EXACERBATIONS AND REAL-WORLD OUTOMES AMONG PATIENTS WITH COPD INITIATING BREZTRI (EROS+CP Japan Study)

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of COPD (at any position) before or on the index date

• 1 dispensation of BGF on or following the launch date of BGF in Japan
• Patients must have evidence of at least one qualifying COPD exacerbation event, which qualify the initiation of triple therapy. The exacerbation event must occur within the 12-month period preceding BGF initiation and on or after BGF launch in Japan (i.e., 04 September 2019). The earliest qualifying COPD exacerbation event will be set as the index date.

• 12 months of continuous health plan enrollment preceding the qualifying COPD exacerbation date
• 1 day of continuous enrollment following the qualifying COPD exacerbation date
• Age ≥ 40 years on the qualifying COPD exacerbation date

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of ≥ 2 records of respiratory cancer diagnoses occurring at least 1 month apart during the 12-month baseline period preceding the qualifying COPD exacerbation or during the follow-up period
• Presence of ≥ 1 dispensation of SITT during the 12-month baseline period preceding the index date through BGF initiation
• Patients who only have 1 moderate COPD exacerbation in 12-months period prior to BGF initiation with no dispensation of long-acting inhaled COPD maintenance treatment during the 12-months baseline period preceding the qualifying COPD exacerbation.