SESSION CANCELLED

Pharmacy Grand Rounds
Navigating the COVID-19 Treatment Pipeline

• ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA0000238-0000-20-028-L01-P
• Session Type: Knowledge-based
• CE Credits: A maximum of 0.75 contact hour (0.075 CEU) for the following: 
  • AAPA Category 1 CME Credits
  • ACPE
  • AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • ANCC

• Session Fee: Free for Mayo Clinic staff

SESSION LOCATIONS

Live Session: (11:00am - 11:45am CST) 

Until future notice, learners must watch Pharmacy Grand Rounds live via the web by going to the Video Exchange and selecting “Pharmacy Grand Rounds” in the “Streaming Now” section.

Participants may attend by viewing: Live Webcast
Video Recording - access two weeks after session date

COURSE DESCRIPTION

In December of 2019, SARS-CoV-2 emerged from Wuhan, China, and was rapidly transmitted across international borders to become the COVID-19 pandemic. This novel virus causes a variety of symptoms that differ in location and severity. There are numerous investigational COVID-19 treatments, including antivirals, immune-based therapies, and adjunctive therapies.COVID-19 treatment modalities that have been evolving in accordance with the growing literature bank of clinical trials and research studies. This presentation will evaluate current evidence regarding the therapeutic pipeline for the inpatient management of COVID-19 and discuss factors to consider when navigating the treatment landscape.

At the conclusion of this knowledge-based CE session, participants should be able to:

• Discuss COVID-19 epidemiology and clinical presentation
• Review current guideline recommendations for the overall medical management of COVID-19
• Evaluate literature detailing the outcomes associated with the use of investigational COVID-19 treatments

Session Announcement

FACULTY INFORMATION

Linh K. Vu, PharmD
PGY1 Pharmacy Resident
Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato, MN

Linh received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota in Duluth, MN. She is a current PGY1 Pharmacy Resident at Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato with practice interests in internal medicine, critical care, and infectious diseases.  

DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

As a provider accredited by Joint Accreditation Interprofessional Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Mayo Clinic School of CPD) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course Director(s), Planning Committee Members, Faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty also will disclose any off label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in activity materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program:

The faculty report the following relationships:

• Linh K. Vu, PharmD
  • Declares no financial relationships pertinent to this session
  • Declares off-label use of devices and medications will be discussed during this presentation, including;
    • Azithromycin
    • Convalescent plasma, hyperimmune globulin, immune globulin
    • Dexamethasone
    • HIV protease inhibitors (lopinavir/ritonavir, darunavir)
    • Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine
    • IL-1 inhibitors (anakinra)
    • IL-6 inhibitors (tocilizumab)
    • Kinase inhibitors (baricitinib)
    • Monoclonal antibodies (LY-CoV555 and LY-CoV016, REGN-COV-2, AZD7442)
    • Remdesivir

Course Director and Planning Committee Members declare no relevant financial relationship(s) pertinent to this session.  Members include:

• Brenda Amaris
• Mary Ellen Cordes, MS, APRN, CNC, NE-BC
• Michael Huckabee, MPAS, PA-C, PhD
• Wayne (Nick) Nicholson, MD, PharmD, BCPS
• Garrett Schramm, PharmD, BCPS
• Lee Skrupky, PharmD, BCPS