Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30863045›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Long-term cost-effectiveness of the fixed-dose combination of tiotropium plus olodaterol based on the DYNAGITO trial results.

Martine Hoogendoorn, Isaac Corro Ramos, Michael Baldwin, Laura Luciani, Cecile Fabron, Bruno Detournay, Maureen P M H Rutten-van Mölken

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Application of Discrete Event Simulation Models for COPD Management: A Systematic Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Martine Hoogendoorninstitute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, hoogendoorn@imta.eur.nl.
Isaac Corro Ramosinstitute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, hoogendoorn@imta.eur.nl.
Michael BaldwinBoehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany.
Laura LucianiBoehringer Ingelheim France, Paris, France.
Cecile FabronCemka-Eval, Bourg-la-Reine, France.
Bruno DetournayCemka-Eval, Bourg-la-Reine, France.
Maureen P M H Rutten-van Mölkeninstitute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, hoogendoorn@imta.eur.nl.
Erasmus MC · NLCemka-Eval (France) · FRBoehringer Ingelheim (France) · FRBoehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCombinations of long-acting bronchodilators are recommended to reduce the rate of COPD exacerbations. Evidence from the DYNAGITO trial showed that the fixed-dose combination of tiotropium + olodaterol reduced the annual rate of total exacerbations ( PATIENTS AND

methodsA recently developed COPD patient-level simulation model was used to simulate the lifetime effects and costs for 15,000 patients receiving either tiotropium + olodaterol or tiotropium monotherapy by applying the reduction in annual exacerbation rate as observed in the DYNAGITO trial. The model was adapted to the French setting by including French unit costs for treatment medication, COPD maintenance treatment, COPD exacerbations (moderate or severe), and pneumonia. The main outcomes were the annual (severe) exacerbation rate, the number of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and total lifetime costs.

resultsThe number of QALYs for treatment with tiotropium + olodaterol was 0.042 higher compared with tiotropium monotherapy. Using a societal perspective, tiotropium + olodaterol resulted in a cost increase of +€123 and an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of €2,900 per QALY compared with tiotropium monotherapy. From a French National Sickness Fund perspective, total lifetime costs were reduced by €272 with tiotropium + olodaterol, resulting in tiotropium + olodaterol being the dominant treatment option, that is, more effects with less costs. Sensitivity analyses showed that reducing the cost of exacerbations by 34% increased the ICER to €15,400, which could still be considered cost-effective in the French setting.

conclusionTreatment with tiotropium + olodaterol resulted in a gain in QALYs and savings in costs compared with tiotropium monotherapy using a National Sickness Fund perspective in France. From the societal perspective, tiotropium + olodaterol was found to be cost-effective with a low cost per QALY.

Indexed as

Drug CostsAgedBenzoxazinesBronchodilator AgentsComputer SimulationCost-Benefit AnalysisCost SavingsDisease ProgressionDrug CombinationsFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeFranceHumansLungMaleMiddle AgedBenzoxazinesBronchodilator AgentsDrug CombinationsTiotropium Bromidetiotropium-olodaterolCOPDcostsexacerbationsmodelingolodaterolQALYstiotropium

Identifiers

PMID30863045
PMCPMC6388779
OpenAlexW2914377123

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.