On May 5-6, 2026, we gathered for the 4th General Assembly of the PAINLESS project in Lugano, Switzerland, where we reviewed the recruitment strategies in the clinical studies as well as the work packages related to communication, ethics, and coordination. Workshops on EEG analysis and data management were also held.
We also had the opportunity to hear from our external ethics advisor and the Patient Advisory Board, whose perspectives continue to be extremely valuable for the project.
These two days were very productive, especially when thinking about the future of PAINLESS and how we can continue moving forward to achieve our objectives. Continued collaboration and joint effort will be essential.
A special thanks go out to the entire Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC) team, Tanja Fusi-Schmidhauser, Edoardo Ricci, Gianna Carla Riccitelli, Barbara Veronese, Paola Messina, Riccardo Gironi, Maria Pilar Montilla, Nuria Prieto-Casais, Paola Messina for welcoming us so warmly, and especially to Camilla Janssen for all the organisation before and during the meeting.
Thanks as well to everyone who attended in person and to all the partners who joined online to follow the General Assembly – Rui Medeiros, Ana Luísa Teixeira, Ana Sofia Martins, Mariana Ferreira, Natalia Martínez, Lara Rubal Otero, Krishna Perianen Ramasawmy, Andrea Antal, Elisa-Elena Ionaşcu, Dana Oniga, Diana Antonescu-Junghie, Marešová Petra, Lucie Bartošová, Patricia White, Sarah Mroz, Cathy Payne, Sorina Hasu, Monica Moarcăș, daniela mosoiu, M. Teresa Carrillo-de-la-Peña, Alejandro Quiroz Troncoso, Sandra Martins Pereira, Marcos Calvo, Diego Pinal, Jenan Azaiza, Marga Álvarez Rodríguez, María Belén Fernández Castro, Md Salman Rahman, Christoph Aurnhammer, Alexander Hunold, Klaus Schellhorn, Ángel Duarte Campos, Antonio Gil-Ugidos, Alba Fernandez,
We will now continue our work with even greater energy so that, through PAINLESS, we can generate evidence that helps improve quality of life and relieve pain for people living with cancer.
