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
Mechanisms Underlying the Protective Vascular Effects of Dietary Potassium in Humans
University of Delaware
- Location
- Newark, DE
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Novel Coding Strategies for Children With Cochlear Implants
NYU Langone Health
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 6–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Mobility Function With Exercise Intervention
VA Office of Research and Development
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–89
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Effects of GH and Lirglutide on AgRP
Columbia University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Education and Employment Support for HIV Prevention in Young Adults (ENSPIRE)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–24
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
'Ai Pono Cooking Demonstrations
University of Hawaii
- Location
- Honolulu, HI + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Preventing Athlete Under-fueling Through Nutrition.
Case Western Reserve University
- Location
- Cleveland, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Using Novel Behavioral Economic Measures to Characterize Dual Marijuana and Tobacco Use in Young Adults
Brown University
- Location
- Providence, RI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–25
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Interrater Reliability and Feasibility of the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric for Use in Physical Therapy Simulation
Youngstown State University
- Location
- Youngstown, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Hematoma Block for Distal Radius Fracture
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–100
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Using a Telehealth and Shared Decision-Making Model to Address Preventative Medicine Strategies Among Communities in Louisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana.
- Location
- New Orleans, LA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–55
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Restorative Neurophysiology: Backing up and Restoring the Brain (BandR)
University of Pittsburgh
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
General Population Level Estimation for Type 1 Diabetes Risk in Children During Routine Care Delivery
Sanford Health
- Location
- Bemidji, MN + 3 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Up to age 17
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Dysbiosis & Long COVID
University of Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Universal Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk Reduction
NYU Langone Health
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 25–39 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Spatiotemporal Thalamocortical Alterations Underlie Experimental and Chronic Pain
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–60
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk IV: Smoking Cessation and Pain
University of Oklahoma
- Location
- Tulsa, OK
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Pilot Study of a Portable Head-Only MRI Scanner
University of Minnesota
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Transformative Research in Diabetic Nephropathy 2.0
University of Pennsylvania
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Ohio State University Dermatology Biorepository
Ohio State University
- Location
- Columbus, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Mechanistic Evaluation of Guanfacine on Drinking Behavior in Women and Men With Alcohol Use Disorders
Yale University
- Location
- New Haven, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–70
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Metabolic Diet for Relapse Prevention in Anorexia Nervosa
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–40 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Pragmatic Rehabilitation Intervention: The Active Rehab Study
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Location
- Fort Liberty, NC + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–99
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Diet and Meal Timing in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatoic Liver Disease
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Location
- New York, NY
- 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.