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
REFINE Study: A Study In a Novel Interspinous Fusion Device In Subjects With Low Back Pain
Pacific Research Institute
- Location
- Jupiter, FL + 8 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) Using Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
RPCR, Inc.
- Location
- Stuart, FL + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50–100 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Gait Analysis of a Lateral-Pivot Design Total Knee Replacement
More Foundation
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Precision Genomics Medicine Biobank
Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
- Location
- Murray, UT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Clinical and Genetic Analysis of ROP
Oregon Health and Science University
- Location
- Chicago, IL + 2 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Up to age 1
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry
COPD Foundation
- Location
- Washington D.C., DC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–120
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
SpeeDx Ciprofloxacin gyrA Assay for N. Gonorrhoeae Gonococcal Infection
University of Washington
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
COPD Patient-Powered Research Network
COPD Foundation
- Location
- Washington D.C., DC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Health and Resilience Projects: Foundations
University of Georgia
- Location
- Athens, GA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10–13
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
New Orleans Pulmonary Hypertension Biobank
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
- Location
- New Orleans, LA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
iGlucose® Remote Patient Monitoring Device as an Adjunct to Routine Glucose Meter Devices for Glycemic Management and Control in Gestational Diabetes
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
BFRT in Adolescents After ACL Reconstruction
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 12–18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Morehouse Total Cancer Care Protocol
Morehouse School of Medicine
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Phase 2 Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Rift Valley Fever Vaccine
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
- Location
- Fort Deterick, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Trigger Point Injection for Myofascial Pain Syndrome in the Low Back: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Madigan Army Medical Center
- Location
- Tacoma, WA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Latency Antibiotics in Previable PPROM, 18 0/7- 22 6/7 WGA
Woman's
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Evaluation of SUMMIT BRUSH in Treatment of Blepharitis
University of Notre Dame
- Location
- Boulder, CO + 2 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Online Motor Control in People With Parkinson's Disease
University of Delaware
- Location
- Newark, DE
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–85
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
The PRIME Study: A Randomized, Controlled, Prospective Study
Vance Thompson Vision - MT
- Location
- Bozeman, MT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 22–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Cardiovascular Innovation & Research Institute 's NEXUS Registry, the Whole is Greater Than the Parts.
Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Institute
- Location
- Glenwood Springs, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Post-Cesarean Pain Control
Hawaii Pacific Health
- Location
- Honolulu, HI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Standard Injections Versus Reduced Injections for Intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA Treatment of Overactive Bladder
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Location
- Bethesda, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
A Trial Evaluating Patient Preference of Dropless vs Drops Post Cataract Surgery
Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island
- Location
- Garden City, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 22–100
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
DC Longitudinal Study on Aging and Specimen Bank
Georgetown University
- Location
- Washington D.C., DC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 45+
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.