29 - What's News(-worthy) About CMV in Transplant

Thursday, October 12, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Location: 156 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Jennifer Cuellar Rodriguez, MD, DTM&H, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

Chief, Transplant Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD, United States
Maheen Abidi, MD, FAST

Associate Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO, United States

Faculty(s)

Ajit Limaye, MD

Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, United States
Jose Maria Aguado, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor of Medicine
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Slides
Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD, FAST (she/her/hers)

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Jennifer Cuellar Rodriguez, MD, DTM&H: No financial relationships to disclose

Maheen Abidi, MD: Merck and Company, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Terminated, July 1, 2023)

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe newer data regarding preemptive therapy and prophylaxis approaches to prevent CMV disease in transplant populations
recognize the utility of adjunct CMV diagnostic tests in the prevention and management of CMV disease;
describe the available evidence for CMV indirect effects in the current antiviral era

Presentations:

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM US ET

Going Backward? A Critical Examination of PET and Prophylaxis for Prevention of CMV Disease in SOT Recipients
Speaker: Ajit Limaye, MD – University of Washington
10:55 AM – 11:20 AM US ET

What’s in the CMV Toolbox? Role of Adjunct Diagnostic Tests in the Prevention and Management of CMV Infection
Speaker: Jose Maria Aguado, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Universidad Complutense de Madrid
11:20 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Are Indirect Effects of CMV in Transplant Still Relevant in the Antiviral Era?
Speaker: Joanna M. Schaenman, MD, PhD, FAST (she/her/hers) – University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine