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Mycophenolate: Clinical Uses, Serious Risks

Launch Date
10/21/2022 at 4:00 am EST
Credit Amount
0.50 Hours
Credit Expires
10/21/2023
This activity is part of a series

Faculty

Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS, FAST, FCCP
Abdominal Organ Transplant Clinical Specialist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS, FAST, FCCP

Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS, FAST, FCCP, is a clinical specialist in organ transplant with the Department of Transplant Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where he became the first PharmD to receive an academic appointment. Dr. Gabardi earned his PharmD at Butler University?s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Indianapolis, IN in 1999 and subsequently completed his residency in pharmacy practice at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA in 2000. After completing his residency, he was hired as a co-funded faculty member at Northeastern University’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences. His clinical practice site was at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Renal Transplant working in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Board-certified as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a Fellow of both the American Society of Transplantation and American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Dr. Gabardi has published in a multitude of textbooks and peer-reviewed journals. He has been invited to speak at local, national, and international conferences on many different transplant-related topics. Dr. Gabardi became the first transplant pharmacist to be named an Associate Editor for both the American Journal of Transplantation and Transplantation. He is also an editorial board member for several other peer-reviewed journals.

Miae Kim, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Center for Advanced Heart Disease
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Miae Kim, PharmD, MS, BCPS

Miae Kim, PharmD, MS, BCPS, received a master’s degree in Clinical Pharmacy from Seoul National University in South Korea, then moved to the U.S. where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with high distinction from the University of Minnesota with a PharmD. She completed her PGY-1 pharmacy practice training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and did a PGY-2 training in solid organ transplant at Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Kim joined the Center for Advanced Heart Disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as a heart transplant/MCS pharmacy specialist in 2013, working in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She attained board certification as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist in 2013. Dr. Kim’s current interests include cardiac transplant complications, antibody-mediated rejection, and cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and she has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and textbooks and presented at local, national, and international transplant conferences.

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Statement of Need

Mycophenolate is a highly effective immunosuppressant that is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prophylaxis against organ rejection in renal, cardiac, and hepatic transplants. It is also commonly prescribed for off-label use in other types of transplants as well as some autoimmune conditions. However, in addition to its utility as an immunosuppressant, it is also a known teratogen associated with first trimester pregnancy loss as well as congenital malformations. To mitigate the risk posed when treating patients of reproductive potential with mycophenolate, the FDA created the Mycophenolate Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) system with the goal of addressing persistent educational gaps for clinicians and patients on the safe use of these agents.

In part one of this CME Outfitters Snack series, Dr. Miae Kim joins host/moderator Dr. Steven Gabardi to discuss how mycophenolate works in the body, the potential for first trimester pregnancy loss, and the types of congenital malformations that can occur if the mycophenolate REMS is not followed.

References: 1. Kim M, Rostas S, Gabardi S. Mycophenolate fetal toxicity and risk evaluation and mitigation strategies. Am J Transplant. 2013;13(6):1383-1389. 2. Mycophenolate REMS: Risks of first trimester pregnancy loss and congenital malformations. Mycophenolate REMS website. https://www.mycophenolaterems.com/#Main. Published 2021. Accessed August 5, 2022.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to evaluate the pregnancy and fetal risks related to mycophenolate use.

Financial Support

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Mycophenolate REMS Group. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Mycophenolate REMS education requirements issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Target Audience

Primary care physicians, physician associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), nurses, pharmacists, and physicians specializing in transplant medicine, OB/GYN, surgery, rheumatology, immunology and cardiology

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Dr. Gibardi reports no financial relationships to disclose.

Dr. Kim reports no financial relationships to disclose.

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  • Thomas Heinrich, MD (peer reviewer)
  • Morgan Stockberger, MD (planning committee)
  • Warren Beckman (planning committee)
  • Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
  • Sandra Caballero, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

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Mycophenolate: Clinical Uses, Serious Risks
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