PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Chuchu Zhang AU - Meng Zhang AU - Yalei Wang AU - Huaiyu Xiong AU - Qiangru Huang AU - Tiankui Shuai AU - Jian Liu TI - Efficacy and cardiovascular safety of LAMA in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis AID - 10.1136/jim-2021-001931 DP - 2021 Dec 01 TA - Journal of Investigative Medicine PG - 1391--1398 VI - 69 IP - 8 4099 - http://hw-f5-jim.highwire.org/content/69/8/1391.short 4100 - http://hw-f5-jim.highwire.org/content/69/8/1391.full SO - J Investig Med2021 Dec 01; 69 AB - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is at present the third leading cause of death in the world. Long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) is widely used as a bronchodilator in patients with COPD. However, there is controversy concerning their cardiovascular safety. This meta-analysis aims to assess the efficacy and cardiovascular safety of LAMAs versus placebo in patients with COPD. We searched Pub Med, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science to identify studies that compared LAMA with placebo in patients with COPD. Twenty-one studies involving 24,987 participants were finally included in the analysis. There was no significant difference in the incidence of all adverse events (risk ratio (RR)=1.01, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.02, I2=15.2%) and cardiovascular events (RR=0.98, 95% CI 0.88 to 1.09, I2=4.9%) in patients treated with LAMAs versus placebo. LAMAs significantly improved trough forced expiratory volume in 1 s (weighted mean difference (WMD)=0.12, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.14, I2=86.6%), Transitional Dyspnea Index (WMD=0.75, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.94, I2=0%), and St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (WMD=‒2.50, 95% CI ‒3.32 to ‒1.69, I2=39.8%). Moreover, LAMAs significantly reduced the incidence of exacerbation in patients with COPD (RR=0.85, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.91, I2=69.9%). LAMAs are safe therapy and play a pivotal role in improving lung function, dyspnea, and health status, and reducing the exacerbation in patients with COPD.