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CME: Optimizing our management of lipodystrophy syndromes

Activity Description / Statement of Need:

In this online, self-learning activity:

Lipodystrophy syndromes are a group of disorders characterized by a deficiency of adipose tissue estimated to affect 1.3 to 4.7 people per million worldwide. Lipodystrophy impairs adipose tissue function, promoting systemic insulin resistance and a maldistribution of lipids and damage to multiple organ systems. Complications may include pancreatitis, liver and kidney abnormalities, diabetes, neuromusculoskeletal complications, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Patients are also susceptible to depression and lower self-image.

Target Audience:

The following HCPs: endocrinologists, internal medicine specialists, and HIV specialists; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists who practice in those areas of specialty; and any other clinicians with an interest in or who clinically encounter patients with lipodystrophy.


Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by an educational grant from Amryt Pharmaceuticals.

This activity is free of charge.


Release Date: February 14, 2024 -- Expiration Date: February 14, 2026

Faculty: Abhimanyu Garg, MD

Agenda

Faculty introduction and disclosures 

Introductory content 

  • Epidemiology 
  • Health burden 
  • Clinical, metabolic, and pathophysiologic features 
  • CGL & AGL 
  • Congenital partial lipodystrophy: familial, CAV1 mutation 
  • HIV-associated and other acquired partial lipodystrophies 

Treatment considerations for lipodystrophic syndromes, including guideline-based approaches and clinical trial evidence 

  • Goals of therapy 
  • Broad overview of management 
  • Dietary approaches 
  • Management of metabolic complications 
  • Dyslipidemia 
  • Insulin resistance, diabetes 
  • Condition-specific treatment 
  • Persistent metabolic disturbance and leptin deficiency in generalized lipodystrophy: leptin analog 
  • HIV-associated lipodystrophy 
  • Optimizing antiretroviral therapy 
  • GHRH analogue 
  • Assessment of treatment response 
  • Treatment challenges and gaps in care 
  • Patient case(s) 

Summary and conclusion 

Learning Objectives

By the end of the session the participant will be able to:

  • Summarize challenges related to the health burden, recognition, management, and prevention of lipodystrophic syndromes.
  • Identify present treatments for different forms of lipodystrophy.
  • Compose a plan of care for a patient with a lipodystrophy.

Accreditation

ACCME Activity #202612337

ScientiaCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: ScientiaCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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ABIM MOC Recognition Statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

ABIM MOC Credit Type: Medical Knowledge

Physicians: For maintenance of certification (MOC) points, you must enter your board certification ID # and birth date correctly.  It is the learner's responsibility to provide this information completely and accurately at the completion of the activity. Without providing it, the learner will NOT receive MOC points for this activity. By providing this data, you acknowledge that it will be shared with ACCME and the applicable certifying board. Please note: Not all activities on this site provide MOC points. If this activity does not specify that it provides MOC points in this section, then it does NOT provide MOC points. This activity provides MOC points only for ABIM.

Pharmacists

ScientiaCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. Proof of participation will be posted to your NABP CPE profile within 4 to 6 weeks to participants who have successfully completed the post-test. Participants must participate in the entire presentation and complete the course evaluation to receive continuing pharmacy education credit. ACPE #0574-0000-24-002-H01-P. This is an Application (A)-type activity. 

PharmacistsYou must enter your NABP # and birth date correctly so that proof of participation can be posted to your NABP CPE profile. It is the learner's responsibility to provide this information completely and accurately at the completion of the activity. Without providing it, the learner will NOT receive CPE credit for this activity.

Nurses: The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. This activity is designated for up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ assigned by organizations accredited by the ACCME as satisfying Category 1 CME for National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) national certification maintenance. This activity is designated for up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) states that continuing education providers accredited by the ACCME may provide acceptable, accredited Advanced Practice Provider content. This activity is designated for up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.


Faculty Disclosure and Resolution of COI

As a provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review by ScientiaCME.

Disclosures of Faculty: Abhimanyu Garg, MD, Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Director of Metabolic Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, has received financial compensation from consulting work and/or research grants from Amryt Pharmaceuticals, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Akcea Pharmaceuticals, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Kyttaro Pharmaceuticals, and Third Rock Ventures.

Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, President of ScientiaCME, has no relevant financial disclosures.

Faculty WILL NOT discuss off-label uses of a commercial product.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

ScientiaCME adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by an educational grant from Amryt Pharmaceuticals.

Instructions

  • Read the learning objectives above
  • Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowledge gained by participating in this CME activity.
  • View the online activity. You may view this is in more than one session, and may pause or repeat any portion of the presentation if you need to.
  • Minimum participation threshold: Take the post-test. A score of 70% or higher is required to pass and proceed to the activity evaluation.
  • Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.

Cultural/Linguistic Competence & Health Disparities

System Requirements

PC
Windows 7 or above
Internet Explorer 8
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MAC
Mac OS 10.2.8
Safari or Chrome or Firefox
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Internet Explorer is not supported on the Macintosh

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Perform Pre-Test (optional)

Please take a few minutes to participate in the optional pre-test. It will help us measure the knowledge gained by participating in this activity.


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