COPD Clinical Trial — Fort Myers

About this study

The Condition & The Study

COPD is a long-term lung condition that can make breathing increasingly difficult. Clinical research helps evaluate potential new approaches to managing its symptoms and progression.

What Participation May Include :

• Breathing tests and general health assessments
• Review of symptoms, medications, and medical history
• Scheduled visits and monitoring by the research team

About this area

Fort Myers

Fort Myers is the region's urban core, and its downtown and Dunbar neighborhoods carry higher rates of hypertension, diabetes and uncontrolled asthma than surrounding suburbs. It is also the closest large city to our Cape Coral office.

Getting to our office

From the downtown River District, take Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard west to Fowler Street, then Colonial Boulevard west across the Midpoint Memorial Bridge onto Veterans Parkway and north on Chiquita Boulevard S. From south Fort Myers, use Cape Coral Parkway across the Cape Coral Bridge.

Local information

• Familiar landmarks: the Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Centennial Park, Lee Memorial Hospital and the Colonial Boulevard corridor.
• Lee County health data consistently flags cardiometabolic disease and respiratory conditions in Fort Myers' urban neighborhoods, where specialist appointments can take months.
• Allow about 20 minutes by car; LeeTran routes connect downtown Fort Myers to Cape Coral, with a short connection to Chiquita Boulevard.
• Fort Myers participants have the widest choice of appointment times, including early morning slots before the Midpoint and Cape Coral bridges fill up.