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Foundations of ART Management in Heavily Treatment–Experienced Patients

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Gain expert insight on the fundamentals of managing this patient population with difficult-to-treat disease, including analysis of resistance, latest guideline recommendations, and construction of new ART regimens.

Pharmacists: 1.00 contact hour (0.1 CEUs)

Physicians: Maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Released: October 06, 2022

Expiration: October 05, 2023

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Eric S. Daar

Eric S. Daar, MD

Chief, Division of HIV Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California

Provided by

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC

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Supporters

Supported by educational grants from

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

ViiV Healthcare

Target Audience

This program is intended for physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals who provide antiretroviral therapy for patients with HIV infection.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Apply evidence-based strategies when evaluating causes of treatment failure and selecting new regimens to regain virologic suppression
  • Integrate recent advances in antiretroviral management into the care of heavily treatment–experienced patients, including both those with detectable viremia and those with virologic suppression on suboptimal older regimens

Disclosure

Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all financial conflicts of interest (COI) they may have with ineligible companies. All relevant COI are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to CCO policy. CCO is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME/CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they have with ineligible companies related to the content of this educational activity:

Faculty Disclosure

Primary Author

Eric S. Daar, MD

Chief, Division of HIV Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California

Eric S. Daar, MD: consultant/advisor/speaker: Gilead Sciences, Merck, ViiV Healthcare; researcher: Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare.

Staff Disclosure

Staff

Jessica L. Adams, PharmD, AAHIVE

Scientific Director, Infectious Diseases
Clinical Care Options
New York, United States

Jessica Adams, PharmD, BCPS, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Jennifer M. Blanchette, Ph.D.

Clinical Editor
Clinical Care Options, LLC

Jennifer Blanchette, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Swathi K,

Editorial Contributor

Swathi K has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Zachary Schwartz, MSc, ELS

Scientific Director

Zachary Schwartz, MSc, ELS, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Elaine P. Seeskin,

Managing Editor, HIV
Clinical Care Options, LLC

Elaine P. Seeskin has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Accreditation

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) 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.

Physician Continuing Medical Education
Credit Designation

CCO 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.

Continuing Pharmacy Education

Credit Designation

CCO designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Universal Activity Number - JA4008176-0000-22-248-H02-P.

Type of Activity: Application

Upon successfully completing the post-test with a score of 65% or better and the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 60 days.

Additional Information

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 1 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, participants must follow these steps during the period from October 06, 2022, through October 05, 2023:

1. Register online at http://www.clinicaloptions.com.
2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.
3. Study the educational activity online or printed out.
4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 65% and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the posttest confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "CME/CE Manager" page. There are no costs/fees for this activity.

Program Medium

This program has been made available online.

 

Goal


The goal of this activity is to improve learners’ knowledge and competence in managing challenging patient cases of antiretroviral treatment failure.