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
Dietary Peanuts and Nutrition-Related Outcomes
Ian J. Neeland, MD
- Location
- Clevland, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Collaborative Opportunities for Reducing Alcohol and Sexual Violence Together
State University of New York at Buffalo
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–24
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Neuromodulation to Improve Grasping Function After SCI
State University of New York at Buffalo
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Cognitive Function and Affective Regulation in Meditators
Balachundhar Subramaniam
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Usability of the Regen Gait Therapy Robot in Healthy Adults
University of Texas at Austin
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–50
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 3
Local Bisphosphonate Effect on Recurrence Rate in Extremity Giant Cell Tumor of Bone
St. Louis University
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA + 10 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Media Parenting Prevention Intervention
University of Florida
- Location
- Gainesville, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10–14
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Exercise Training in Adolescents At-Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Colorado State University
- Location
- Aurora, CO + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 12–17 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Motivations, Attitudes, and Perceptions Study
University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Location
- Lincoln, NE
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–25
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Tender Loving Care for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Location
- Bethesda, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–44 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Digital Solutions to Reduce Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Pregnant Refugee Women
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
BASIS Optimization
University of Washington
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Neural and Psychiatric Consequences of Cannabis Use in Adolescents
University of Miami
- Location
- Miami, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 14–20
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Individualizing Approaches to Surveillance Mammography in Older Breast Cancer Survivors - The I-MAMMO Study
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 80+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Colorectal Cancer Prevention Research Study: Eat Right, Screen Right
University of Florida
- Location
- Gainesville, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Supraspinatus Tendon Acute Effects After Two Exercise Exposures: a Crossover Randomized Trial.
University of Florida
- Location
- Gainesville, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Spacer Graft Study
Montefiore Medical Center
- Location
- The Bronx, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Muscle Blood Flow Regulation in HFpEF
VA Office of Research and Development
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Periaqueductal Gray-vagus Nerve Interface Malfunction Explain the Natural History With Its Numerous Co-morbidities?
Virginia Commonwealth University
- Location
- Richmond, VA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 12–21 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Trial of a Harm Reduction Strategy for People With HIV Who Smoke Cigarettes
Montefiore Medical Center
- Location
- The Bronx, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 40–79
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia in Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
VA Office of Research and Development
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Habit Awareness Device for Treatment of Onychophagia
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–95
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Avocado Consumption, Nutrients in Human Milk, and Infant Cognitive Development
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Location
- Kannapolis, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–40
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Enriched Holistic Care to Eradicate Disparities in Maternal Morbidity
University of Pennsylvania
- Location
- Phialdelphia, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 16–55 · 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.