Reduction in All-Cause Mortality with Fluticasone Furoate/Umeclidinium/Vilanterol in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jun 15;201(12):1508-1516. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201911-2207OC.

Abstract

Rationale: The IMPACT (Informing the Pathway of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment) trial demonstrated a significant reduction in all-cause mortality (ACM) risk with fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) versus UMEC/VI in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at risk of future exacerbations. Five hundred seventy-four patients were censored in the original analysis owing to incomplete vital status information.Objectives: Report ACM and impact of stepping down therapy, following collection of additional vital status data.Methods: Patients were randomized 2:2:1 to FF/UMEC/VI 100/62.5/25 μg, FF/VI 100/25 μg, or UMEC/VI 62.5/25 μg following a run-in on their COPD therapies. Time to ACM was prespecified. Additional vital status data collection and subsequent analyses were performed post hoc.Measurements and Main Results: We report vital status data for 99.6% of the intention-to-treat population (n = 10,355), documenting 98 (2.36%) deaths on FF/UMEC/VI, 109 (2.64%) on FF/VI, and 66 (3.19%) on UMEC/VI. For FF/UMEC/VI, the hazard ratio for death was 0.72 (95% confidence interval, 0.53-0.99; P = 0.042) versus UMEC/VI and 0.89 (95% confidence interval, 0.67-1.16; P = 0.387) versus FF/VI. Independent adjudication confirmed lower rates of cardiovascular and respiratory death and death associated with the patient's COPD.Conclusions: In this secondary analysis of an efficacy outcome from the IMPACT trial, once-daily single-inhaler FF/UMEC/VI triple therapy reduced the risk of ACM versus UMEC/VI in patients with symptomatic COPD and a history of exacerbations.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02164513.

Keywords: COPD; mortality; survival; triple therapy.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Inhalation
  • Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists / therapeutic use*
  • Aged
  • Androstadienes / therapeutic use*
  • Benzyl Alcohols / therapeutic use*
  • Cause of Death
  • Chlorobenzenes / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mortality*
  • Muscarinic Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / drug therapy*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
  • Quinuclidines / therapeutic use*
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
  • Androstadienes
  • Benzyl Alcohols
  • Chlorobenzenes
  • GSK573719
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Muscarinic Antagonists
  • Quinuclidines
  • vilanterol
  • fluticasone furoate

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02164513