Are You Applying the Latest Guidelines for Multiple Myeloma? Experts Discuss Equitable, Evidence-Based Care

The goal of this activity is to improve learners’ knowledge, competence, and confidence to integrate new and emerging therapies into practice to improve clinical outcomes in patients with multiple myeloma.

Target Audience

This program is intended for hematologists, oncologists, PAs, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with multiple myeloma.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Initiate timely systemic treatment for appropriate patients based on risk assessment and the latest multiple myeloma diagnostic and staging criteria
  • Develop individualized treatment strategies for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma through consideration of the available clinical data as well as NCCN guidelines, risk assessment, comorbidities, and patient age/fitness and preferences
  • Select optimal therapies for patients with heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma based on individual patient and disease characteristics, as well as NCCN guideline recommendations, and response to and tolerance of previous therapies
  • Appraise the efficacy and safety evidence of novel therapeutics and emerging combination regimens for patients with multiple myeloma
  • Identify patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who would be eligible for enrollment on key ongoing clinical trials
Additional information
Supporters: 

This educational activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from GSK and an educational grant from Sanofi.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
  • 1.50 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.50 ACPE contact hours
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 ANCC contact hours
  • 1.50 Participation
Course opens: 
01/21/2025
Course expires: 
03/01/2025
Cost:
$0.00

NCCN Continuing Education Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of NCCN that all planners, faculty, moderators, authors, reviewers and anyone involved in the planning and delivery of NCCN continuing education activities are expected to disclose ALL financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. The ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence require that individuals who refuse to provide this information will be disqualified from involvement in the planning and implementation of accredited continuing education presented by NCCN. NCCN identifies, mitigates and discloses to learners all relevant financial relationships.

In addition, all content has been reviewed to ensure education promotes safe, effective patient care and does not promote the products or services of an ineligible company. Content, including any presentation of therapeutic options, is fair, balanced, evidence-based, scientifically accurate, and free of commercial bias and marketing. 

Definitions  

Ineligible Company: An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Relevant Financial Relationships: Financial relationships of any dollar amount occurring within the past 24 months are defined as relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of an ineligible company. There is no minimum financial threshold. We ask for disclosure of ALL financial relationships with ineligible companies, regardless of the amount and regardless of the potential relevance of each relationship to the education.

Faculty Disclaimers  

All faculty for this continuing education activity are competent in the subject matter and qualified by experience, training, and/or preparation for the tasks and methods of delivery.

Faculty presentations may include discussion of off-label use. Faculty will disclose that the use in question is not currently approved by the FDA per the product labeling or marketing.

Full disclosure of faculty relationships will be made prior to the activity.

In support of improving patient care, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians
NCCN designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
NCCN designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 contact hours. This program offers 1.0 pharmacotherapeutic contact hours for nurses.

Pharmacists
NCCN designates this knowledge-based continuing education activity for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs) of continuing education credit. UAN: TBD

PAs
NCCN has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Aggregated participant data will be shared with the commercial supporters of this activity.

For ABIM MOC points, your information will be shared with the ABIM through NCCN's Joint Accreditation Program and Activity Reporting System (JA-PARS). Please allow 6-8 weeks for your MOC points to appear on your ABIM records.

By sharing your Diplomate Board ID # and DOB, you are giving NCCN permission to use this information/data to report your participation to ABIM via the Joint Accreditation Program and Activity Reporting System (JA-PARS).

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
  • 1.50 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.50 ACPE contact hours
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 ANCC contact hours
  • 1.50 Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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