Less Is More: Reducing Injections and Optimizing Vision With Anti-VEGF Therapy for nAMD, DR, and DME (Online CME Monograph)

Activity Description and Purpose

This educational activity will provide clinicians with insights on the most relevant clinical data for treating wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy/diabetic macular edema. Experts in the field will discuss ways to extend the treatment interval and individualize care in patients who suffer from these sight-threatening diseases. The desired results of this activity are to help clinicians optimize patient care by giving them information that helps them understand the place in therapy of novel and new agents that may decrease treatment burden through extending the treatment interval.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for retina specialists and other ophthalmologists.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Describe the latest clinical data for anti-VEGF treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration
  • Describe the latest clinical data for anti-VEGF treatments for diabetic retinopathy/diabetic macular edema
  • Individualize care to effectively extend the treatment interval in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration
  • Individualize care to effectively extend the treatment interval in patients with diabetic retinopathy/diabetic macular edema
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Participation
Course opens: 
04/01/2024
Course expires: 
04/30/2025

Faculty

Katherine Talcott, MD (Chair)
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Zelia M. Correa, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Ocular Oncology and Echography Services
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, Florida

 

Jessica Randolph, MD, FASRS
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Disclosure Policy

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Faculty

Zelia M. Correa, MD, PhD, is a consultant for Castle Biosciences, Inc.

Jessica Randolph, MD, is an advisory board member of AbbVie Inc*, Advarra, and Genentech, Inc*; and is on the speakers bureau for Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Katherine Talcott, MD, is an advisory board member of Alimera Sciences, Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, and Genentech, Inc; is on the speakers bureau for Astellas Pharma Inc, and Genentech, Inc; and is a contracted researcher for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Regenxbio Inc, and Zeiss.

Peer Reviewer

This activity was peer reviewed. The peer reviewer has no relevant commercial relationships to disclose.

Planners, Managers, and Writers

MedEdicus planners, managers, and writers have no relevant commercial relationships to disclose.

* The financial relationship existed during the past 24 months but has now ended

Accreditation Statement

MedEdicus LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

MedEdicus LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Commercial Support

This continuing medical education activity is supported through an educational grant from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Off-Label Discussion

This educational activity may include discussion of unlabeled and/or investigational uses of drugs and devices. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each drug or device discussed in this activity for approved dosing, indications, and warnings.

Provider Contact Information

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Disclaimer

The views and opinions expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of MedEdicus LLC or Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Participation
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