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ArticlePulmonary therapy2025

Clinically Important Improvements and Disease Stability with Fluticasone Furoate/Umeclidinium/Vilanterol Once-Daily Single-Inhaler Triple Therapy in the ELLITHE Trial: A Post Hoc Responder Analysis.

Kai-Michael Beeh, Karl Scheithe, Heike Schmutzler, Saskia Krüger

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Article in Pulmonary therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Kai-Michael BeehClinical Research, Insaf Respiratory Research Institute GmbH, Hennethaler Weg 18, 65232, Taunusstein, Hesse, Germany. k.beeh@insaf-wi.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-118X
Karl ScheitheDepartment of Biostatistics, GKM Gesellschaft Für Therapieforschung mbH, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Heike SchmutzlerMedical Department, BERLIN-CHEMIE AG, Berlin, Germany.
Saskia KrügerMedical Department, BERLIN-CHEMIE AG, Berlin, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionResponder analyses provide information about characteristics associated with therapeutic benefits. Short-term responses may predict long-term benefits. We evaluated responders, clinically important improvement (CII), disease stability (DS), and the relation of short- to long-term responses in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in ELLITHE.

methodsELLITHE was a multicenter, open-label, non-interventional effectiveness study between 2020 and 2022 evaluating the effects of treatment initiation with once-daily single-inhaler triple therapy (odSITT) FF/UMEC/VI (100/62.5/25 µg via ELLIPTA) on COPD Assessment Test (CAT), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV

resultsA total of 786 patients had available data for any analysis. At study completion, 53.3% of patients were CAT, 36.7% FEV

conclusionsDespite overlapping responses to single and composite outcomes with odSITT, individual patterns support a multidimensional approach to evaluate benefits in COPD. Responders had higher baseline CAT scores and frequency of prior dual therapies. Short-term responses of FEV

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CAT scoreCOPDDisease stabilityExacerbationLung functionReal-world evidenceTriple therapy

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PMCPMC12373607

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