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
Engaging Diverse and Underserved Communities in Cancer Awareness Training and Education
University of California, Davis
- Location
- Sacramento, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2/Phase 3
Amniotic Membrane Therapy for Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
David Sheyn
- Location
- Clevleand, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Community Health Education Intervention for Increasing Community-driven Actions to Reduce the Cancer Burden in Western New York
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Integrating PrEP Decision Making Into Counseling in Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinics
Yale University
- Location
- New Haven, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Sleep Hygiene Intervention to Improve Sleep Health in Urban, Latino Middle School Children
Rhode Island Hospital
- Location
- Providence, RI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 11–13
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Quality of End-of-Life Care for Children With Cancer
Children's Oncology Group
- Location
- Birmingham, AL + 27 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Healthy Options At Pantries (HOAP) Study
Northwestern University
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Mobile Health Self-Management and Support System for Chronic and Complex Health Conditions
University of Pittsburgh
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 12+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Pediatric Ovarian Tissue Banking - Operative Specimens From Females 0-18 Years of Age
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Up to age 18 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Anti-mullerian Hormone Levels in Healthy Females
Erin Rowell
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Up to age 18 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Ketogenic Diet and Diabetes Demonstration Project
University of New Mexico
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Cortical Electrophysiology of Response Inhibition in Parkinson's Disease
Emory University
- Location
- Atlanta, GA + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 45–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Resilient Roots: Supporting Youth and Families
University of Rochester
- Location
- Rochester, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10–15
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Working Through Outreach, Navigation and Digital Enabled Referral and Recruitment Strategies (ACT WONDER²S)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Location
- Tampa, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Gonadal Tissue Cryopreservation for Fertility Preservation in Children With a Disorder of Sex Development
Erin Rowell
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Up to age 30
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
ADRC Clinical Cohort (Alzheimer's Disease)
Duke University
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 25–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Training Upper Limbs of Neurodiverse Children by Connecting Brain Activities to a Virtual Reality Based Game
University of Nebraska
- Location
- Omaha, NE
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 6–17
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Vaccine Promotion Package (TweenVax) to Improve Adolescent HPV Vaccination, TweenVax Trial
Emory University
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 9+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Vaped Phenanthrene
University of Minnesota
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Potatoes, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiometabolic Health
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Location
- Blacksburg, VA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50–70
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
BCAAs in Concussion 3.0
Akiva Cohen
- Location
- Havertown, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 11–23
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Daily Upgrade Trial
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 25–45 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Prenatal Exercise and Glucose Regulation
University of Central Arkansas
- Location
- Conway, AR
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–35 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Effects of Obesity in the Aged
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 65–75
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.