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
Adaptation of the Family Check-Up Online
University of Oregon
- Location
- Eugene, OR
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 11–14
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Pilot Trial of Clinic-based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Adolescents and Caregivers
University of Pittsburgh
- Location
- Monongahela, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 12+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Healthy Family Project: Tobacco Use and Smoke Exposure in Asian American Communities
University of California, San Francisco
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Facilitating Lactation Through Optimized Workflows - Evaluating the Efficiency of Pumping Protocols and Cellular Mechanisms of Milk Production
University of Rochester
- Location
- Rochester, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Functional Ovarian Reserve in Sickle Cell Disease
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10–18 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Stimulation-Based Modulation of Spinal and Cortical Sensory Pathways
Peter C. Gerszten, MD
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Discarded Materials Study
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey
- Location
- Basking Ridge, NJ
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Corneal Elastography and Patient Specific Modeling
The Cleveland Clinic
- Location
- Cleveland, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 16–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Pilot Study Evaluating the Impact of Stress Reduction on Atherosclerotic : Heart and Mind Study
Massachusetts General Hospital
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 30–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
SPIROMICS Study of Early COPD Progression (SOURCE)
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
- Location
- Birmingham, AL + 13 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 30–55
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Pre- and Post-neuromusculoskeletal Injury Risk Evaluation for Return-to-Duty Enhancement
Womack Army Medical Center
- Location
- Bethesda, MD + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–44
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Integrated e-Health (Electronic Health) for HIV and Substance Use Disorders in Justice Involved Women
Yale University
- Location
- Birmingham, AL + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Neuroimaging of Opioid Phase (OPAL)
Duke University
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Pharyngeal Exercise (Plus Protein)
NYU Langone Health
- Location
- New York, NY + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 65+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Multisite Implementation of COMPRENDO
University of California, San Diego
- Location
- Birmingham, AL + 3 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
SCREENS: Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Electronics in the EveNing Study
Baylor College of Medicine
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 8–11
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Improving Adult Protective Services Client Outcomes: A Stepped-Care Social and Mental Health Engagement Program
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 65+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Opioid Use After Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
Johns Hopkins University
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Perception of Speech in Context by Listeners With Healthy and Impaired Hearing
Marquette University
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Point of Care Ultrasound for the Detection of Esophageal Food Bolus
WellSpan Health
- Location
- York, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Quantifying Uterine Elastography in Menstruating Women
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey
- Location
- Basking Ridge, NJ
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Ultrasound Simulation Case-based Workshop Implementation and Impact Assessment
Duke University
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Cardiac point-of Care Ultrasound Training Pathway for Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers
Duke University
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Glutide for Ending Methamphetamine
San Francisco Department of Public Health
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
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.