CME Information
Provider Statement: This continuing medical education activity is provided by 
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Support Statement: This activity is supported by educational grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Iovance Biotherapeutics, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
Target Audience: The intended audience for this activity is oncologists and other professionals interested in the latest clinical advances regarding the management of patients with melanoma.
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Evaluate the latest evidence regarding the use of targeted agents and/or checkpoint inhibitors for use in patients with BRAF-mutated unresectable melanoma.
- Review the patient, disease, and/or treatment characteristics that may aid in first-line clinical decision-making for patients with BRAF-mutated melanoma.
- Assess the latest long-term and real-world evidence regarding the use of checkpoint inhibitors for patients with newly-diagnosed advanced melanoma.
- Evaluate patient and disease characteristics that may help identify patients with melanoma who may benefit from first-line checkpoint inhibitor-based treatment.
- Review the latest evidence regarding checkpoint inhibitor-based combination approaches for advanced melanoma.
- Assess the latest evidence regarding the management of patients with melanoma in challenging clinical scenarios.
- Examine emerging trends in the treatment of patients with melanoma, including novel combinations and cellular therapies.
Activity Chair:
Sanjiv S. Agarwala, MD
Professor of Medicine
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Georgina V. Long BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP
Professor of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Translational Research
Co-Medical Director Melanoma Institute Australia
The University of Sydney
North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Alexander Shoushtari, MD
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Faculty:
Omid Hamid, MD
Chief of Research and Immuno-Oncology
The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Steven J. O'Day, MD
Director
Los Angeles Skin Cancer Institute
Director, Clinical Research
Beverly Hills Cancer Center
Beverly Hills, CA
Allison Betof Warner, MD, PhD
Assistant Attending Physician, Melanoma Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Reviewer:
Ronald A. Codario, MD, EMBA, FACP, FNLA, RPVI, CHCP
Accreditation:
Vindico Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation:
Vindico Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This enduring material is approved for 1 year from the date of original release, March 17, 2020, through March 16, 2021.
How to Participate in This Activity and Obtain CME Credit:
To participate in this CME activity, you must read the objectives, answer the pretest questions, listen to the content, and complete the posttest and evaluation. Provide only one (1) correct answer for the question. A satisfactory score is defined as answering 6 of the 9 posttest questions correctly. Upon receipt of the completed materials, if a satisfactory score on the posttest is achieved, Vindico Medical Education will issue an AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Certificate.
Disclosures:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Standards for Commercial Support, all CME providers are required to disclose to the activity audience the relevant financial relationships of the planners, teachers, and authors involved in the development of CME content. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the past 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control.
The authors disclose that they do have significant financial interests in any products or class of products discussed directly or indirectly in this activity, including research support.
Activity Chair and Faculty report the following relationship(s):
Sanjiv S. Agarwala, MD
Consulting Fee: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck
Omid Hamid, MD
Consulting Fee: Aduro, Akeso, Amgen, Array, BeiGene, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Immunocore, Incyte, Janssen, Merck, NextCure, Novartis, Roche/Genentech, Sanofi Regeneron, Seattle Genetics, Tempus, Zelluna
Speakers Bureau: Array, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Sanofi Regeneron
Contracted Research: Arcus, Aduro, Akeso, Amgen, Array, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CytomX, Exelixis, GlaxoSmithKline, Immunocore, Incyte, Iovance, Merck/Moderna, Merck/Serono, NextCure, Novartis, Roche/Genentech, Sanofi Regeneron, Seattle Genetics, Torque Therapeutics, Zelluna
Georgina V. Long BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP
Consulting Fee: Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD/Merck, Novartis, Pierre Fabre
Contracted Research: Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, MassARRAY, MSD/Merck, Novartis, Pierre Fabre, Roche
Honoraria: Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD/Merck, Novartis, Pierre Fabre
Steven J. O'Day, MD
Consulting Fee: Array, BioNTech, Biothera, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Exicure, ImmunoSYS, Merck, Radimmune, Ultimovacs
Speakers Bureau: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Contracted Research: Agenus, Amgen, Biothera, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genocea, Incyte, Merck, Ultimovacs, Viralytics
Alexander Shoushtari, MD
Consulting Fee: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Immunocore
Contracted Research: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Immunocore, Xcovery
Allison Betof Warner, MD, PhD
Non-CME Services Fees: LG Chem Life Sciences
Contracted Research: Leap Therapeutics
Reviewer reports the following relationship(s):
Ronald A. Codario, MD, EMBA, FACP, FNLA, RPVI, CHCP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Vindico Medical Education staff report the following relationship(s):
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Signed disclosures are on file at Vindico Medical Education, Office of Medical Affairs and Compliance.
Unlabeled and Investigational Usage:
The audience is advised that this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled uses of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved products or to products not approved by the FDA for use in the United States. The faculty members have been made aware of their obligation to disclose such usage. All activity participants will be informed if any speakers/authors intend to discuss either non–FDA-approved or investigational use of products/devices.
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