.

Educational Objectives

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

  • Employ clinical decision support tool recommendations and current guidelines for the treatment of refractory cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after transplantation
  • Identify risk factors for the development of refractory and drug resistant CMV after transplantation
  • Select treatment for refractory and drug resistant CMV after transplantation based on key data for recently approved therapies
  • Manage potential adverse effects associated with antiviral therapies for CMV

Activity Faculty

Camille Kotton portrait 2021

Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST

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

humar

Atul Humar, MD, FRCPC, FAST

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

razonable

Raymund R. Razonable, MD, FIDSA, FAST

Professor, Medicine
Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Vice Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Provider Statement

This activity is provided by RMEI Medical Education, LLC

Supporter Statement

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Takeda.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships 

RMEI Medical Education, LLC (RMEI) requires instructors, planners, managers, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies over the previous 24 months. All identified financial relationships are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to RMEI policy. 

Faculty 

Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST, has relevant financial relationships with Biotest, Evrys, ExeVir, Hookipa, Merck, Oxford Immunotec, Takeda (Consultant). 

Atul Humar, MD,FRCPC,FAST, has relevant financial relationships with Merck, Takeda (Consultant); Astellas Pharma, Merck (Grant/Research Support). 

Raymund R. Razonable, MD, FIDSA, FAST, has relevant financial relationships with GSK, Merck, Novartis (Advisor); Gilead, Regeneron, Roche (Grant/Research Support). 

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

Planners and Managers

All planners and managers have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

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Credit Designation

Physician Continuing Medical Education 
RMEI Medical Education, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

 

How to Participate in this Activity and Obtain CME Credit  

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Users must: 

  • Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures 
  • Participate in the activity 
  • Complete the activity evaluation and attest to credit

 
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Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

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. 

Disclaimer Statement

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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