
Industry Sponsored Symposium: Evolving Treatment Paradigms for Growth Hormone Deficiency: Integrating Novel Therapies
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Eastern
Provided by Haymarket Medical Education
Supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk Inc.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Join Drs. Craig Alter, Sara A. DiVall, and Bradley Miller for an engaging discussion of optimal strategies for pediatric GHD management, from diagnosis to the formulation of comprehensive, long-term treatment plans. The panel dialogue will be followed by a “hot seat” discussion of pressing topics in real-world clinical practice, including the use of novel LAGH therapies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After participating in this educational activity, clinicians will be better able to:
- Utilize presentation, genetic, and laboratory findings to make a definitive diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency (GHD)
- Evaluate the efficacy and safety of novel long-acting growth hormone therapies and the place of these agents in evolving GHD treatment paradigms
- Implement strategies to improve treatment adherence and transitions of care for pediatric patients with GHD
AGENDA – 7:00 – 7:30 PM -Part 1: Expert Perspectives
Topics to be discussed by the expert faculty panel include:
- Identifying GHD and Making an Early, Definitive Diagnosis (10 minutes)
- Exploring Long-acting Growth Hormone (LAGH) Formulations (10 minutes)
- Facilitating Treatment Adherence and Transition to Adult Care (10 minutes)
7:30 – 8:00 PM – Part 2: Experts In the Hot Seat
The program Chair will elicit responses from the panel surrounding pressing topics in pediatric GHD care, including:
- Overcoming diagnostic challenges
- Addressing inherent barriers when making a diagnosis of GHD; key nuances of available testing modalities
- The ins and outs of LAGH
- Potential differences in dose initiation of various therapies; adjusting therapy and monitoring efficacy
- Fostering patient/caregiver adherence
- Practical strategies for improving adherence, tips for pivoting from pediatric to adult care
- Q&A
FACULTY
Craig Alter, MD
Director Neuroendocrinology
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sara A. DiVall, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Washington
Program Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, Washington
Bradley S. Miller, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Endocrinology
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Medical School
M Health Fairview Children’s Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota