GOLD guidelines recommend triple therapy with ICS/LABA/LAMA for patients who have dyspnea or exercise tolerance despite dual therapy with LABA/LAMA. A 2018 meta-analysis by Cazzola and colleagues had shown that the ICS/LABA/LAMA combination was superior for reducing the risk for COPD exacerbation and improving forced expiratory volume compared with LABA/LAMA combination therapy.
A fixed-dose ICS/LABA/LAMA combination inhaler is available, per López-Campos and colleagues. Triple therapy can also be administered by using the three drugs separately in three inhalation devices or combining ICS/LABA with a LAMA or LABA/LAMA with ICS in two inhalation devices.
According to Ferguson and colleagues, a subanalysis of the ETHOS trial demonstrated the benefits of a triple fixed-dose ICS/LABA/LAMA combination extended to patients with moderate as well as severe COPD.
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