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Medical Minute: Treatment Algorithms for Melanoma

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In this concise interactive module, learn how melanoma experts apply current treatment algorithms in multiple settings, including adjuvant therapy and unresectable or metastatic disease.

Pharmacists: 0.25 contact hour (0.025 CEUs)

Physicians: Maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Nurses: 0.25 Nursing contact hour

Released: March 26, 2021

Expiration: March 25, 2022

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Evan J. Lipson

Evan J. Lipson, MD

Associate Professor of Oncology
Melanoma and Cancer Immunology Programs
Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Megan Schollenberger

Megan Schollenberger, MSN, CRNP

Senior Nurse Practitioner
Melanoma and Cancer Immunology Programs
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

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Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC
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Supporters

Supported by educational grants from

Bristol Myers Squibb

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Target Audience

This program is intended for oncologists, dermatologists, advanced practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with melanoma.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Create individualized treatment strategies using biomarkers, clinical characteristics, mutational analyses, and patient preferences to individualize frontline and subsequent treatment approaches for patients with melanoma
  • Integrate emerging data on therapeutic sequencing options into the context of treatment for patients with melanoma
  • Plan appropriate treatment strategies using all available agents and classes to provide efficacious combination therapies to heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory melanoma
  • Explain the available therapeutic options, management strategies, disease management interventions, and clinical outcomes in melanoma to patients, family members, and caregivers

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 any relevant conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved 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 a commercial interest.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME/CE activity:

Faculty Disclosure

Primary Author

Evan J. Lipson, MD

Associate Professor of Oncology
Melanoma and Cancer Immunology Programs
Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Evan J. Lipson, MD, has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, MacroGenics, Merck, Novartis, Odonate, Regeneron, and Sanofi; and funds for research support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, and Regeneron.

Megan Schollenberger, MSN, CRNP

Senior Nurse Practitioner
Melanoma and Cancer Immunology Programs
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Megan Schollenberger, MSN, CRNP, has no relevant conflicts of interest to report.

Staff Disclosure

Staff

Marie N. Becker, PhD

Scientific Director

Marie N. Becker, PhD, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

Jason J. Everly, PharmD

Jason Everly, PharmD, BCOP, CHCP, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

Kevin Obholz, PhD

Editorial Director, Hematology/Oncology

Kevin Obholz, PhD has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

Timothy A. Quill, PhD

Senior Managing Editor

Timothy Quill, PhD, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

Instructions for Credit

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 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Credit Designation

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.25 contact hours.

Credit Designation

CCO designates this continuing education activity for 0.25 contact hours (0.025 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Universal Activity Number - JA4008176-0000-21-070-H01-P.

Type of Activity: Knowledge

Upon successfully completing the post-test with a score of 100% or better and the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 60 days.

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.

Additional Information

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 0.25 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, participants must follow these steps during the period from March 26, 2021, through March 25, 2022:

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 100% 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 the knowledge, competence, and performance of learners to plan individualized treatment for patients with melanoma.