Which LABA/LAMA should be chosen in COPD patients in real life?

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BACKGROUND: Given COPD heterogeneity, we do not know if some LABA/LAMAs are more suitable for some COPD phenotypes. This real-life database study aimed to evaluate retrospectively the 4 LABA/LAMA effectiveness and highlight possible specificities that could better guide us in choosing the right LABA/LAMA to be used.

METHODS: We searched for subjects (1,779) adherent to umeclidinium/vilanterol (UM/VI), indacaterol/glycopyrronium (IND/GLY), aclidinium/formoterol (ACLI/FOR) and tiotropium/olodaterol (TIO/OLO) treatments in our prescribing/dispensing database. Prescriptions for systemic corticosteroids (SC), antibiotics and salbutamol during one year of LABA/LAMA treatment were analyzed.

RESULTS: A better adherence was found in individuals taking IND/GLY (10.42 ± 1.86 packages/year) compared with UM/VI (10.09 ± 1.9; p = 0.008), ACLI/FOR (9.8 ± 1.8; p = 0.001) and TIO/OLO (10.1 ± 2.1; p = 0.047). The number of patients that were prescribed at least one package of SC/year and their package numbers/year were similar in males/females, across age groups and in "non-frequent exacerbators" with the 4 LABA/LAMAs. More SC were taken by frequent exacerbators, whereas fewer SC/antibiotic packages were prescribed to subjects aged >80 years with all treatments. In patients treated with ACLI/FOR or TIO/OLO, lower risks to having antibiotic prescriptions were observed when UM/VI (0.698[0.516-0.945] and 0.696[0.491-0.985; p = 0.020 and p = 0.041) and IND/GLY (0.597[0.445-0.802] and 0.595[0.423-0.836]; p = 0.001 and p = 0.003) were considered as landmarks. Lower risks for salbutamol prescriptions were detected with UM/VI (0.678[0.480-0.958]; p = 0.027) and TIO/OLO (0.585[0.365-0.937]; p = 0.026) when ACLI/FOR was used as a reference.

CONCLUSION: According to our retrospective database study, each LABA/LAMA could have a specific efficacy profile in COPD that might be considered for personalized therapy. However, head-to-head targeted trials aimed to assess the impact of different LABA/LAMAs on COPD are needed to confirm/disprove such results.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:71

Enthalten in:

Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics - 71(2021) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 102076

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sposato, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Petrucci, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Serafini, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Lena, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Lacerenza, Leonardo Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Montagnani, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Alessandri, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Cresti, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Scala, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Rogliani, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Ricci, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Perrella, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Scalese, Marco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
Antibiotic
Bronchodilator Agents
COPD
Drug Combinations
Exacerbation
Fixed-dose combination
Glycopyrrolate
Journal Article
LABA
LAMA
Long-acting β2-agonists
Long-acting muscarinic antagonist
Muscarinic Antagonists
Salbutamol
Systemic corticosteroid
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Date Completed 27.01.2022

Date Revised 27.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pupt.2021.102076

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NLM330721089