Independent Review of the 21st CROI: ARV Therapies and Therapeutic Strategies

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About the Program

Program Overview

While an increasing number of options exist for treating patients with HIV infection, many clinicians find it difficult to keep abreast of important developments in HIV therapeutics, which can result in suboptimal patient care. This Internet symposium will review and discuss the key studies on antiretroviral therapy presented at the 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2014). The expected result is that clinicians who participate in this activity will be better prepared to address HIV-positive patients' health needs and that patients will be more likely to receive optimal care, which should improve antiretroviral adherence, increase the delivery of individualized care, reduce resistance and treatment failure, and improve patient quality of life.

This activity is produced by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and ViralEd, Inc.. It is not a session created by or presented at CROI 2014 and it is not sanctioned by CROI 2014.

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Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and other health care professionals involved in the care of patients with HIV infection.

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Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be better able to:

  • Use in a clinical setting findings from key new studies on HIV/AIDS diagnosis, management and treatment presented at CROI 2014
  • Employ the current treatment paradigms for HIV/AIDS, including the studies and data presented at CROI 2014 to improve patient care
  • Discuss with patients and colleagues the studies and data on newer therapies for HIV/AIDS presented at CROI 2014 and use that discussion to decide on appropriate planning of therapy for patients with HIV/AIDS

Release Date: March 19, 2014 

Expiration Date: March 19, 2015

Estimated time to complete the Web Symposium:  1 Hour, 45 Minutes 

Media: Internet

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Faculty

José Arribas, MD
Senior Attending Physician, HIV Unit
Hospital de La Paz
Madrid, Spain 

Calvin J. Cohen, MD, MS
Research Director, CRI New England
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts  

Graeme Moyle, MD, MB, BS
Associate Director of HIV Research
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
London, United Kingdom 

Jürgen Rockstroh, MD
Professor, University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany

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Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and ViralEd, Inc.. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

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Credit Designation

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent 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 PIM policy.  PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME 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 activity:

Dr. Jose Arribas:

  • Consulting Fees: ViiV, Tibotec, Janssen, AbbVie, BMS, Gilead, MSD, Tobira
  • Fees for Non-CME/CE Services Received from a Commercial Interest or their Agents: Gilead

Dr. Calvin Cohen:

  • Contracted Research: Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb, ViiV, Janssen
  • Consulting Fees: Gilead, ViiV, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Janssen, Merck
  • Other: Gilead (expert testimony)

Dr. Graeme Moyle:

  • Consulting Fees: Merck, BMS, ViiV
  • Fees for Non-CME/CE Services Received from a Commercial Interest or their Agents: Merck, BMS, ViiV, Gilead, Janssen

Dr. Juergen Rockstroh:

  • Contracted Research: Abbott, Merck & Co., Roche
  • Consulting Fees: AbbVie, Bionor, BMS, BI, Gilead, GSK, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Tibotec, Tobira, ViiV

The planners and managers 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 these CME activities:

The following PIM staff serve as clinical content reviewers and/or participate in planning CME/CE activities in a manner that may affect content:, Laura Excell, ND, NP, MS, MA, LPC, NCC; Trace Hutchison, PharmD; Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CCMEP and Jan Shultz, RN, MSN, CCMEP hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interests related to the content of this CME/CE activity of any amount during the past 12 months.

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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 planner. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings.

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Instructions for Participation and Credit

There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this activity. During the period, March 19, 2014 through March 19, 2015, participants must read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures and study the educational activity.

PIM supports Green CME by offering your Request for Credit online. If you wish to received acknowledgment of completing this activity, please complete the post-test and evaluation on www.cmeuniveristy.com. On the navigation menu, click on "Find Post-test/Evaluation by Course" and search by course ID 9805.  Upon registering and successfully completing the post-test with a score of 70% or better and the activity evaluation, your certificate will be made available immediately.  Processing credit requests online will reduce the amount of paper used by nearly 100,000 sheets per year. 

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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 on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. 

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Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Gilead Sciences Medical Affairs.

This coverage is not sanctioned by the conference organizers and is not an official part of the conference proceedings.

 

 

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