Ace the Case #2 - A 60-Year-Old Type 2 Diabetic Woman with MASH and F3 Liver Fibrosis

In this Ace the Case Challenge you will review Case #2 - A 60-Year-Old Type 2 Diabetic Woman with MASH and F3 Liver Fibrosis and will review a detailed case discussion on the latest clinical care guidelines and emerging treatments for MASH. Participants will explore novel treatment targets and the most recent clinical data for treating patients with MASH and cardiometabolic comorbidities. Gain practical insights for individualizing patient care plans in your practice. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your expertise and improve patient outcomes. 

Once you have completed this activity and claimed credit, be sure to view the other cases in this series.

Target Audience

The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of US-based healthcare professionals, including cardiologists, endocrinologists, lipidologists, primary care clinicians (PCPs), registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, dieticians, pharmacists, and other allied health professionals involved in the management and treatment of cardiometabolic patients.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Review the efficacy and safety of current treatments for MAFLD and MASH, including the role of GLP-1 Ras.
  • List emerging MASH pharmacotherapies that aim to target various metabolic, inflammatory, and fibrotic pathways involved in disease progression.
  • Develop individualized treatment regimens for patients with MAFLD or MASH based on current treatment options and updated guidelines and consensus statements.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.25 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 0.25 ANCC
  • 0.25 CDE
  • 0.25 Participation
Course opens: 
06/19/2024
Course expires: 
06/19/2025
Rating: 
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Amreen Dinani, MD, FRCPC, ABOM
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University Health
Durham, NC

Jennifer Green, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY
0.25 hour

EDUCATIONAL GRANT SUPPORT

Supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk.

JOINT PROVIDERSHIP STATEMENT
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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC).  PACE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

PHYSICIAN CONTINUING EDUCATION

PACE designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSING CONTINUING EDUCATION

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.25 contact hours. Pharmacotherapy contact hours for Advance Practice Registered Nurses will be designated on your certificate.

PHARMACY CONTINUING EDUCATION

PACE designates this continuing education activity for 0.25 contact hours (0.025 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

Universal Activity Number - JA4008073-9999-24-140-H01-P. Type of activity: Application

For Pharmacists: Upon completing the post-test and the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 4 – 6 weeks.

DIETITIAN CONTINUING EDUCATION
This program offers 0.25 CPEUs for dietitians.

METHOD OF PARTICIPATION & REQUEST FOR CREDIT

There are no registration fees for this activity. Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 0.25 hour(s). To successfully complete this activity and receive CE credit, learners must follow these steps during the period from June 19, 2024 through June 19, 2025.

  1. Review the objectives and disclosures
  2. Study the educational content
  3. Successfully complete activity post-test(s)
  4. Complete the activity evaluation

You must receive a test score of at least 65% and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. Upon completing, your certificate will be available for print. For questions about receiving certificates, please contact us at CMHC_Eval@cardiometabolichealth.org. For additional information about the accreditation of this activity, please visit https://partnersed.com

For Pharmacists: Please complete the evaluation instructions above. Upon registering and completing the activity evaluation, your transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 4-6 weeks.

DISCLOSURES

PACE requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to PACE policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.

Dr. Dinani, faculty for this educational activity, discloses the following: 

  • Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: Guidepoint, Intercept, NASHNET

Dr. Green, faculty for this educational activity, discloses the following: 

  • Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Anji, Vertex, Valo
  • Researcher: Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Merck, Roche

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE 

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. 

DISCLAIMER 

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Available Credit

  • 0.25 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 0.25 ANCC
  • 0.25 CDE
  • 0.25 Participation
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