CFG
PAH
Total support: $150,000
Intended Format: Grand Rounds – Live/Enduring, Minute-CME/CME Blast, other
Intended Audience: Fellows, Early career physicians
Bayer TA Rationale for Educational Support:
Highest priority will be given to programs whose main focus is:
- Understanding the role of the nitric oxide-soluble guanylate cyclase-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (NO-sGC-cGMP) pathway on the pathophysiology and progression of PAH, highlighting differences in MOA between approved drugs acting on this pathway.
- Understanding how to utilize combination and transition treatment strategies to optimize and individualize PAH therapy
- Management of PAH with emphasis on most recent ESC/ERS guidelines risk stratification strategies and importance of goal directed therapy highlighting REPLACE data.
Proposal Requirements:
The proposal must be compliant with standards and guidelines for commercial support (e.g., ACCME).
The proposal should include:
- Needs assessment
- Educational design and rationale for selection (where applicable)
- Learning Objectives
- Proposed Faculty
- Participant recruitment plan (where applicable)
- Outcomes strategy/plan
- Detailed budget
Provider Justification:
Copy of most recent accreditation letter and status
Process
Applications/proposals which are submitted and determined to be complete are reviewed monthly. Allow a minimum of 45 days from submission for response.
Acceptance of a Bayer educational grant indicates that you will:
- Reconcile grant funding within 60 days of completion of the educational program
- Permit a Bayer Medical Affairs representative to audit live programs
- Share activity data and outcomes metrics within 30 days of their availability
References
- Hoeper MM, Al-Hiti H, Benza RL, et al. Switching to riociguat versus maintenance therapy with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (REPLACE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2021;9(6):573-584. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30532-4
- Humbert M, Kovacs G, Hoeper MM, et al. 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension [published correction appears in Eur Heart J. 2023 Apr 17;44(15):1312]. Eur Heart J. 2022;43(38):3618-3731. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehac237)