Navigating Biologic Therapies for Non-Transplant Indications in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Navigating Biologic Therapies for Non-Transplant Indications in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Learn more about non-transplant biologics used for the treatment of inflammatory disease states, and join our expert panel for a discussion on the safety of these agents for transplant patients and best practices for when they are needed.
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
- Virtual
Background:
Over the course of the past decade there has been an increase in non-transplant biologics being developed and used for the treatment of inflammatory disease states. The safety of these agents in solid organ transplant patients is debated with risk for infections, appropriate time for initiation to avoid adverse effects, as well as how best to approach transplant immunosuppression in these patients. This timely topic will help provide guidance for the transplant clinician for best practices when these agents are needed.
Objectives:
- Determine the appropriate timing for initiation of biologics post-transplant
- Evaluate the infectious risk with these agents when used with transplant immunosuppression
- Provide best practices for the management of transplant immunosuppression when using biologic therapies
Speakers:
Didier Mandelbrot, MD, FAST • Virginia Lee Cook Professor in Transplant Nephrology, University of Wisconsin Health, Madison, WI
Jay Fishman, MD, FAST • Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
David Choi, PharmD, BCACP • Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Gastroenterology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Moderator:
Jennifer Byrns, PharmD, BCPS, BCTXP, CPP, FAST • Clinical Pharmacist, Abdominal Transplant, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
The AST Education Committee would like to thank the AST Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice (TxPharm COP), with support from IDCOP, KPCOP, and LICOP, for suggesting this topic as part of the 2025-2026 Timely Topics in Transplantation (T3) webinar series. Learn more about AST's COPs at www.myast.org/cops.
More about Timely Topics in Transplantation (T3) webinars:
T3 webinars are $25.00 but free for AST members!
All pre-registrants will have the on-demand recording automatically added to their AST account approximately 1 week after the live session.
There is no CE available for T3 webinars.
To learn more about upcoming T3 webinars and view past T3 archives, visit the T3 webinar series page on the myAST website.
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