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 volunteersPhase 2
Effects of THC on Alcohol Consumption and Neural Correlates of Reward
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–40
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Advanced Cooking Education Full Scale Study
Cornell University
- Location
- Ithaca, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Novel Glaucoma Diagnostics
Wills Eye
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Balance Control and Recovery in Diabetes Peripheral Neuropathy
Lisa Griffin
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50–99
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Drug Excretion in Breast Milk
University of Washington
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 0 mo–50
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Natives Engaged in Alzheimers Research - 'Ike Kupuna
University of Hawaii
- Location
- Honolulu, HI + 2 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Alaska Oculocardiac Reflex Study
Alaska Blind Child Discovery
- Location
- Anchorage, AK
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 1 mo–100
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Western Diet on Cardiometabolic and Immune Function
University of Delaware
- Location
- Newark, DE
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50–64
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Aim of This Study is to Determine if Oocyte Sorting for Group Culture Using an Artificial Intelligence Image Analysis Tool (MagentaTM) Increases the Usable Blastocyst Yield and Subsequent Pregnancy in Patients…
Ovation Fertility
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV + 2 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
RSV Vaccine Pregnancy Registry
CorEvitas
- Location
- Wilmington, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–50 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Alcohol Misuse, Gut Microbial Dysbiosis and PrEP Care Continuum: Application and Efficacy of SBIRT Intervention
Shirish S Barve
- Location
- Louisville, KY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–85
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Health Effects of Grain Foods in Adults
Purdue University
- Location
- West Lafayette, IN
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–60
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Triage Survey for Infectious Disease Eligibility
Brooklyn Clinical Research
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Evaluation and Optimization of Ultrasound and/or MRI Hardware and Software
State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Location
- Syracuse, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–70
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Research Framework Exploring Sleep Health
Scripps Translational Science Institute
- Location
- La Jolla, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
IN Midazolam vs IN Dexmedetomidine vs IN Ketamine During Minimal Procedures in Pediatric ED
University of Oklahoma
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 1–5
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Intervention to Collect and Utilize Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Information in Hospice
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Cardiometabolic Consequences of the Loss of Ovarian Function
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 20–45 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Safety and Effectiveness of the PXL-Platinum 330 System for Cornea Crosslinking in Eyes With Cornea Thinning
Cohen Laser and Vision Center
- Location
- Boca Raton, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
MANAGE-VT Registry - MANAGEment of Ventricular Tachycardia Outcomes Registry
CorVita Science Foundation
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Triage Survey for Cardiovascular, Obesity, and Related Endocrine Trial Eligibility
Brooklyn Clinical Research
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Genomic Risk in Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Evaluation of the H.O.O.V.E.S. Healing Intensives Program
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–120
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Antibiotic Usage Prior to OnabotulinumtoxinA Injection
Benaroya Research Institute
- Location
- Stony Brook, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
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.