Podcast

Switching and Monitoring Your Patients with RRMS

Launch Date
09/15/2020
Credit Amount
0.00 Expired
Credit Expires
09/15/2021

Faculty

Fred D. Lublin, MD, FAAN, FANA
Saunders Family Professor of Neurology
Director, The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Fred D. Lublin, MD, FAAN, FANA

Fred D. Lublin, MD is the Saunders Family Professor of Neurology at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis at that institution.

Dr. Lublin received his medical degree in 1972 from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine from the Bronx Municipal Hospital, Albert Einstein Medical Center, and his residency at the New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center.

As a neuroimmunologist, Dr. Lublin has a special interest in immune functions and abnormalities affecting the nervous system. He has been involved in both basic science and clinical research. He and his colleagues were among the first in the country involved with studies of Interferon beta-1b, which was approved by the Food & Drug Administration in 1993 to treat the relapsing-remitting form of Multiple Sclerosis. He is currently involved with several new clinical research protocols on promising agents for treating various aspects of MS. He was chairman of the National MS Society (USA) advisory committee on clinical trials of new drugs in Multiple Sclerosis and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Research Programs Advisory Committee. He was a member of the National MS Society National Board of Directors. He is past Chair of the New York City/Southern New York Chapter of NMSS Clinical Advisory Committee. He is a member of the International Medical & Scientific Board of the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation. Dr. Lublin and his colleagues at the National MS Society have re-defined the clinical course definitions of MS, updated in 2014. He has chaired a task force on the ethics of placebo-controlled trials in MS. Dr. Lublin is a member of the international panel that periodically redefines the diagnostic criteria for MS (McDonald Criteria). Dr. Lublin is co-chair of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke MS Common Data Element committee and a member of their steering committee. He is a member of the WHO Advisory Group for the Revision of ICD-10 Diseases of the Nervous System working group on demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system. He was a Co-Chief and founding Editor of the journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.

Dr. Lublin has published numerous scientific articles and is a member of many professional societies and advisory boards. Dr. Lublin has served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health and to many pharmaceutical/biotech companies in all phases of new drug development and in preparation for presentation to the FDA and their advisory panels. He was the Principal Investigator of the NIH-sponsored multicenter Combination Therapy study in Multiple Sclerosis. In June of 2019, Dr. Lublin was awarded the June Halper Lifetime Achievement Award from the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers.

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Statement of Need

Predictors of poor prognosis in multiple sclerosis (MS) can include demographic and environmental factors, clinical factors, MRI observations, and biomarkers. Early initiation of appropriate therapy is key when personalizing treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), as is having a plan to determine sub-optimal responders, approaches to switching or escalating therapy, and consideration of more aggressive therapies for patients with silent advanced disease or early signs of poor prognosis.

In this CMEOCast podcast, expert faculty discuss treatment initiation options, particularly high efficacy treatments versus escalation, as well as when switching therapies might be necessary and how to take patient- and medication-related issues into consideration.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to:

  • Develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical characteristics of patients with RRMS.
  • Integrate strategies for delivering patient-centered care in patients with RRMS.
  • Assess patients for disease activity and switch when response is suboptimal.

The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or CPE credit:

  • Evaluate the latest clinical data on the safety and efficacy of current and emerging therapies for RRMS.
  • Describe an individualized treatment plan based on clinical characteristics of patients with RRMS.
  • Summarize strategies for delivering patient-centered care in patients with RRMS.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant from Celgene Corporation.

Target Audience

Physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists.

Credit Information

Physicians (ACCME) 1.0

CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material 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.

Pharmacists/Pharmacy Tech (ACPE) 1.0

This application-based activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour (0.10 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy credit.
Activity UAN: 0376-0000-20-104-H01-P

ABIM MOC 1.0

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Dr. Lublin reports that he receives research support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals; Biogen; Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc; National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS); Novartis; and Sanofi. He has consulting agreements, serves on advisory boards, or Data and Safety Monitoring Board for Acorda Therapeutics; Actelion Pharmaceuticals/Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Apitope; Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc.; Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.;Avotres; Biogen; EMD Serono, Inc; GW Pharmaceuticals; Immunic, Inc.; Innate Immunotherapeutics; Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Mapi Pharma; MedDay Pharmaceuticals; MedImmune/ Viela Bio; Mylan; Novartis; Orion Biotechnology; Polpharma; Receptos, Inc./Celgene Corporation; Roche/Genentech, Inc.; Sanofi/Genzyme Corporation; Teva Pharmaceuticals; The Population Council, Inc. and TG Therapeutics. He is a speaker for Sanofi (non-promotional).

Disclosures were obtained from the CME Outfitters, LLC staff: No disclosures to report.

  • Tony Graham, MD (peer reviewer)
  • Mae Ochoa, RPh (peer reviewer)
  • Alaeddin Abukabda, MS, DMD, PhD (planning committee)
  • Evan Luberger (planning committee)
  • Jan Perez (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

Faculty of this CE activity may include discussions of products or devices that are not currently labeled for use by the FDA. The faculty have been informed of their responsibility to disclose to the audience if they will be discussing off-label or investigational uses (any uses not approved by the FDA) of products or devices.

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NOTE: Pharmacist CE Universal Activity Number, Enduring: 0376-0000-20-104-H01-P.

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Switching and Monitoring Your Patients with RRMS
Event Date: 09/15/2020