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ArticleClinical drug investigation2022

Characteristics of New Users of Aclidinium Bromide, Aclidinium/Formoterol, and Other COPD Medications in the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany.

Elena Rivero-Ferrer, Morten Olesen, Estel Plana, Jaume Aguado, Núria Saigí-Morgui, Annalisa Rubino, Sami Z Daoud, Alejhandra Lei, Susana Perez-Gutthann, Tania Schink and 4 more

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14 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Elena Rivero-FerrerRTI Health Solutions, Pharmacoepidemiology and Risk Management, Av. Diagonal 605, 9-1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain. erivero@rti.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5093-2445
Morten OlesenDepartment of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0937-4952
Estel PlanaRTI Health Solutions, Biostatistics, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8675-7503
Jaume AguadoRTI Health Solutions, Biostatistics, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9575-0212
Núria Saigí-MorguiRTI Health Solutions, Pharmacoepidemiology and Risk Management, Av. Diagonal 605, 9-1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2503-1818
Annalisa RubinoEpidemiology, Respiratory and Immunology, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Sami Z DaoudBioPharmaceuticals Research and Development, Late-Stage Development Research and Innovation, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Alejhandra LeiPatient Safety Biopharma, Chief Medical Office, AstraZeneca, Barcelona, Spain.
Susana Perez-GutthannRTI Health Solutions, Pharmacoepidemiology and Risk Management, Av. Diagonal 605, 9-1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5798-3691
Tania SchinkDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2252-1475
Nina Sahlertz KristiansenDepartment of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8097-8708
Jesper HallasDepartment of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9314-5679
Anton PottegårdDepartment of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8064-5997
Cristina RebordosaRTI Health Solutions, Pharmacoepidemiology and Risk Management, Av. Diagonal 605, 9-1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0224-1866
RTI Health Solutions · USUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKAstraZeneca (Spain) · ESAstraZeneca (United Kingdom) · GBAstraZeneca (United States) · USLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesAclidinium bromide was approved in the European Union for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adult patients in 2012 and in a fixed-dose combination with formoterol in 2014. We characterised new users of aclidinium, aclidinium/formoterol and other COPD medications and evaluated off-label prescribing of these medications in three European populations.

methodsWe described demographic characteristics, comorbidities, comedications, COPD severity and off-label prescribing of new users of aclidinium, aclidinium/formoterol and other COPD medications in patients with COPD aged ≥ 40 years in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD, UK), Danish National Health Databases, and German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database (GePaRD) between 2015 and 2017.

resultsWe included 17,668 new users of aclidinium (CPRD, 4871; Denmark, 2836; GePaRD, 9961) and 14,808 new users of aclidinium/formoterol (CPRD, 2153; Denmark, 2586; GePaRD, 10,069). Study patients were of similar age, except in GePaRD, where users of long-acting beta2-agonists (LABA)/inhaled corticosteroids were younger. Patients had multiple comorbidities and used multiple comedications-most frequently hypertension (50-79%) and short-acting beta2-agonists (26-84%). Aclidinium users in CPRD and long-acting anticholinergics/LABA users in Denmark and GePaRD had the highest frequency of severe/very severe COPD. Off-label prescribing of aclidinium (5.0% [CPRD]-8.9% [Denmark]) and aclidinium/formoterol (2.6% [GePaRD]-3.2% [CPRD]) was low, and the main reason was asthma without a COPD diagnosis.

conclusionsAclidinium and aclidinium/formoterol were mostly prescribed according to label, with preference given to older patients with more severe COPD and to patients with a high prevalence of comorbidities and comedication use.

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Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAdministration, InhalationAdultBronchodilator AgentsDenmarkFormoterol FumarateHumansMuscarinic AntagonistsTropanesUnited Kingdomaclidinium bromideAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsBronchodilator AgentsFormoterol FumarateMuscarinic AntagonistsTropanes

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