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Sustainable Solutions to Achieve Therapeutic Goals for Patients with Myelofibrosis
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When it comes to treating your patients with myelofibrosis (MF), are you applying the latest guidance in practice? Evidence shows that it takes an average of 17 years for evidence to change practice but how can we incorporate treatment advances to improve patient outcomes today? This activity looks to bridge the chasm between education and implementation by framing available evidence and guideline recommendations for MF, including diagnosis, risk stratification, JAK inhibition, monitoring response to therapy, and patient education strategies, into routine clinical practices that can be easily adapted by practices of varying size and resources. Through this activity, learners are provided the resources and tools needed to optimize risk and symptom assessment, as well as treatment selection, for patients with myelofibrosis.
This activity is intended for hematologists/oncologists and other members of the multidisciplinary clinical management team practicing in both community and academic hospital settings and private practice.
Myelofibrosis (MF) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm that has a poor prognosis, mostly due to leukemic transformation. Several novel approved therapies have shown efficacy in controlling symptoms of MF, improving patient quality of life, and extending overall survival. For patients to achieve therapeutic goals, clinicians must optimize treatment selection considerate of patient risk, monitor when to switch therapies, and mitigate the impact of disease symptoms and adverse events on patient quality of life. Given the rarity of MF and the rapid advances in risk assessment and therapy selection, clinicians require education on available data, coring systems, and evidence-based recommendations.
Upon completion of this activity, learners will be able to:
- Describe the role of risk stratification for guiding treatment selection in myelofibrosis (MF)
- Implement appropriate and timely risk-adapted treatment strategies following a diagnosis of MF
- Discuss guideline-recommended monitoring response strategies to determine treatment success or failure in patients with MF
Provided by the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL).
Supported by an educational grant from CTI BioPharma Corp., a Sobi company.
Brady Stein, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Professor of Medicine
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
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Brady Stein, MD, MHS (faculty) has no financial relationships to disclose.
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