CCO Expert Recap

Highlights of the 2008 International AIDS Conference

Source: CCO Official Conference Coverage of the 2008 International AIDS Conference

Highlights of the 2008 International AIDS Conference

Faculty:

Kathleen E. Squires, MD

CME CREDIT INFORMATION

Release Date: 09/25/08

Expiration Date: 09/24/09

Physicians: maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Registered Nurses: 1.2 Nursing CE credits

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Describe data on the relationship between baseline HIV-1 RNA and virologic response rates in patients receiving abacavir/lamivudine in several recent trials
Discuss the impact of baseline resistance to etravirine and/or darunavir on virologic response rates in patients in the DUET trials
Summarize recent findings on the impact of switching enfuvirtide to raltegravir in virologically suppressed patients
Restate the results of several recent analyses of the association between abacavir use and cardiovascular risk
Outline patterns of virologic response and adverse events by patient sex and patient race in several recent clinical studies

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