NCCN Pharmacy Updates: Changing Treatment Paradigms in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

May 24, 2023

The rapid development of novel therapies to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have made it difficult for any oncology clinician practicing outside of the confines of an academic medical center to stay updated in the management of this disease. Chemoimmunotherapy, long the standard of care for initial and subsequent treatment, has fallen out of favor in light of the improved overall survival and toxicity profile as well as the convenience of all oral regimens employing the small molecule inhibitors. Since not all patients have access to a CLL specialist, the oncology pharmacist assumes an important role in understanding the best available clinical research, pairing that with the individual patient, and evaluating the outcomes to optimize patient care.

Target Audience

This program is designed to meet the educational needs of pharmacists, physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health care professionals who manage patients with cancer.

Learning Objectives

Following this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the changing treatment paradigm for the optimal management of patients with newly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the potential sequencing of therapy for relapse, and the role of TP53 mutations in treatment decisions.
  • Discuss the clinical efficacy and safety of treatment options with BTK inhibitors, BCL-2 inhibitors and anti-CD20 mAbs and the role of monitoring for minimal residual disease.
  • Illustrate the role of the pharmacist using a patient-centered approach to the choice of treatment and toxicity management for patients on small-molecule inhibitors.
Additional information
Supporters: 

This activity is supported by educational grants from:

  • Genentech, a member of the Roche Group
  • Taiho Oncology, Inc.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC contact hours
    • 1.00 ANCC Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
02/23/2023
Course expires: 
08/06/2023
Event starts: 
05/24/2023 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/24/2023 - 2:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
NCCN 2023 Pharmacy Updates: A Webinar Series
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Kirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FACCC
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

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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.

Faculty Disclosures

The faculty listed below has the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Kirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FACCC
AbbVie, Inc.: Consulting Fee; Product/Speakers Bureau
BeiGene: Consulting Fee; Product/Speakers Bureau
Pharmacyclics: Consulting Fee; Product/Speakers Bureau
SeaGen: Consulting Fee; Product/Speakers Bureau

NCCN Staff Disclosures

None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.

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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 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. 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 1.0 contact hour. This activity offers 1.0 pharmacotherapeutic contact hour for nurses.

Pharmacists
NCCN designates this application-based continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.10 CEUs) of continuing education credit. UAN: JA4008196-0000-23-036-L01-P

Physician Assistants 
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 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

 

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The Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) is accredited by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) as a provider of board certification oncology credit (BCOP). A BCOP statement of credit will be issued only upon completion of a post-activity evaluation form and post-test, with a passing grade of 75% achieved.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: The Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) assesses conflict of interest with its instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of CE activities. All relevant conflicts of interest that are identified are thoroughly vetted by HOPA for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity, and patient care recommendations. HOPA is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CE activities and related materials that promote improvements of quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

Reported Areas of Conflict: Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association does not view the existence of relationships as an implication of bias or that the value of the material is decreased. The content of the activity was planned to be balanced, objective, and scientifically rigorous. Occasionally, authors may express opinions that represent their own viewpoint. Conclusions drawn by participants should be derived from objective analysis of scientific data. Unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs. All faculty have indicated that they have not referenced unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs and devices.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC contact hours
    • 1.00 ANCC Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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This webinar was presented live one time only on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EDT (UTC -4).
The recorded presentation is available here.

 

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Required Hardware/software

To complete this activity, users will need:

  • A device with an Internet connection and sound playback capability
    • One of the two latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari
    • Internet Explorer is no longer supported
  • Adobe Reader or other PDF reader software for certificate viewing/printing