Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have elevated risk of mortality and cardiopulmonary events, particularly following exacerbations. While single inhaler triple therapies (SITTs), such as budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate (BGF), reduce mortality and cardiopulmonary event risk versus dual bronchodilator therapy, there is limited evidence comparing outcomes associated with SITTs versus multiple inhaler triple therapies (MITTs). SKOPOS-MAZI was a retrospective comparative effectiveness study in patients with COPD aged ≥40 years using US administrative claims data from Optum's de-identified Clinformatics® Data Mart Database. The primary and secondary endpoints were time to all-cause mortality (ACM) and time to first severe cardiopulmonary event following initiation of BGF or MITT (identification period: October 1, 2020-June 30, 2023; index date: first prescription fill). Relative hazards of outcomes were assessed until a censoring event using Cox proportional hazards models, with inverse propensity treatment weighting accounting for between-group imbalances (standardized mean difference \>0.1) in baseline characteristics.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
22,369
Budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate
Multiple-inhaler triple therapy
AstraZeneca
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Time to and rate of all-cause mortality
Time to and rate of all-cause mortality observed after initiation of BGF or MITT; all-cause mortality as defined by the available death information contained in the database.
Time frame: During available follow-up; median 313 days
Time to and rate of cardiopulmonary events
Time to and rate of cardiopulmonary events observed during the follow-up period after initiation of BGF or MITT; cardiopulmonary events defined as a composite measure of severe (hospitalizations) COPD exacerbations and MACE-related events, and all-cause mortality
Time frame: During available follow-up; median 313 days
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