Rhinology Online (Mar 2018)

EUFOREA Rhinology Research Forum 2017: report of the brainstorming sessions on endotype-driven treatment, patient empowerment and digital future in airways care

  • Valerie J. Lund,
  • Claire Hopkins,
  • Cezmi Akdis,
  • Claus Bachert,
  • Jean Bousquet,
  • Wytske J. Fokkens,
  • Sven Seys,
  • Laura Van Gerven,
  • Mubeccel Akdis,
  • Ga Y. Ban,
  • Kristi Biswas,
  • Robert Böscke,
  • Victoria Boeva,
  • Giorgio W. Canonica,
  • José A. Castillo,
  • Seung K. Chung,
  • Jos A.M. Claes,
  • Leen Cools,
  • Giuseppe De Carlo,
  • Eugenio De Corso,
  • Michel Djandji,
  • Maria Doulaptsi,
  • Jef Feijen,
  • Stefania Gallo,
  • Simon Gane,
  • Philippe Gevaert,
  • Korneliusz Golebski,
  • Stijn Halewyck,
  • Thomas Hummel,
  • Iñaki Izquierdo,
  • Alexandre Jagerschmidt,
  • Guy F. Joos,
  • Anette D. Kjeldsen,
  • Isabel Kloeck,
  • Michael Koennecke,
  • Oksana Kokorina,
  • Ilan Koren,
  • Inge Kortekaas-Krohn,
  • Olga Krysko,
  • Basile N. Landis,
  • Bibi Lange,
  • Naomi Launders,
  • Jivianne Lee,
  • Garyfalia Lekakis,
  • Leda Mannent,
  • Katleen Martens,
  • Daniela Morghenti,
  • Joaquim Mullol,
  • Ruth Murray,
  • Dee O'Sullivan,
  • Carl Philpott,
  • Todor A. Popov,
  • Emmanuel Prokopakis,
  • Philippe Rombaux,
  • Carmen Rondon,
  • Paul J. Rowe,
  • Nasim S. Seyed-Tabib,
  • Kristien Sleurs,
  • Kato J.S. Speleman,
  • Jurate Staikuniene,
  • Brecht Steelant,
  • Karel Talavera-Pérez,
  • Christiane Taube,
  • Sanna Toppila-Salmi,
  • Thuy Tran-Le,
  • Justinas Vaitkus,
  • Saulius Vaitkus,
  • Klara Van Gool,
  • Anna Van Hoolst,
  • Ruth Verbrugge,
  • Benedicte Verhaeghe,
  • Stephan Vlaminck,
  • Martin Wagenmann,
  • Torsten Zuberbier,
  • Abel-Jan Tasman,
  • Benoit Pugin,
  • Peter W. Hellings

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4193/RHINOL/18.012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1
pp. 11 – 19

Abstract

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The second European Rhinology Research Forum organized by the European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA) was held on 9-10th November 2017, combined with a specific symposium on air pollution and mobile Health technology (mHealth) with the GARD (Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases) initiative of WHO (World Health Organization). Physicians from different specialties, researchers, as well as patients and industry representatives from more than 40 countries took part in the Forum. Relevant topics were debated with the aim of allowing the implementation of precision medicine (PM) in daily respiratory care. All debates started with positioning the current state of the art: identification of current gaps in practice, the current consensus and the need for implementation of novel approaches such as endotype-driven treatment, patient empowerment and eHealth tools. This report provides a summary of the outcomes of the brainstorming sessions of the European Rhinology Research Forum 2017, highlighting the research needs in PM, with personalized care, prediction of success of treatment, participation of the patient and prevention of disease as key drivers for improving current clinical practice.

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