Table 2.

Current Clinical Trial Evidence for ICS-Based Therapy in Patients with COPD

Characteristics of Patients with COPDReferences
Patients with coexistent asthma or asthma historyLim et al, 201484
Pascoe et al, 201556
Ishiura et al, 201553
Lee et al, 2016 (KOLD)54
Lipson et al, 2018 (IMPACT)51
Patients with eosinophils <600 cells/µLRoche et al, 2017 (FLAME)27
Chapman et al, 2018 (SUNSET)85
Patients on LABA/LAMA who continue to exacerbateSingh et al, 2016 (TRILOGY)67
Vestbo et al, 2017 (TRINITY)70
Lipson et al, 2017 (FULFIL)65
Papi et al, 2018 (TRIBUTE)71
Halpin et al, 2018 (FULFIL)86
Patients with eosinophils ≥300 cells/µL and a history of ≥ 1 exacerbation in previous yearWatz et al, 2016 (WISDOM)77
Wedzicha et al, 2016 (FLAME)29
Calverley et al, 2017 (WISDOM)76
Papi et al, 2018 (FLAME)87
Chapman et al, 2018 (SUNSET)85
Anzueto et al, 2018 (FLAME)88
Patients with severe COPD and recalcitrant symptomsBourbeau et al, 201719
  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICS, inhaled corticosteroid; LABA, long-acting β2-agonist; LAMA, long-acting antimuscarinic antagonist.