Study type

Study topic

Human medicinal product
Disease /health condition

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness
Effectiveness study (incl. comparative)

Data collection methods

Secondary use of data
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cohort
Study drug and medical condition

Study drug International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name

TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE
OLODATEROL
FLUTICASONE FUROATE
UMECLIDINIUM
VILANTEROL TRIFENATATE

Medical condition to be studied

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease received treatment with tiotropium/olodaterol or fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol.

Age groups

Adults (18 to < 46 years)
Adults (46 to < 65 years)
Adults (65 to < 75 years)
Adults (75 to < 85 years)
Adults (85 years and over)

Special population of interest

Other

Special population of interest, other

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Estimated number of subjects

5902
Study design details

Main study objective

The goal of this study was to investigate the risk of COPD exacerbations, community acquired pneumonia, and health care utilization and costs in maintenance treatment naïve patients treated as first line therapy with TIO/OLO, in comparison to maintenance treatment naïve patients treated with first line therapy, FF/UMEC/VI

Outcomes

Time to first COPD exacerbation (moderate/severe) Rate of moderate and/or severe exacerbation, Time to first hospitalization of community acquired pneumonia COPD and/or pneumonia-related health care resource utilization COPD and/or pneumonia-related health care resource utilization costs All cause health care resource utilization All cause health care resource utilization costs

Data analysis plan

Propensity score matching on baseline characteristics, to control for possible confounding of the association between the treatment (TIO/OLO or FF/UMEC/VI) and outcomes (e.g. health care resource utilization). Outcomes will be reported as population annualized averages for each cohort to account for the variable follow-up duration.