TY - INPR A1 - Dransfield, MT A1 - Crim, C A1 - Criner, GJ A1 - Day, NC A1 - Halpin, DMG A1 - Han, MK A1 - Jones, CE A1 - Kilbride, S A1 - LaFon, D A1 - Lipson, DA A1 - Lomas, DA A1 - Martin, N A1 - Martinez, FJ A1 - Singh, D A1 - Wise, RA A1 - Lange, P JF - Annals of the American Thoracic Society UR - https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202002-096OC ID - discovery10116622 N2 - Rationale: In the Informing the Pathway of COPD Treatment (IMPACT) trial, single-inhaler fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) triple therapy reduced exacerbation risk versus FF/VI and UMEC/VI and mortality risk versus UMEC/VI. However, pneumonia incidence was higher in the inhaled corticosteroid (FF)-containing arms raising questions about the relative benefit of exacerbation reduction compared with the increased risk of pneumonia. Objectives: Determine benefit?risk of the three treatments by evaluating time-to-first and rates of composite exacerbation or pneumonia outcomes. Methods: We evaluated time-to-first (pre-specified) and rates (post hoc) of investigator-reported pneumonia, serious pneumonia leading to hospitalization or death, and the composite endpoints of 1) moderate (required antibiotics/corticosteroids)/severe (hospitalized) exacerbation or pneumonia and 2) severe exacerbation or serious (hospitalized) pneumonia. Analyses were repeated for radiographically confirmed pneumonia (post hoc). Results: Moderate/severe exacerbations occurred in 47%, 49%, and 50% of patients randomized to FF/UMEC/VI, FF/VI and UMEC/VI, and pneumonias in 8%, 7%, and 5%, respectively. FF/UMEC/VI reduced the risk of combined moderate/severe exacerbation or pneumonia (time-to-first) versus FF/VI (hazard ratio 0.87 [95%CI 0.82-0.92]) and UMEC/VI (0.87 [0.81-0.94]), as well as the risk of combined severe exacerbation or serious pneumonia versus UMEC/VI (0.83 [0.72-0.96]). FF/UMEC/VI reduced the rate of combined moderate/severe exacerbation or pneumonia (rate ratio 0.78 [0.72-0.84]) and combined severe exacerbation or serious pneumonia (rate ratio 0.76 [0.65-0.89]) versus UMEC/VI. Results were similar for radiographically confirmed pneumonia endpoints. Conclusions: Despite higher incidence of pneumonia in FF-containing arms, these composite exacerbation/pneumonia outcomes support a favorable benefit?risk profile of FF/UMEC/VI versus FF/VI and UMEC/VI in patients with symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a history of exacerbations. Clinical Trial Registration: CTT116855/NCT02164513. N1 - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. AV - public Y1 - 2020/10/27/ TI - Risk of Exacerbation and Pneumonia with Single Inhaler Triple Versus Dual Therapy in IMPACT ER -