EU PAL-COPD

EU PAL-COPD, a five-year research project funded by Horizon Europe, aims to advance the integration of palliative care in the treatment routine of people with advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in different healthcare systems in Europe. Coordinated by the End-of-Life Care Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the project brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of 13 partners from seven European countries. The EU PAL-COPD consortium will conduct the first large-scale international trial systematically integrating palliative care into respiratory care in 18 hospitals across six European countries. EU PAL-COPD is funded by the EU PAL-COPD is funded by the European Union (grant no. 101136621). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This project is also supported by Innovate UK, the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), and the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund.