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Barriers and Access to Transplant Care for Sickle Cell Patients

Join us on September 20 at 1 PM CT, for the third webinar in the new ASTCT & NMDP Sickle Cell Webinar Series, in honor of Sickle Cell Awareness month. This webinar will feature presentations from clinicians and patient speakers on challenges to finding stem cell sources and other barriers that both physicians and patients face throughout the process. Other topics include:

- Socioeconomic Barriers
- Physicians attitude and practice
- NMDP's Sickle Cell Warriors Program
- Information about clinical trials

This webinar will be moderated by Anna DeSalvo, a Senior Clinical Trials Patient Navigator with the NMDP Sickle Cell Warriors Program, and feature presentations by Dr. Lakshmanan Krishnamurti of Emory University. Each webinar in this series will also highlight patient's lived experiences within each of the topics.

There will be a short Q&A section at the end of the webinar, so be sure to register and submit any questions in advance that you would like answered during the webinar by emailing info@astct.org. This webinar will be recorded and the recording and slides will be posted 24-48 hours after the live event.

Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The France Foundation and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT). The France Foundation is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Continuing Medical Education Information

This activity is jointly provided by The France Foundation and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.                

Statement of Need:

The Sickle Cell Warriors Program at NMDP is a patient services program that assists in typing for patients, financial assistance, counseling, patient education and providing peer connections. The primary feedback from patients in the Sickle Cell Warrior Program is that #1 barrier to treatment is physicians. Patients report that they are not being told about all of their treatment options; regardless of disease severity, they should at least be made aware of various options, but often they are not. Many patients go to the Sickle Cell Warriors Program to enroll in a clinical trial for transplant, but this usually does not cover cost of HLA typing. In this case, the referring physician has not gone through the process of HLA typing, either because of misinformation or because the physician refuses to provide an order for typing simply because they don’t agree with patients physicians. This is a clear miscommunication between the community oncologists and transplant physicians. In surveys, transplant physicians identify a lack of awareness, lack of confidence, and reliance on outdated data from the referring physicians. These referring physicians in a similar survey reported that their primary reason for not communicating all treatment options was noncompliance in patients who they did not believe had the means to move forward with treatment. This illustrates a complex problem between the three groups (referring community physicians, transplant physicians, and the patients themselves) that this webinar series aims to address.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for physicians, both referring physicians and transplant specialists, scientists, and other healthcare professionals who are part of the multidisciplinary team.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this education activity, participants will be able to:

1. Review potential challenges in finding an appropriate stem cell source, and enrolling in clinical trials.

2. Identify potential socioeconomic barriers for patients in the transplant process, and relevant supports and programs to alleviate potential barriers and burdens.

3. Examine any underlying hesitancy in colleagues in the field, to help engage colleagues in a meaningful way throughout the transplant process.

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The France Foundation and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. The France Foundation is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

Credit Designation 

Physicians

The France Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

Method of Participation/How to Receive Credit:

  1. Review the activity objectives and CME/CE information.
  2. Participate in the CME/CE activity.
  3. Complete the CME/CE evaluation form, which provides each participant with the opportunity to comment on how participating in the activity will affect their professional practice; the quality of the instructional process; the perception of enhanced professional effectiveness; the perception of commercial bias; and his/her views on future educational needs.
  4. If you are requesting educational credits or a certificate of participation, your certificate will be available for download.

Disclosure Policy:

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, The France Foundation (TFF) and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) require that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. TFF and ASTCT resolve all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all their educational programs. Furthermore, TFF and ASTCT seek to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CME/CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. TFF and ASTCT are committed to providing learners with high-quality CME/CE activities that promote improvements in health care and not those of a commercial interest.

Activity Staff Disclosures:

The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, CME committee, or other members at The France Foundation who control content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, CME committee, or other members at the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy who control content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Faculty Disclosures

Faculty disclosures will be provided prior to the start of the activity.

Commercial Supporter Disclosures

No commercial support is provided for this webinar.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use:

TFF and ASTCT require CME faculty (speakers) to disclose when products or procedures being discussed are off label, unlabeled, experimental, and/or investigational, and any limitations on the information that is presented, such as data that are preliminary, or that represent ongoing research, interim analyses, and/or unsupported opinion. Faculty in this activity may discuss information about pharmaceutical agents that is outside of US Food and Drug Administration approved labeling. This information is intended solely for continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of these medications. TFF and ASTCT do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. If you have questions, contact the Medical Affairs Department of the manufacturer for the most recent prescribing information.

Disclaimer:

The France Foundation and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy present this information for educational purposes only. The content is provided solely by faculty who have been selected because of recognized expertise in their field. Participants have the professional responsibility to ensure that products are prescribed and used appropriately on the basis of their own clinical judgment and accepted standards of care. The France Foundation and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy assume no liability for the information herein.

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Pre-Webinar Quiz
4 Questions  |  1 attempt  |  0/4 points to pass
4 Questions  |  1 attempt  |  0/4 points to pass
Webinar Recording
Open to view video.
Open to view video. This webinar aired on September 20, 2021.
Slides
Open to download resource.
Open to download resource.
Claiming CME
1.00 CME credit  |  No certificate available
1.00 CME credit  |  No certificate available Learners will be able to claim CME credit for this activity until August 31, 2022. Once you have completed the pre-webinar quiz and viewed the recording of the webinar, you may claim CME credits by following the link below and filling out the post-webinar evaluation: https://surveys.francefoundation.com/s3/9126-ASTCT-NMDP-Sickle-Cell-Enduring-Evaluation-3-9-20