Funding 

Following goverment and non-goverment organisations are supporting the STOP-COPD trial:

• Region Midtjyllands Strategiske forskningsmidler (English: ”Strategic Research Fund of the Central Denmark Region")

• Den Landsdækkende Akutlægehelikopterordning (English: “Danish Air Ambulance”

• Eva Merete Falck Crone's Fond (English:  "the Eva Merete Crone Falck's Foundation")

• Simon Spies Fonden (English: "the Simon Spies Foundation")

Contributors have no influence on the trial, e.g., the design, conduct, results or final manuscript.