Diagnosis and Management of Castleman’s Disease
Castleman’s disease (CD) is a rare heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative disorders that poses significant clinical challenges for oncologists and hematologists. The selection of initial treatment is based on the natural history of the disease, organ involvement and HIV or HHV8 infection status. In addition to HIV and HHV8 infection status, the extent of the disease (unicentric vs multicentric) is the most important clinical feature for the selection of therapy. CD is also associated with an increased risk of developing certain malignancies or other diseases. Therefore, the management of CD requires careful attention to concomitant infections, malignancies and associated syndromes. Educating clinicians about the diagnosis and treatment of Castleman’s disease as outlined in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) B-Cell Lymphomas will enable clinicians to integrate these evidence-based recommendations into routine clinical practice and optimize care for patients with this rare disease.
This information was originally presented at the NCCN 2019 Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies™ held in San Francisco, CA, on September 27-28, 2019.
Target Audience
This educational program is designed to meet the educational needs of the interprofessional oncology care team, including: physicians/oncologists, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals who manage patients with cancer.
Learning Objectives
Following this program, participants should be able to:
- Summarize the evidence from recent clinical trials supporting the use of targeted therapy for patients with newly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
- Review the recommendations outlined in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) B-Cell Lymphomas for management of patients with unicentric Castleman’s disease.
- Develop an individualized treatment plan for patients with multicentric Castleman’s disease based on the organ involvement and HIV or HHV8 infection status.
Jeremy S. Abramson, MD, MMSc
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
NCCN Medical Education Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of NCCN that every 12 months, all faculty, moderators, activity planners and all internal planning staff participating in NCCN continuing education activities are expected to disclose any financial relationships with a commercial interest as defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support. In addition, all faculty presentations have been reviewed for adherence to the ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support (the provider develops activities/educational interventions independent of commercial interests [SCS 1, 2 and 6] by experts on the topics).
Per the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, individuals who do not disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from involvement in the CE activity as a content developer, planner, or presenter. A complete list of individuals’ relationships with external entities is available upon request.
Definitions
NCCN continuing education considers financial relationships to create a “conflict of interest” when an individual has both a financial relationship with a commercial interest and the opportunity to affect CE content about the products or services of a commercial interest with which he/she and/or a spouse or partner has a financial relationship.
NCCN continuing education considers “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. NCCN does not set a minimal dollar amount for relationships to be significant. Inherent in any amount is the incentive to maintain or increase the value of the relationship.
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.
Faculty Disclosures
The faculty listed below discloses the following relevant financial relationships:
Jeremy S. Abramson, MD, MMSc
AbbVie, Inc.: Consulting Fee
Bayer HealthCare: Consulting Fee
Celgene Corporation: Consulting Fee
EMD Serono: Consulting Fee
Genentech, Inc.: Consulting Fee
Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, LP: Consulting Fee
Karyopaharm Therapeutics: Consulting Fee
Kite Pharma: Consulting Fee
Roche Laboratories, Inc.: Consulting Fee
NCCN Staff Disclosures
The NCCN Activity Planning staff listed below discloses no relevant financial relationships:
Melissa Esplen; Mark A. Geisler; Kristina M. Gregory, RN, MSN, OCN; Kristin Kline Hasson; Rose Joyce; Karen Kanefield; Lisa Perfidio, MS; Shannon Ryan, CMP; Sarah Sinclair; Kathy Ann Smith, CHCP
The NCCN Leadership listed below discloses no relevant financial relationships:
Robert W. Carlson, MD; Wui-Jin Koh, MD; Gary J. Weyhmuller, MBA, SPHR
The NCCN Clinical staff listed below discloses no relevant financial relationships:
Mary A. Dwyer, MS, CGC; Hema Sundar, PhD
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 enduring activity for a maximum of .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 .56 contact hours.
Pharmacists
NCCN designates this knowledge-based continuing education activity for .5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) of continuing education credit. UAN: JA4008196-0000-19-099-H01-P
Physician Assistants
NCCN has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Catergory 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME criteria. This activity is designated for .5 AAPA Catergory 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until October 31, 2020. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Available Credit
- 0.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
- 0.50 ACPE contact hours
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.56 ANCC contact hours
- 0.50 Participation
Price
Required Hardware/software
To complete this activity, users will need:
- A device with an Internet connection
- One of the two latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari (Internet Explorer is no longer supported)
- Adobe Flash Player and/or an HTML5 capable browser for video or audio playback
- Adobe Reader or other PDF reader software for certificate viewing/printing