Pulse: Adjunctive Lumateperone for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
With lumateperone's recent FDA approval for adjunctive MDD and its favorable cardiometabolic and extrapyramidal profile, clinicians face gaps in awareness of its utility, appropriate patient selection, and practical dosing and monitoring. This program addresses those gaps so that treatment decisions can reflect current evidence.
Target Audience
Pharmacist
Learning Objectives
1. Describe lumateperone and its unique mechanism of action, pharmacology, and role in major depressive disorder.
2. Evaluate literature highlighting the efficacy and safety for adjunctive lumateperone in adults with major depressive disorder.
3. Apply evidence-based strategies for patient selection, dosing, and monitoring of adjunctive lumateperone into clinical practice.
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Course summary
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
With lumateperone's recent FDA approval for adjunctive MDD and its favorable cardiometabolic and extrapyramidal profile, clinicians face gaps in awareness of its utility, appropriate patient selection, and practical dosing and monitoring. This program addresses those gaps so that treatment decisions can reflect current evidence.
Sophia Stewart, PharmD
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Pharmacy (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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