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


Journal

Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics
ISSN: 1522-9629
Titre abrégé: Pulm Pharmacol Ther
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9715279

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 2021
Historique:
received: 04 04 2021
revised: 16 08 2021
accepted: 08 09 2021
pubmed: 17 9 2021
medline: 28 1 2022
entrez: 16 9 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

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. 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. 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. 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.

Sections du résumé

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.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34530132
pii: S1094-5539(21)00088-2
doi: 10.1016/j.pupt.2021.102076
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists 0
Bronchodilator Agents 0
Drug Combinations 0
Muscarinic Antagonists 0
Glycopyrrolate V92SO9WP2I

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

102076

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Bruno Sposato (B)

Pneumology Department, Azienda USL Toscana Sud-Est, "Misericordia" Hospital, Grosseto, Italy; Experimental Medicine and Systems, "PhD Program" Department of Systems Medicine University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy. Electronic address: bru.sposato@gmail.com.

Elisa Petrucci (E)

Department of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana Sud-Est, "Misericordia" Hospital, Grosseto, Italy.

Andrea Serafini (A)

Medical Management Department, Azienda USL Toscana Sud-Est, "Misericordia" Hospital, Grosseto, Italy.

Fabio Lena (F)

Department of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana Sud-Est, "Misericordia" Hospital, Grosseto, Italy.

Leonardo Gianluca Lacerenza (LG)

Department of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana Sud-Est, "Misericordia" Hospital, Grosseto, Italy.

Andrea Montagnani (A)

Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, USL Tuscany South-East, Italy.

Massimo Alessandri (M)

Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, USL Tuscany South-East, Italy.

Alberto Cresti (A)

Cardiology Department, "Misericordia" Hospital, Grosseto, USL Tuscany South-East, Italy.

Raffaele Scala (R)

Pulmonology and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.

Paola Rogliani (P)

Experimental Medicine and Systems, "PhD Program" Department of Systems Medicine University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy; Respiratory Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

Alberto Ricci (A)

Division of Pneumology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, AOU Sant'Andrea, Rome, Italy.

Antonio Perrella (A)

Pneumology Department, Azienda USL Toscana Sud-Est, "Misericordia" Hospital, Grosseto, Italy.

Marco Scalese (M)

Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.

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