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. 2018 Apr 4;13:1089–1104. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S160577

Table 5.

AEs in patients receiving LAMA therapy, compared with placebo, in double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled studies ≥6 months in duration

Study Treatments Typical anticholinergic AEs (% patients)
Dry mouth Constipation UTI
Tiotropium (via HandiHaler® device)
Casaburi et al (2002)18 Tiotropium 18 μg qd/placebo 16/2.7 NR NR
Donohue et al (2002)19 Tiotropium 18 μg qd/placebo 10/NR NR NR
Niewoehner et al (2005)20 Tiotropium 18 μg qd/placebo NR NR NR
Chan et al (2007)21 Tiotropium 18 μg qd/placebo 3.5/3.6 NR NR
Tashkin et al (2008) (UPLIFT)22 Tiotropium 18 μg qd/placebo 1.7/0.9a 1.6/1.3a 2.1/2.0a
Troosters et al (2014)23 Tiotropium 18 μg qd/placebo 1.3/0.9 NR NR
Kerwin et al (2012) (GLOW2)27 Tiotropium 18 μg qd OL/placebo 1.5/1.9 NR 6.0/3.0
Tiotropium (via Respimat® device)
Bateman et al (2010)24 Tiotropium 5 μg qd/placebo 7.2/2.1 NR NR
Bateman et al (2010)25 Tiotropium 5 μg qd/placebo 3.1/1.4 NR NR
Glycopyrronium
D’Urzo et al (2011) (GLOW1)26 Glycopyrronium 50 μg qd/placebo NR NR NR
Kerwin et al (2012) (GLOW2)27 Glycopyrronium 50 μg qd/placebo 3.0/1.9 NR 2.7/3.0
Umeclidinium
Donohue et al (2013)28 Umeclidinium 62.5 μg qd/placebo NR NR NR
Aclidinium
Jones et al (2012) (ATTAIN)29 Aclidinium 400 μg bid/placebo NR NR 0.7/0.7
Singh et al (2014) (ACLIFORM)30 Aclidinium 400 μg bid/placebo NR NR NR
D’Urzo et al (2014) (AUGMENT)31 Aclidinium 400 μg bid/placebo 0.6/0.3 2.1/1.8 3.3/3.0

Notes:

a

Incidence rate per 100 patient years.

Abbreviations: AEs, adverse events; bid, twice daily; LAMA, long-acting muscarinic antagonist; NR, not reported; OL, open label; qd, once daily; UTI, urinary tract infection.