Exploring New and Emerging ATTs to Inform Patient Selection and Increase Optimal Care in a Timely Manner

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Faculty

Eric G. Tangalos, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Eric G. Tangalos, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD

Dr. Eric Tangalos is Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He served as Chair of Primary Care Internal Medicine from 1997 to 2006. Dr. Tangalos received his undergraduate training from the University of Michigan, is a graduate of the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, and was a resident and fellow in Internal Medicine at Mayo.

He is a past president of AMDA, The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, and is a fellow and past governor of the American College of Physicians. He is a past director of the American Geriatrics Society and serves on their Foundation for Health in Aging. Dr. Tangalos served 8 years on the national board of the Alzheimer’s Association and was a member of their executive committee. He also served as Chair of the Omnicare P&T Committee for 20 years.

Dr. Tangalos was Medical Director at the Samaritan Bethany nursing home from 1981 until his retirement from Mayo in 2019.  His certification as a medical director is current and will be approved again by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) in June 2022.  He is currently recredentialed by Mayo for continuing service both to the Rochester campus and the Health Care System in Minnesota.  Over the past 3 years he has worked face-to-face with patients in Austin and has provided in-basket coverage to Austin, Albert Lea, Faribault, and Owatonna.

Dr. Tangalos has been an investigator with the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center since 1987 and is currently active with the Alzheimer’s Association as course director for a Project ECHO seminar series. Additionally, Dr. Tangalos continues to review NIH SBIR/STTR grant applications while working as a founding member of the American Telemedicine Association.

Nicolas Villain, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Sorbonne University
Institute of Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease
Department of Neurology
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
Paris, France
Nicolas Villain, MD, PhD

Nicolas Villain, MD, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor of Neurology at Sorbonne University, Paris, France and a cognitive and behavioral neurologist at the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease, Department of Neurology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris. He trained as an MD and a clinical fellow in Paris in Prof. Bruno Dubois’ group and carried out his PhD with Dr. Gaël Chételat in Caen, France, where he worked on multimodal neuroimaging and disconnection mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease. He currently leads projects on brain network vulnerability using multimodal neuroimaging and on fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in Prof. Kaj Blennow’s new group at the Paris Brain Institute.

Statement of Need

Each day matters when it comes to slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), so it is imperative that health care professionals (HCPs) in this field are able to provide optimal care for patients with AD in a timely manner while applying the latest clinical trial data to practice, including the varied safety and efficacy data on new and emerging amyloid-targeting therapies (ATTs). ATTs have been shown to be promising in delaying disease progression in individuals with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to AD. To realize the full potential of ATTs, HCPs need education on clinical data of ATT agents in order to appropriately translate that information to improve diagnosis and management of AD.

In this CME Outfitters Snack, expert faculty will review data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) and will focus on established, new, and emerging ATTs as well as a case-based discussion on clinical impacts and applications to provide point-of-care tactics that will have a positive impact on patient outcomes.

Learning Objective

Evaluate clinical practice implications of clinical trial data for established and emerging ATTs.

Financial Support

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Lilly.

Target Audience

Dementia specialists, neurologists, psychiatrists, neurology and psychiatry nurse practitioners (NPs), physician associates (PAs), and other clinicians caring for patients with AD in the United States and globally (with the exception of UK-based clinicians)

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Dr. Tangalos reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Biogen; and Eisai Inc.

Consultant: Cyclo Therapeutics, Inc. (DSMB); Genentech, Inc.; Prothena (DSMB); and Roche

Stock Shareholder (ownership interest): AbbVie Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; and Pfizer Inc.

Dr. Villain reports the following financial relationships:

Grants: Travel grant from GE Healthcare SAS; Merz-Pharma; and UCB Pharma GmbH

Other financial or material support: Unpaid local principal investigator or sub-investigator for Alector, Inc.; Biogen; Eisai Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen Global Services, LLC/Johnson & Johnson; Novo Nordisk A/S; Roche; and UCB Pharma. Unpaid national coordinator for AB Science and ADvantage Therapeutics GmbH.

Unpaid lecturer in symposia organized by Eisai Inc. and the Servier Foundation.

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  • Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP (peer reviewer)
  • Susan Perry (planning committee)
  • Kellie Busby, PharmD, BCPP (planning committee)
  • Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
  • Sandra Caballero, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

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Exploring New and Emerging ATTs to Inform Patient Selection and Increase Optimal Care in a Timely Manner
Event Date: 08/09/2023