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CME: Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR): Prompt diagnosis, contemporary management strategies, and their impact on patient outcomes

Activity Description / Statement of Need:

In this online, self-learning activity:

Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a progressive, multisystem, life-threatening disorder characterized by the extracellular deposition of misfolded, insoluble amyloid fibrils. The role of the TTR protein is to transport thyroxine and retinol-binding proteins, and it is vital for cognition, nerve regeneration, and axonal growth. TTR itself is innately amyloidogenic even without the presence of genetic mutations, which may account for wild-type ATTR (wtATTR), while a hereditary form of ATTR (hATTR) may be passed to offspring through autosomal dominant inheritance. Left untreated, the average life expectancy of ATTR is 3 to 15 years from symptom onset.

This accredited educational activity would identify the critical components of the management process and offer solutions to close gaps in diagnosis and care, with the ultimate goals being the improvement of ATTR management, treatment adherence when applicable, and health and cost outcomes. 

Target Audience:

The following HCPs: neurologists, cardiologists, and hematologists; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists in the aforementioned areas of specialty; and any other HCPs with an interest in or who may clinically encounter patients with ATTR.


Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by educational grants from Alnylam.

This activity is free of charge.


Release Date: December 29, 2021 -- Expiration Date: December 29, 2023

Faculty: Kourosh Rezania, MD

Agenda

Faculty introduction, disclosures

ATTR, recognition, awareness, and missed opportunities in diagnosis

· Epidemiology of ATTR

· Genetics and subtypes of ATTR: hATTR & wtATTR

  • Pathophysiology

· ATTR symptomology and diagnosis

· Organ involvement and complications: cardiologic, neurologic, musculoskeletal

· Early symptoms

· Disease burden and impact on the patient

· Differential diagnosis & diagnostic tests

  • The risk of misdiagnosis and the impact of timely recognition

Treatment in patients with ATTR

  • Pharmacotherapy for ATTR and complications: medications and literature support
    • Polyneuropathy treatment with TTR synthesis inhibition: antisense oligonucleotids, small interfering RNA
    • Cardiomyopathy treatment: tetramer stabilization
  • Symptomatic management
  • Monitoring response to therapy and complications
  • Therapies in development
  • The need for a multidisciplinary approach to management, given the disease’s effects on multiple organ systems
  • Genetic counseling and family considerations
  • Patient cases

Summary, conclusions, and best practice recap

Learning Objectives

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

  • Describe challenges in diagnosing ATTR early and the consequences of living with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed ATTR.
  • Recall methods of diagnosing ATTR and monitoring its complications.
  • Identify the presently available and emerging therapies for ATTR and its complications.
  • Formulate a treatment plan for a patient with ATTR and related complications and monitoring response to therapy.

Accreditation

ACCME Activity #201809242

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through ScientiaCME. ScientiaCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: ScientiaCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 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. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

PhysiciansFor maintenance of certification (MOC) credit, 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 credit for this activity. Please note: Not all activities on this site provide MOC credit. If this activity does not specify that it provides MOC credit in this section, then it does NOT provide MOC credit.

Pharmacists

ScientiaCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) 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 #0574-0000-21-049-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.

Nurse Practitioners (NPs): The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.  ScientiaCME will provide NPs who successfully complete each activity with a certificate of participation indicating that the activity was designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.


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 ScientiaCME.

Faculty Disclosure:

Kourosh Rezania, MD, has received financial compensation as a consultant and/or being on the speaker’s bureau for Alnylam, Akcea, Grifols and Kabafusion.

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

Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by educational grants from Alnylam.

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.

Faculty will not discuss off-label uses of a commercial product.

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
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MAC
Mac OS 10.2.8
Safari or Chrome or Firefox
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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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