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
Preoperative Exercise Testing and Perioperative Outcomes
Yale University
- Location
- New Haven, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 45+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Changes in 24-hour Activity Cycle Behaviors During a Time-Restricted Eating Intervention in College-Aged Women
University of Georgia
- Location
- Athens, GA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–26 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
DILIN - Prospective Study
Duke University
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA + 5 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 2+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Osteochondral Allograft in the Surgical Treatment of Basal Joint Arthritis
Columbia University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
ARMOR Study: COVID-19 Seroprevalence Among Healthcare Workers
Columbia University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Testing the Adipose Expandability Hypothesis In Vivo During Overfeeding
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–42
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Circadian Rhythms and Homeostatic Sleep Drive and Their Effect on Reward and Cognitive Control Systems in Adolescents
University of Pittsburgh
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 13–18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Location
- Cleveland, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 40+ · Men only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Brain Stimulation Effects on Cognitive Task Performance
Colorado State University
- Location
- Fort Collins, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The WISER Study: Web Based Methods for Enhancing Resilience
Duke University
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Social Network Support Intervention
University of Chicago
- Location
- Birmingham, AL + 3 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–49
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The INFLUENTIAL Trial- Evaluation of National Inpatient Influenza Vaccination Program
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Chicago, IL + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 6 mo–99
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Tau Networks in Psychotic Alzheimer's Disease
Northwell Health
- Location
- Manhasset, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 65–85
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Genomic Sequencing in Anatomically Normal Fetuses
University of California, San Francisco
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–64
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Augmenting Rehabilitation Outcomes and Functional Neuroplasticity Using Epidural Stimulation of Cervical Spinal Cord
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 22–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Thrive Initiative Parent-Education Programming Study
Penn State University
- Location
- University Park, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Ultralow Dose PET Imaging of SSTR2 Radiotracer Uptake
Akiva Mintz
- Location
- Englewood, NJ
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–120
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Urinary Titin Biomarker in DMD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 2–10 · Men only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
An Empowering Parent Training Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Preschool Aged Children With Autism
Northeastern University
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative: Registry and Biorepository to Research and Address Health Disparities in Cancer Care
National Minority Quality Forum
- Location
- Flint, MI + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 35+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease
Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Location
- Columbus, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
NeuroVision vs Standard Neuromonitoring
Rush University Medical Center
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Determining the Effect of Six Weeks of Cannabis Abstinence on Fronto- Striatal fMRI Markers in Adolescents With Cannabis Use Disorder (ABSCAN)
University of Minnesota
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 15–18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Improving Dietary Quality and Social Engagement Through a Virtual Nutrition and Teaching Kitchen Intervention Among Older Veterans With Impaired Mobility
VA Office of Research and Development
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 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.