Comparative Study of Umeclidinium/Vilanterol (UMEC/VI) in a Fixed Dose Combination With Indacaterol Plus Tiotropium

Inclusion Criteria

• Type of subject: Outpatient
• Informed Consent: A signed and dated written informed consent prior to study participation.
• Participants 40 years of age or older at Visit 1.
• Gender: Male or female participants. A female is eligible to enter and participate in the study if she is of: Non-child bearing potential (i.e., physiologically incapable of becoming pregnant, including any female who is post-menopausal or surgically sterile). Surgically sterile females are defined as those with a documented hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy or tubal ligation. Post-menopausal females are defined as being amenorrhoeic for greater than 1 year with an appropriate clinical profile, e.g., age appropriate, > 45 years, in the absence of hormone replacement therapy.OR Child bearing potential, has a negative pregnancy test at screening, and agrees to one of the following acceptable contraceptive methods used consistently and correctly (i.e., in accordance with the approved product label and the instructions of the physician for the duration of the study screening to follow-up contact): Abstinence, Oral Contraceptive, either combined or progestogen alone, Injectable progestogen, Implants of levonorgestrel, Estrogenic vaginal ring, Percutaneous contraceptive patches, Intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS) that meets the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effectiveness criteria as stated in the product label, Male partner sterilization (vasectomy with documentation of azoospermia) prior to the female subject's entry into the study, and this male is the sole partner for that subject. For this definition, "documented" refers to the outcome of the investigator's/designee's medical examination of the subject or review of the subject's medical history for study eligibility, as obtained via a verbal interview with the subject or from the subject' s medical records. Double barrier method: condom and an occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with a vaginal spermicidal agent (foam/gel/film/cream/suppository)
• Diagnosis: An established clinical history of COPD in accordance with the definition by the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society.
• Smoking History: Current or former cigarette smokers with a history of cigarette smoking of >=10 pack-years. Former smokers are defined as those who have stopped smoking for at least 6 months prior to Visit 1.
• Severity of Disease: A pre and post-albuterol/salbutamol Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second/ Forced Vital Capacity (FEV1/ FVC) ratio of = 2 on the Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale (mMRC) at Visit 1.
• QT interval corrected (QTc) Criteria: QTc 1000 mcg/day of fluticasone propionate or equivalent (30 days); Initiation or discontinuation of ICS use (30 days); Inhaled long acting beta2-agonists (LABA): Salmeterol, Formoterol (48 hours), Olodaterol, Indacaterol and Vilanterol (14 days); Long acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) (Tiotropium, Aclidinium, Glycopyrronium, Umeclidinium) (7 days); LABA/LAMA combination products (Whichever mono component has the longest washout); Roflumilast (14 days); Oral beta-agonists- Long-acting (48 hours), Short-acting(12 hours); Theophyllines (48 hours); Oral leukotriene inhibitors (zafirlukast, montelukast, zileuton) (48 hours); Inhaled sodium cromoglycate or nedocromil sodium (24 hours); Inhaled short acting beta2-agonists (4 hours); Inhaled short-acting anticholinergic (short acting muscarinic antagonist [SAMA]) products eg ipratropium (4 hours); Inhaled short-acting anticholinergic/short-acting beta2-agonist combination products (SAMA/Short Acting beta2-agonists [SABA]) (4 hours); Any other investigational medication (30 days or within 5 drug half-lives)
• Oxygen: Use of Long Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT).This is defined as oxygen therapy prescribed for greater than 12 hours per day. As needed oxygen use (i.e. <=12 hours per day) is not exclusionary.
• Nebulized Therapy: Regular use (prescri