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Table 2 Escalation to triple therapy (fixed-dose or any concurrent ICS/LAMA/LABA) during each study period

From: Real-world effectiveness of early intervention with fixed-dose tiotropium/olodaterol vs tiotropium in Japanese patients with COPD: a high-dimensional propensity score–matched cohort analysis

Variable

Prespecified study period

(1 April 2015 to 31 March 2019)

Post hoc extension study period

(1 April 2015 to 31 March 2020)

Tio

Tio/Olo

Tio

Tio/Olo

hdPS-matched cohort (primary analysis)

    

 Number of patients

1302

1302

1723

1723

 Number of events

8

7

20

14

 Number of patient-years

919

899

1211

1203

 Events per 1000 patient-years (95% CI)

8.71 (4.11–16.43)

7.79 (3.47–15.29)

16.52 (9.28–23.75)

11.64 (5.54–17.73)

Median (IQR) time-to-escalation to triple therapy, days

28.0 (15.0–139.2)

193 (94.5–302.0)

108 (60.5–256.8)

225 (82.2–312.0)

 HR for time-to-escalation (95% CI)

0.89 (0.32–2.46)

0.71 (0.36–1.40)

Unmatched cohort

    

 Number of patients

5352

1436

6505

1860

 Number of escalation events

30

8

49

20

 Number of patient-years

4180

981

5065

1291

 Events per 1000 patient-years (95% CI)

7.18 (4.61–9.75)

8.16 (3.52–16.07)

9.67 (6.97–12.38)

15.49 (8.70–22.28)

Median (IQR) time-to-escalation to triple therapy, days

100.5 (28.0–196.8)

191 (117.2–292.0)

112 (56.0–245.0)

255.5 (176.8–311.5)

 HR for time-to-escalation (95% CI)

1.11 (0.51–2.43)

1.60 (0.95–2.69)

  1. CI confidence interval, hdPS high-dimensional propensity score, HR hazard ratio, ICS inhaled corticosteroid, IQR interquartile range, LABA long-acting β2-agonist, LAMA long-acting muscarinic antagonist, Tio tiotropium, Tio/Olo tiotropium/olodaterol