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CCO inPractice Hepatology Apps Now Available 

CCO inPractice Hepatology apps are now available for iPad, iPhone, and Android. You can download inPractice to your mobile device for FREE and get the benefit of using inPractice at the point of care.

CCO Conference Coverage

2012 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver

CCO's independent conference coverage of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver includes a CME-certified slideset with faculty analysis and a downloadable slideset that focuses on key issues highlighted at the conference.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Highlights From Barcelona 2012
In this downloadable slideset, Graham R. Foster, FRCP, PhD; David R. Nelson, MD; and Stefan Zeuzem, MD, review the most clinically relevant new data from the 2012 annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

Treatment Update

Clinical Implications of HCV Resistance: Laying the Foundation for Optimal Treatment Today and in the Future

Roundtable, 3 Expert Viewpoints, IVP, Slides


CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

Clinical Implications of HCV Resistance
Graham R. Foster, FRCP, PhD, provides expert opinion on how to avoid the development of HCV resistance with new direct-acting antiviral regimens through review of 4 patient cases.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Clinical Implications of HCV Resistance
Graham R. Foster, FRCP, PhD, provides expert opinion on how to avoid the development of HCV resistance with new direct-acting antiviral regimens.

CME-Certified Module:

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Clinical Implications of HCV Resistance: Laying the Foundation for Optimal Treatment Today and in the Future
Join Stephane Chevaliez, PharmD, PhD; Paul J. Pockros, MD; and Stefan Zeuzem, MD, as they review and discuss key principles of HCV resistance with currently approved direct-acting antiviral agents, the latest resistance data on agents in development, and important considerations for potential future anti-HCV regimens. These expert faculty members also provide practical strategies for clinical challenges with the newly approved direct-acting agents through a case-based analysis.

CME-Certified Expert Viewpoints:

Update on HCV Resistance from AASLD 2011
Christoph Sarrazin, MD, reviews highlights on resistance to direct-acting antiviral agents from the 2011 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases conference.
Importance of Pharmacokinetics and Adherence to Avoid Emergence of Resistant HCV Variants
Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, MD, PhD, emphasizes the importance of optimal drug exposure and adherence levels to avoid the development of resistant hepatitis C virus variants, along with strategies to optimize adherence rates.

Treatment Update

Minimizing Risk of HBV Reactivation Among Individuals Receiving Immunosuppressive or Cytotoxic Chemotherapy

Interactive multimedia presentation and downloadable PowerPoint slides


CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

Hepatitis B Reactivation: A Largely Preventable Problem
In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Jordan J. Feld, MD, MPH, defines HBV reactivation, the populations for whom HBV screening is recommended, and appropriate steps for treating and monitoring patients to prevent HBV reactivation.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Hepatitis B Reactivation: A Largely Preventable Problem
In this downloadable slideset, Jordan J. Feld, MD, MPH, highlights the real potential for HBV reactivation in patients undergoing chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapy, and outlines strategies for appropriate screening, treatment, and management.

Treatment Update

A Community of Care: A Mentorship Program Linking Primary Care Providers With Expert HBV Faculty

Downloadable PowerPoint slidesets, available in 8 languages: English, Hmong, Tagalog, Korean, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Burmese, and Cambodian.

Topics include:

    • Overview of Chronic Hepatitis B
    • Candidacy and Guidelines for HBV Therapy
    • Chronic Hepatitis B: Special Populations (coming soon)

Faculty:

Danny Chu, MD Program Director
Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD
Charles G. Phan, MD, AGAF

Journal Options

Hepatitis Journal Options – Volume 5, Issue 1 

This special edition includes all the pivotal phase III studies of the HCV protease inhibitors, with a range of commentaries exploring key aspects of the use of these agents, plus Capsule Summaries of each study and downloadable slidesets.


Topics include:

  • Following response-guided therapy guidelines with boceprevir and telaprevir
  • Understanding futility rules and their importance
  • Outcomes and management of anemia
  • Strategies for managing telaprevir rash and anorectal symptoms
  • Using boceprevir and telaprevir in patients with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis
  • Effect of telaprevir on cyclosporine and tacrolimus pharmacokinetics
  • Antiviral activity with telaprevir in patients with genotype 2 or 3 HCV
  • Evaluation of HBV screening cost effectiveness

Treatment Update

The Beckoning Future: How Hepatitis C Drugs in Development May Affect Practice Today and Tomorrow

PowerPoint slides available for download.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

The Beckoning Future: How Hepatitis C Drugs in Development May Affect Practice Today and Tomorrow
Review the current benefits and limitations with protease inhibitor-based HCV therapies, and the emerging data on potential future regimens and the advances they represent.

