To Evaluate Effectiveness of Aclidinium Bromide/Formoterol Fumarate Dihydrate in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

ASTUTE is a pragmatic open randomised 12-week multinational trial to evaluate the effectiveness of aclidinium bromide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate fixed-dose combination compared to standard of care bronchodilators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

ASTUTE is a longitudinal, randomised, multicentre, and multinational pragmatic study of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of Aclidinium bromide/formoterol fumarate fixed-dose combination (Duaklir™ Genuair®) and Standard of Care bronchodilators in patients treated with long acting bronchodilator monotherapies OR patients who abide to the following treatment category: patient is newly diagnosed, or naïve to maintenance therapy, or treated with short-acting bronchodilators as rescue medication, or has not been treated with long-acting bronchodilators in the last 3 months.

Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:

Patient is aged 40 years or older;

* Confirmed diagnosis of COPD;
* Spirometry performed at study entry or within the last 3 months preceding study entry with a post-bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second/Forced Vital Capacity quotient less than 0.7;
* Patient is a current smoker or an ex-smoker with a smoking history of ≥10 pack-years;
* Patient belongs to any of these treatment groups:

  * Patient is treated by a monotherapy long-acting bronchodilator (Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist or Long-Acting Beta Agonist), or
  * Naïve COPD patient, defined as:
* Patient is newly diagnosed, or
* Patient is naïve to maintenance therapy, or
* Patient is treated with short acting bronchodilators as rescue medication, or
* Patient has not been treated with long acting bronchodilators in the last 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

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Patients should not be included in the study if any of the following exclusion criteria applies:

* Patient changed COPD treatment regimen over the preceding 3 months;
* Patient treated or intended to be treated at the time of randomisation with a maintenance regimen of inhaled corticosteroids or inhaled corticosteroids-containing medications;
* Patient treated or intended to be treated at the time of randomisation with aclidinium bromide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate inhalation powder;
* Patient had a previous diagnosis of asthma or is suspected of having asthma, asthma-COPD overlap or any other chronic respiratory disease other than COPD (including severe ones, such as cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, active neoplasm except adequately treated \[no evidence of recurrence within 5 years\], active tuberculosis);
* Patient developed a respiratory tract infection or COPD exacerbation within 6 weeks (or 3 months if an exacerbation-related hospitalisation was required) before the randomisation visit;
* Patient with a history of hypersensitivity reaction to inhaled anticholinergics, sympathomimetic amines, lactose monohydrate, inhaled medication, or any component thereof (including report of paradoxical bronchospasm);
* Patient has been previously enrolled in the current study.
* Any condition that in the Investigator's opinion, would limit a patient's ability to participate in the study.