CCO Medical Specialties Podcast

Evaluating and Managing PBC Symptoms: Curbside Consults Podcast

Episode Summary

In this podcast, listen as experts Alan Bonder, MD, AGAF, and Aparna Goel, MD, discuss how they assess the symptoms of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and explore how new therapeutic agents may help alleviate symptom burden.

Episode Notes

In this podcast, listen as experts Alan Bonder, MD, AGAF, and Aparna Goel, MD, discuss how they assess the symptoms of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and explore how new therapeutic agents may help alleviate symptom burden. Topics include:

• Strategies and tools for assessing pruritus
• Nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management of pruritus
• Second-line agents and their impact on pruritus
• Investigational treatments for pruritus

Presenters:

Alan Bonder, MD, AGAF
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Liver Transplant
Department of Gastroenterology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Aparna Goel, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Content based on an online CME program supported by independent educational grants from Gilead Sciences, Inc., and Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc​.

To learn more about PBC management, check out our program, Curbside Consults: Expert Insights on Challenges in PBC Management.