Treatment Update

The New Elements of HCV Care: Practical Skills to Optimize Protease Inhibitor–Based Therapy

Downloadable Slideset, CME-Certified Case Vignettes


Now Available!

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

The New Elements of HCV Care: Practical Skills to Optimize Protease Inhibitor–Based Therapy
Review the approved indications and proper management of HCV-infected patients with the newly approved protease inhibitors.


CME-Certified Case Vignette:

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The New Elements of HCV Care: Practical Skills to Optimize Protease Inhibitor–Based Therapy
Join Graham R. Foster, FRCP, PhD; Paul Y. Kwo, MD; and Fred Poordad, MD, as they discuss optimal management strategies for 8 case scenarios of patients considering or receiving treatment with boceprevir or telaprevir.

CCO Official Conference Coverage

2011 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

CCO's official conference coverage of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases includes a CME-certified slideset with faculty analysis and a downloadable slideset that focuses on key issues highlighted at the conference.

Now Available!

CME-certified slideset:

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In this CME-certified slideset, Raymond T. Chung, MD, and David R. Nelson, MD, review key studies in viral hepatitis from the 2011 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases meeting.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Highlights of AASLD 2011
In this downloadable slideset, Raymond T. Chung, MD, and David R. Nelson, MD, review key studies of viral hepatitis from the 2011 annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Treatment Update

Understanding the Optimal Use and Interpretation of Assays in HCV

IVP, downloadable slides, and PDF worksheet


Now Available!

CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

Understanding the Optimal Use and Interpretation of Assays in HCV
In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Paul Y. Kwo, MD, provides practical recommendations regarding the use of the various HCV assays available to guide the management of patients considering or already receiving treatment.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Understanding the Optimal Use and Interpretation of Assays in HCV
In this Downloadable Slideset, Paul Y. Kwo, MD, provides practical recommendations regarding the use of the various HCV assays available to guide the management of patients considering or already receiving treatment.

Downloadable Worksheet:

Understanding the Optimal Use and Interpretation of Assays in HCV
In this downloadable resource, Paul Y. Kwo, MD, reviews the role of HCV RNA assays in managing patients receiving boceprevir or telaprevir.

Treatment Update

The Future of HCV Therapy With the Advent of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents

Expert faculty recommendations in a text module and slideset.


CME/CE-Certified Module:

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A Practical Guide for the Use of Boceprevir and Telaprevir for the Treatment of Hepatitis C
With the advice of a panel of experts, this practical guide has been prepared as a consensus recommendation for how telaprevir and boceprevir should be used in the treatment of patients with HCV infection.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

A Practical Guide for the Use of Boceprevir and Telaprevir for the Treatment of Hepatitis C
In this downloadable slideset, a panel of HCV experts outline the optimal use of boceprevir and telaprevir in the treatment of hepatitis C.

Treatment Update

Opportunities and Challenges: Translating Recent Data Into State-of-the-Art HCV Management

Interactive Virtual Presentation, downloadable slides, and downloadable worksheet.

CE-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

Opportunities and Challenges in HCV Management
Elizabeth Britton, MSN, reviews the key elements of care for physician assistants and nurse practitioners caring for hepatitis C patients, including the use of newly approved protease inhibitors for treatment of patients infected with HCV genotype 1.

Downloadable PowerPoint Slideset:

Opportunities and Challenges in HCV Management
In this downloadable slideset, Elizabeth Britton, MSN, reviews the key elements of HCV management for NPs and PAs.

Downloadable Pocket Guide:

Pocket Guide for Using Telaprevir and Boceprevir
Download this quick reference guide highlighting the key elements of care when using boceprevir and telaprevir in clinical practice.

Annual Update

HIV and Hepatitis C Annual Update 2011 

Expert faculty members review scientific and clinical advances of the past year.


Now Available!

CME/CE-Certified Modules:

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Direct-Acting Antivirals in Treatment-Naive HCV Patients
Mark S. Sulkowski, MD, reviews the latest data on and the approved indications of telaprevir and boceprevir in treatment-naive, genotype 1 HCV–infected patients.

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Recent Advances in Antiretroviral Therapy
Joel E. Gallant, MD, MPH, reviews state-of-the-art management of antiretroviral therapy and discusses the clinical implication of recent data for HIV-infected patients.

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HCV Resistance: Similarities and Differences With HIV 
Stuart Ray, MD, reviews key similarities and differences between the life cycles and resistance mechanisms of HCV and HIV and explores how these features may impact HCV treatment with newly approved direct-acting antiviral agents.

Healthcare Reform and HIV Care
Michael T. Wong, MD, discusses the healthcare reform measures of 2010 and potential impact on HIV treatment.

