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Evidence-based review of data on the combination inhaler umeclidinium/vilanterol in patients with COPD.


ABSTRACT: The use of inhaled, fixed-dose, long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) combined with long-acting, beta2-adrenergic receptor agonists (LABA) has become a mainstay in the maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). One of the fixed-dose LAMA/LABA combinations is the dry powder inhaler (DPI) of umeclidinium bromide (UMEC) and vilanterol trifenatate (VI) (62.5 µg/25 µg) approved for once-a-day maintenance treatment of COPD. This paper reviews the use of fixed-dose combination LAMA/LABA agents focusing on the UMEC/VI DPI inhaler in the maintenance treatment of COPD. The fixed-dose combination LAMA/LABA inhaler offers a step beyond a single inhaled maintenance agent but is still a single device for the COPD patient having frequent COPD exacerbations and persistent symptoms not well controlled on one agent. Currently available clinical trials suggest that the once-a-day DPI of UMEC/VI is well-tolerated, safe and non-inferior or better than other currently available inhaled fixed-dose LAMA/LABA combinations for COPD.

SUBMITTER: Albertson TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6559138 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evidence-based review of data on the combination inhaler umeclidinium/vilanterol in patients with COPD.

Albertson Timothy E TE   Bowman Willis S WS   Harper Richart W RW   Godbout Regina M RM   Murin Susan S  

International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 20190606


The use of inhaled, fixed-dose, long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) combined with long-acting, beta<sub>2</sub>-adrenergic receptor agonists (LABA) has become a mainstay in the maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). One of the fixed-dose LAMA/LABA combinations is the dry powder inhaler (DPI) of umeclidinium bromide (UMEC) and vilanterol trifenatate (VI) (62.5 µg/25 µg) approved for once-a-day maintenance treatment of COPD. This paper reviews the use of fixed  ...[more]

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