Comprehensive Observational Study in a Large Cohort of Asthma Patients after Adding LAMA to ICS/LABA.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adding LAMA to LABA/ICS is recommended to improve control in patients with persistent asthma.

Methods

This observational, retrospective, before-and-after study considered patients diagnosed with asthma who started LABA/ICS + LAMA treatment (triple therapy, TT) between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2018 and had been treated with LABA/ICS (dual therapy, DT) in the year before. Changes in lung function and exacerbation rates, healthcare resource utilization, and healthcare and non-healthcare costs (€2019) were estimated in patients with asthma in clinical practices in Spain. Data from computerized medical records from seven Spanish regions were collected ±1 year of LAMA addition.

Results

4740 patients (64.1 years old [SD: 16.3]) were included. TT red

SUBMITTER: Plaza V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10675027 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature