Core: healthy volunteers
Studies for healthy volunteers recruiting now
These studies say in their official record that they accept healthy volunteers. Many are Phase 1 studies that test how a new medicine is absorbed and tolerated; others recruit healthy people as a comparison group alongside patients.
5,002 recruiting studiesSource: ClinicalTrials.gov, refreshed October 26, 2026How we list studies
More recruiting studies (pay not posted)
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Optimizing Self-Monitoring Feedback Delivery for the Treatment of Overweight and Obesity
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Investigating the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Innovative Interdisciplinary Supportive Care Program: Couples Coping Together Against Cancer
City of Hope Medical Center
- Location
- Duarte, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Use of Adenosine to Determine the Electrophysiological Mechanism of Premature Ventricular Contractions
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–70
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The BrainHealth Project
The University of Texas at Dallas
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–110
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Identification of Biomarkers for Stress Vulnerability and Resilience
University of Michigan
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–22
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Chatbot to Maximize Hereditary Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY + 3 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Trial of Community-based Patient Navigation
Emory University
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Optimizing Cardiovascular Preventive Care for Women Following Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
University of Utah
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Community Garden Health Block
University of Arkansas
- Location
- Little Rock, AR
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–95
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Investigating New Methods to Study Movement in Children and Young Adults With Movement Disorders.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- Location
- Bethesda, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 5–25
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Testing Effectiveness of a Stochastic Noise Stimulator to Immediately Improve Balance and Gait
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Sleep TMS for Depression
Stanford University
- Location
- Stanford, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Expanding Access to Cervical Cancer Screening Through Primary HR-HPV Testing and Self-sampling: a Multicomponent Intervention for Safety Net Health Systems
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Evaluating an Interactive Digital Toolkit for Women's PrEP Implementation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Location
- Birmingham, AL + 3 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Non-Invasive Deep Brain Neuromodulation for Smoking Cessation
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 20–60
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Comparison of Root Canal Desinfection Protocols
State University of New York at Buffalo
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–70
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enhanced Pretreatment Peer-review Process to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
CARRII Native Intervention Optimization Trial
University of Virginia
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–44 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Impact of Lactation Antenatal Teaching by Clinicians and Healthcare Providers
Loma Linda University
- Location
- Loma Linda, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
UNderstanding the Causes Of Idiopathic Scoliosis Through the Longitudinal Analysis of Proteomic Markers: the UNCOIL Study
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10–17
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Targeting Alcohol-Opioid Co-Use Among Young Adults Using a Novel MHealth Intervention
Brown University
- Location
- Providence, RI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–25
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Cognitive and Electrophysiological Assessment of Non-Invasive Temporally-Interfering Electric Fields Stimulation (TIEFS)
University of California, Davis
- Location
- Sacramento, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Reversal of Lipid-Induced Insulin Resistance
Yale University
- Location
- New Haven, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–90
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
General Psychological Distress, PTSD, and Co-Morbidities in Healthcare Workers Consequent to Occupational Trauma
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
Who these studies look for
“Healthy” is decided at screening, not by you. Sites usually check vital signs, blood and urine tests, an ECG, your medications and sometimes your BMI or smoking status. A study can still turn you away for reasons that have nothing to do with being unwell, such as timing or a full roster.
Matching a page like this one never means you qualify. Each research team decides eligibility at screening.
Questions
Do healthy volunteer studies pay?
Many do, because volunteers give up time and follow strict schedules, but amounts are set by each study and are usually only confirmed by the research site. When a record states an amount we show the exact wording; otherwise we say compensation is not disclosed.
What happens at a screening visit?
Expect consent paperwork first, then a health questionnaire, vital signs, blood and urine samples and often an ECG. You can ask questions and withdraw at any time, before or after you sign.