Based on the data in the PROGNOSIS registry, it is planned to establish further basic research-oriented and translational projects.

Through intensive research activities, the subject of NCFB should also increasingly play a role at German congresses.

Professor Dr. Tobias Welte and Dr. Felix Ringshausen, both from Hannover Medical School, are the German representatives participating in the ERS Task Force to develop a European guideline: the ERS Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Bronchiectasis.

The translation and commentary for the German language trinational (AT-CH-DE) guideline is being planned.