Webinar

Manifestations of Gaucher Disease: Rare or Under-recognized?

Launch Date

03/07/2023 at 5:00 am EST

Credit Amount

1.0

Credit Expires

03/07/2024

Faculty

Tamanna Roshan Lal, MB, ChB, FAAP, FACMG

Medical Geneticist

Director of Clinical Trials

Rare Disease Institute, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC

Coy Heldermon, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, UFHealth

Director of the Pediatric and Adult Multi-Disciplinary Lysosomal Storage Disease Clinics, Gainesville, FL

Neal J. Weinreb, MD, FACP

Voluntary Associate Professor

Department of Human Genetics

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

Statement of Need

Gaucher disease (GD) is a genetic disorder that causes fatty substances to accumulate to harmful levels in organs and tissues, often resulting in hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, thrombocytopenia, bone pain and fractures, and conditions like arthritis. GD is rare, and even specialists struggle to recognize and diagnose the condition. Delays to initiation of therapy are common and can result in irreversible complications.

During this 60-minute recorded symposium, expert panelists will discuss GD, including its less commonly reported manifestations, diagnostic pathways, and patient-centric multidisciplinary management of the disorder.

Learning Objectives

Identify under-recognized clinical manifestations of GD.
Evaluate the efficacy of current diagnostic methods in recognizing rare manifestations in GD.
Implement patient-centric management strategies within a multidisciplinary team to optimize long-term outcomes of patients with GD.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

Target Audience

Physician associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), primary care practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, genetic counselors, and pediatricians, specializing in hematology, neurology, hepatology, gastroenterology, pulmonologists, radiology, and orthopedic surgery

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Dr. Roshan Lal reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. (Gaucher Advisory Board)

Consultant: FDNA INC.

Speakers Bureau: BioMarin (PKU)

Dr. Heldermon reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: Chiesi USA, Inc.; Orphazyme; REGENXBIO Inc.; and Sanofi

Consultant: Atheneum; Cardinal Health; Curio Science; Guidepoint Global; IntrinsiQ Specialty Solutions; Reckner Healthcare; Sage Research; Sanofi; Targeted Oncology; and Third Bridge Consulting

Stock Shareholder (ownership Interest): Lacerta Therapeutics

Dr. Weinreb reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: AVROBIO, Inc. (Disease Monitoring Safety Board); Pfizer Inc. (Medical Advisory Board for the Taliglucerase alfa Gaucher Registry); Sanofi (Scientific Advisory Board for the International Collaborative Gaucher Group (ICGG) Gaucher Registry); and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. (Medical Advisory Board for Gaucher Disease)

Consultant: Pfizer Inc. and Sanofi

Speakers Bureau: Sanofi

Disclosures were obtained from the following peer reviewer and CME Outfitters, LLC, staff, with no disclosures to report:

Jeffrey Helfand, DO (peer reviewer)
Thomas Mitchell (planning committee)
Kellie Busby, PharmD (planning committee)
Warren Beckman (planning committee)
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD (planning committee)
Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
Sandra Caballero, PharmD (planning committee)
Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

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