A Study to Investigate the Effect of AZD6793 in Participants With Moderate to Very Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Inclusion Criteria: * Participant must be ≥40 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent. * Documented primary diagnosis of COPD for at least 12 months prior to enrolment. * Pre-BD FEV1/FVC \< 0.7 at Visit 1 and pre- and post-BD FEV1/FVC \< 0.7, and post-BD FEV1 ≥ 25% to \< 80% of predicted normal at Visit 2. * Documented history of ≥ 2 moderate or ≥ 1 severe COPD exacerbations in the 12 months prior to screening. * Documented stable regimen of inhaled triple maintenance therapy or inhaled dual maintenance therapy for ≥ 3 months prior to screening. * CAT score ≥ 10 at Visit 1. * Current or ex-smokers with a cigarette smoking history of ≥ 10 pack-years. * Participants who are clinically stable and free from an exacerbation of COPD for 4 weeks prior to Visit 1 and are also exacerbation free for at least 4 weeks (28 days) prior to Visit 3 (randomisation). * Negative pregnancy test at Visit 1 and Visit 3 for Women Of Child-Bearing Potential (WOCBP). Exclusion Criteria: * Clinically important pulmonary disease other than COPD (eg, asthma \[current diagnosis per GINA or other accepted guidelines\], active pulmonary infection, clinically significant bronchiectasis when bronchiectasis is the predominant diagnosis, pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, hypoventilation syndrome associated with obesity, lung cancer, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency or primary ciliary dyskinesia). * Radiological findings suggestive of a respiratory disease other than COPD that is significan…