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Direct-Acting Antivirals in Treatment-Experienced HCV Patients
Ira M. Jacobson, MD, reviews the key data and optimal use of protease inhibitor therapy in treatment-experienced individuals with HCV infection.

Management of Aging HIV-Infected Patients
Amy C. Justice, MD, MSc, PhD, discusses the aspects of HIV management affected by aging and describes use of the VACS Index, a tool that may be used to stratify risk in aging patients.


Downloadable Powerpoint Slideset:

2011 HIV/Hepatitis C Annual Update
Download this slideset of selected key figures and tables from the CCO HIV and Hepatitis C Annual Update for use in your personal noncommercial presentations.

Treatment Update

On the Front Lines: Battling Chronic Hepatitis C Today and in the Future 

Interactive Virtual Presentations and downloadable slidesets.


Now Available!

CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentations:

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Epidemiology, Screening, and Predictors of Response in HCV
Watch, listen, and test your knowledge as Peter Ferenci, MD, reviews the latest information on the epidemiology of HCV, screening recommendations, and baseline predictors of response to therapy.


On-Treatment Management of Patients With Hepatitis C
In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Graham R. Foster, FRCP, PhD, provides a case-based review of optimal strategies for on-treatment management of patients undergoing therapy for chronic hepatitis C, including an assessment of key decision points during protease inhibitor–based therapy.


Strategies to Maintain Quality of Life and Minimize Adverse Events in Patients Receiving Hepatitis C Therapy
In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD, provides a case-based overview of practical strategies that clinicians can implement to improve outcomes among their patients receiving treatment for chronic hepatitis C, with a focus on the new challenges arising during treatment with HCV protease inhibitor–based regimens.


Downloadable PowerPoint Slidesets:

Epidemiology, Screening, and Predictors of Response in HCV
In this downloadable slideset, Peter Ferenci, MD, reviews the burden of HCV, recommendations and challenges related to HCV screening, strategies for counseling patients on treatment candidacy, key baseline predictors of response to HCV therapy, and the potential impact of newly approved therapies on HCV management.


On-Treatment Management of Hepatitis C Patients
In this downloadable slideset, Graham R. Foster, FRCP, PhD, provides a case-based review of optimal strategies for on-treatment management of patients undergoing therapy for chronic hepatitis C, including an assessment of key decision points during protease inhibitor–based therapy.


Strategies to Maintain Quality of Life and Minimize Adverse Events in Patients Receiving Hepatitis C Therapy
In this downloadable slideset, Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD, outlines practical strategies that clinicians can implement to improve outcomes among their patients receiving treatment for chronic hepatitis C, with a focus on the new challenges arising during treatment with HCV protease inhibitor–based regimens.


Treatment Update

Bringing Into Focus: A Practical Guide to Using Virologic and Serologic Tests in the Management of Hepatitis B

Interactive Virtual Presentation, downloadable slideset, and animated flowchart

Now Available!

CME-Certified Interactive Virtual Presentation:

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Bringing Into Focus: A Practical Guide to Using Virologic and Serologic Tests in the Management of Hepatitis B
In this Interactive Virtual Presentation, Robert G. Gish, MD, provides case-based guidance on the optimal use of virologic and serologic tests in the diagnosis and management of hepatitis B.


Downloadable PowePoint Slideset:

Bringing Into Focus: A Practical Guide to Using Virologic and Serologic Tests in the Management of Hepatitis B
In this Downloadable Slideset, Robert G. Gish, MD, provides guidance on the optimal use of virologic and serologic tests in the diagnosis and management of hepatitis B.


Animated Flowchart:

Algorithm for Management of Chronic HBV Infection
Albert Min, MD, provides a detailed algorithm for the management of chronic hepatitis B infection.

CCO Conference Coverage

2011 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver

CCO's independent conference coverage of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver includes Capsule Summaries of key presentations, as well as an Expert Analysis that focuses on key issues highlighted at the conference.

From Podium to Practice: Clinical Impact of New Data From EASL 2011
Graham R. Foster, PhD, FRCP; Paul Y. Kwo, MD; Stefan Zeuzem, MD

Treatment Update

CCO Hepatitis Stay Tuned 

Bimonthly CME-certified audio Podcasts, each supported by a variety of online resources.

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HBV Treatment and Everyday Realities —Volume 1, Edition 2
Video and audio podcasts of hot topics and practical strategies in the management, treatment, and care of patients with chronic viral hepatitis, including those with advanced liver disease.  Click here to start.

Browse Hepatitis

New Data

Survival Benefit With Corticosteroid Plus N-Acetyl Cysteine vs Corticosteroid Alone at 2 but not 6 Months in Patients With Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis


Survival rates at Months 1 and 2 were significantly higher among patients receiving N-acetyl cysteine plus corticosteroid vs those receiving corticosteroid only.


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