Remission in MDD: What Does the Future Hold for Clinicians and Patients?
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Premiere Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2015This activity offers CE credit for:
- Physicians (CME)
- Nurses (CNE)
- Social Workers (NASW)
- Certified Case Managers (CCMC)
- Pharmacists (ACPE)
- Other
All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Credit Expiration Date:
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Note: Credit Is No Longer Available
 | Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD (Moderator) Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences Director, Institute of Early Life Adversity Research Dell Medical School The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX |
 | Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC University of Toronto University Health Network Toronto, ON Chairman and Executive Director, Brain and Cognition, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Chicago, IL Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences University of California School of Medicine Riverside, CA |
 | Michael E. Thase, MD Professor of Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center Philadelphia, PA |
Although many antidepressants are available to treat major depressive disorder (MDD), as many as 70% of patients diagnosed with MDD do not reach remission even after receiving an adequate course of treatment.1 Remission is currently being redefined. The outcome measure that is generally reported in clinical trials "has been arbitrarily defined as a symptom reduction of 50% or greater from pretreatment in total symptom severity."2 Yet, a response that does not achieve an asymptomatic remitted state "constitutes an unsatisfactory outcome in that it includes patients with ongoing, clinically significant disease activity. While symptomatic remission increases the probability for recovery in MDD. Available evidence indicates that the majority of individuals with MDD receiving guideline-concordant and measurement-based care do not achieve and sustain a fully remitted state with index antidepressant treatment.3
This neuroscienceCME Live and On Demand will challenge clinicians to reinvent the future of MDD treatment which includes increased patient participation in the treatment process, measurement-based care and a re-definition of treatment to remission as improvement of all symptoms of MDD with functional recovery.
- Nelson JC, Pikalov A, Berman RM. Augmentation treatment in major depressive disorder: focus on aripiprazole. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2008;4(5):937-948. PMID: 19183784.
- Trivedi MH, Rush AJ, Wisniewski SR, et al; STAR*D Study Team. Evaluation of outcomes with citalopram for depression using measurement-based care in STAR*D: implications for clinical practice. Am J Psychiatry. 2006;163(1):28-40. PMID:
- McIntyre RS, Filteau MJ, Martin L, et al. Treatment-resistant depression: definitions, review of the evidence, and algorithmic approach. J Affect Disord. 2014;156:1-7. PMID: 24314926.
This educational activity centers on the CME Outfitters Make One Change statement. This statement is crafted from pertinent quality measures or clinical guidelines as a performance challenge to all participants. The Make One Change statement for this activity is:
Health care providers and patients will work together to ensure that all patients with a diagnosis of major depression are evaluated for residual symptoms or early evidence of relapse in MDD.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
- Assess symptom severity with a validated tool at each visit.
- Initiate an evidence-based treatment plan that involves patient participation to address residual symptoms of depression.
- Develop a long-term treatment plan with the patient focused on sustained remission and recovery.
The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or CPE credit:
- Review assessment tools for major depressive disorder.
- Define residual symptoms of depression.
- Discuss the value of long-term remission in major depressive disorder.
Supported by an educational grant from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, clinical case managers, and other health care professionals who share the goal of achieving remission in patients with MDD.
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE Credit (Nurses):
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15510, for 1.5 contact hours.
NASW Credit (Social Workers):
This program was approved by the National Association of Social Workers (provider #886407722) for 1.5 continuing education contact hours.
CCMC Credit (Certified Case Managers):
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CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
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Dr. Nemeroff has disclosed that he receives grants/research support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He serves as a consultant to Allergen, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Lundbeck; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America; Prismic Pharmaceuticals; SK Pharma; Roche; Shire Pharmaceuticals; Taisho Pharmaceutical Inc.; Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.; and Xhale, Inc. He serves on the scientific advisory boards of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP); Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA); CeNeRx BioPharma; National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD); PharmaNeuroBoost; Xhale, Inc.; and Skyland Trail. He serves on the board of directors of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP); Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA); GratitudeAmerica, Inc.; NovaDel Pharma, Inc. (2011); and Skyland Trail. He is a stockholder of AbbVie Inc,; Celgene Corporation; CeNeRx BioPharma; PharmaNeuroBoost; Reevax Pharmaceuticals LLC; Seattle Genetics, Inc.; and Xhale, Inc. His other financial income sources or equity of $10,000 or more include American Psychiatric Publishing; BioPharma; CeNeRx NovaDel Pharma, Inc.; Pharmaneuroboost; Revaax Pharmaceuticals LLC; and Xhale, Inc. He holds patents for the following: method and devices for transdermal delivery of lithium (US 6,375,990B1); method of assessing antidepressant drug therapy via transport inhibition of monoamine neurotransmitters by ex vivo assay (US 7,148,027B2).
Dr. McIntyre has received grant/research support from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD); National Institutes of Mental Health; Stanley Medical Research Institute; AstraZeneca; Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen-Ortho Inc.; Lundbeck; Pfizer Inc.; and Shire. He serves on the speakers bureau for Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen-Ortho Inc.; Lundbeck; Merck & Co., Inc.; and Pfizer Inc.. He is on the advisory boards of AstraZeneca; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Eli Lilly and Company; The France Foundation; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen-Ortho Inc.; Lundbeck; Merck & Co., Inc.; Organon; Pfizer Inc.; and Shire.
Dr. Thase has disclosed that he has received grant support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Eli Lilly and Company;
Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; National Institute of Mental Health;
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. He serves as a consultant for Alkermes, Inc.; AstraZeneca; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Cerecor Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Dey Pharma, L.P.; Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.; Guidepoint Global; H. Lundbeck A/S; MedAvante, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc. (formerly Schering-Plough and Organon); Neuronetics; Novartis; Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson); Pamlab, LLC; Pfizer Inc. (formerly Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals); PGxHealth, Inc; PGx Health Inc.; Shire US Inc.; Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. He has disclose equity holdings in MedAvante, Inc. He has received royalties from the American Psychiatric Foundation; Guilford Publications; Herald Publishing House; W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. He reports that his spouse is employed by Peloton Advantage, LLC, which does business with Pfizer Inc.
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