Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and concurrent cardiovascular conditions: safety of tiotropium/olodaterol combination

One of the important features of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the presence of concomitant chronic diseases in most of patients. And cardiovascular conditions occupy a special place among these comorbidities. The most common diseases associated with COPD are hypertension, coronary heart disease, and heart failure. They aggravate the clinical manifestations of the disease and have negative effect on the prognosis. In addition, concomitant cardiovascular conditions determine the need for a thorough safety assessment of the ongoing pharmacotherapy for COPD. Core of the treatment is bronchodilators. The priority pharmacological strategy is the use of fixed-dose combinations of long-acting β2 -agonists and long-acting anticholinergic medications.

The purpose of this review was to evaluate the safety profile of tiotropium/olodaterol in COPD.

Methods. This article presents the data obtained from studies of the safety of the use of tiotropium/olodaterol in patients with COPD and concomitant cardiovascular conditions.

Results. The studies showed no increase in the risk of cardiovascular events when using this combination in patients of this category.

Conclusion. А good safety profile of tiotropium/olodaterol was confirmed in patients with COPD and concomitant cardiovascular conditions.

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