When

Friday, February 22, 2019

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

WheRE

San Francisco

San Francisco Marriott Marquis
Yerba Buena Salon 7 (Lower B2 Level)
San Francisco, California

faculty

Jonathan Corren, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Allergy Medical Clinic
Los Angeles, California

John J. Oppenheimer, MD (Virtual Professor)
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, New Jersey
Clinician, Atlantic Health System
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, New Jersey

Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr, MD
Professor of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Vice Chancellor, Translational Medicine and Science
Director, Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sally E. Wenzel, MD
Professor of Medicine and Immunology
Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Graduate School of Public Health
Director, University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute at UPMC/UPSOM
UPMC Chair of Translational Airway Biology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This activity is provided by Integritas Communications.

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

This program is not sponsored or programmed by the AAAAI.

Dinner will be provided.

This live activity will not offer continuing medical education (CME) credit.

Target Audience

The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of clinical immunologists, allergists, and other specialists involved in the management of patients with severe asthma.

Statement of Need/Program Overview

An outsized proportion of asthma-related morbidity and mortality is borne by the 5% to 15% of affected patients who have severe forms of the disease.1,2 These patients suffer from poorly controlled symptoms and frequent exacerbations, often despite daily treatment with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids and other long-acting controller medications.1,2 Ongoing research has elucidated key pathophysiologic processes and other clinical parameters related to asthma severity and persistence.2,3 In many cases, the patient’s medical history, clinical presentation, and results from biomarker testing can help classify severe asthma phenotypically.2,3 Increasingly, this can allow physicians to personalize maintenance regimens using targeted therapies that reflect identified endotypes—ie, asthma phenotypes linked to specific underlying disease mechanisms and proinflammatory signaling cascades.2,4,5 Several biologic medications are now available to treat certain cohorts with severe asthma, and other targeted agents are in late-stage development.5-8 Clinical immunologists, allergists, and other specialists who manage patients with severe asthma need to stay current on the latest published trial data for newer targeted therapies, approvals from the US Food and Drug Administration, and actionable best-practice recommendations on evaluating and treating patients with severe asthma. During this Interactive Exchange™ program, a panel of expert faculty will present updates on advances in our understanding of severe asthma pathophysiology and comprehensively evaluating and longitudinally managing patients with severe asthma, including how the evolving evidence base and individual patient preferences should shape clinical decision making.

References

  1. Levy ML. The national review of asthma deaths: what did we learn and what needs to change? Breathe (Sheff). 2015;11(1):14-24.
  2. Chung KF, Wenzel SE, Brozek JL, et al. International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma. Eur Respir J. 2014;43(2):343-373.
  3. Wan XC, Woodruff PG. Biomarkers in severe asthma. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2016;36(3):547-557.
  4. Lötvall J, Akdis CA, Bacharier LB, et al. Asthma endotypes: a new approach to classification of disease entities within the asthma syndrome. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011;127(2):355-360.
  5. Fajt ML, Wenzel SE. Asthma phenotypes and the use of biologic medications in asthma and allergic disease: the next steps toward personalized care. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015;135(2):299-310.
  6. Chipps BE, Corren J, Israel E, et al. Asthma yardstick: practical recommendations for a sustained step-up in asthma therapy for poorly controlled asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017;118(2):133-142.
  7. Wu AY, Sur S, Grant JA, Tripple JW. Interleukin-4/interleukin-13 versus interleukin-5: a comparison of molecular targets in biologic therapy for the treatment of severe asthma. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019;19(1):30-37.
  8. Corren J, Parnes JR, Wang L, et al. Tezepelumab in adults with uncontrolled asthma. N Engl J Med. 2017;377(10):936-946. 

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:

  • Discuss asthma pathophysiology, including Th2-mediated processes and clinically relevant treatment targets
  • Implement guideline recommendations related to the identification, comprehensive assessment, and longitudinal management of patients with severe asthma
  • Describe the mechanistic rationale, published evidence, and prescribing considerations for biologic therapies in severe asthma
  • Tailor therapeutic regimens for patients with severe asthma based on disease phenotypes, ongoing symptoms and exacerbation risks, treatment-related toxicities, and comorbidities
  • Engage patients with severe asthma in long-term management planning to reflect treatment goals, clinical and laboratory findings, and potential benefits and risks of available therapeutic options

Fee Information

There is no registration fee for attending this program, however, seating is limited. Preregistration does not guarantee seating. We recommend arriving at the symposium location early.

Program Agenda

6:30 PM - 6:40 PM - Introductions
6:40 PM - 7:00 PM - Advances in Severe Asthma Pathophysiology
7:00 PM - 7:20 PM - Comprehensive Patient Evaluations
7:20 PM - 7:45 PM - Personalizating Therapy in Severe Asthma
7:45 PM - 8:10 PM - Choose-a-Case: Prerecorded Patient Examples of Severe Asthma
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Question and Answer Session

Americans With Disability Act

Event staff will be glad to assist you with any special needs (ie, physical, dietary, etc). Please contact us prior to the live event at info@exchangecme.com.

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