The European Lung Foundation (ELF) and its Cough Patient Advisory Group (PAG) have provided input into NEUROCOUGH’s design and implementation based on the priorities and unmet needs of patients. ELF is supporting NEUROCOUGH by providing resources in plain language for patients about diagnosis and treatment options, and through public awareness activities.

The ELF Patient Advisory Group has provided perspective on study design, recruitment plans and assisted with developing patient information sheets and consent forms and improving ways to recruit participants to clinical trials. Meet the PAG. 

The NEURCOUGH Consortium will disseminate and communicate the importance of diagnosing and treating chronic cough through guidelines written in plain English for the benefit of patients, and translate them into the languages of each of the other European partners (Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish and others).

As part of this work, ELF have hosted a patient conference on chronic cough. The event aimed to:

• explain the condition and the treatments available,
• sharing experiences from patients
• provide the chance for participants ask questions about the condition.

You can access lay information on chronic cough from the ELF website:

Chronic cough 

We have also produced a patient information leaflet available in Korean.