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
IEEM-Heat and Heart Failure
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 45+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Test of Target Engagement of Ambiguity Aversion
Northwestern University
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 25–60
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
RaDIANT Health Systems Intervention
Indiana University
- Location
- Atlanta, GA + 4 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Effect of Simulated Burn Injury on Post Exercise Recovery in Hot Environments
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Music Therapy Study for Blood Cancer Survivors With Cognitive Difficulties
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Location
- Basking Ridge, NJ + 6 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Comparing Two School-Based Sleep Health Interventions To Promote Sleep Quality in Youth
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 12–18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Prospective Longitudinal Observational Cohort Study of Pregnant Women Residing at High Altitude in Bolivia
Massachusetts General Hospital
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Choice and Autonomy in Learning Mindfulness for Pediatric Residents
Northwestern University
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Improving Health Outcomes Through Investigations of Wabanaki Food Systems in Maine
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness
- Location
- Bangor, ME
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Acceptability of Soy Milk as a Calcium-Rich Beverage in School Children in New York City Public Schools
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- Location
- Elmhurst, NY + 5 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 5–18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Influence of the Gut Microbiome on Blueberry Polyphenol Metabolites
Colorado State University
- Location
- Fort Collins, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Neural and Hormonal Influences on Sex Differences in Risk for AUD
Jessica Weafer
- Location
- Columbus, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–26
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Retinal Microanatomy in Retinopathy of Prematurity (BabySTEPS2)
Duke University
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Mode of Exercise and Bone Biomarkers in Older Veterans
VA Office of Research and Development
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 60+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Setting Focus Overdose Prevention Intervention
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Parkinson's Disease Biomarkers in Nerve Cells in the Gut
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 45–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Genomic Predictors of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Yale University
- Location
- Aurora, CO + 8 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–50
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Wearable Technology to Evaluate Hyperglycemia and HRV in DMD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Location
- Nashville, TN
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10+ · Men only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Developing a Novel Human Laboratory Paradigm for AUD Medication Screening
Yale University
- Location
- New Haven, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Efficacy of Conventional Screening Versus mHealth Screening in Early Detection of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Cancer Amongst the Rural Population of Varanasi: A Prospective and Blinded Study
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Social Needs Screening and Chronic Diseases Study (WE CARE)
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
- Location
- Worcester, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Moms and Babies Health and Well-being
Columbia University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Influence of Authorized Smokeless Tobacco Product Modified Risk Claims II: Laboratory Assessment of Sensory and Subjective Effects
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Ph 2 Elacestrant in ER Positive Uterine Sarcomas
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
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.