Concurrent use of indacaterol plus tiotropium in patients with COPD provides superior bronchodilation compared with tiotropium alone: a randomised, double-blind comparison
Thorax, 05/14/2012
Clinical Article
Mahler DA et al. – Compared with tiotropium monotherapy, indacaterol plus tiotropium provided greater bronchodilation and lung deflation (reflected by increased resting IC). Adverse events were similar between treatments apart from mild cough being more common with indacaterol plus tiotropium. These results support chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guideline recommendations to combine bronchodilators with different mechanisms of action.



