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 4
Adaptions and Resiliency to Multi-Stressor OpeRations
Bradley Nindl
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–40
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Speech Motor Learning and Retention (Master Protocol)
Yale University
- Location
- New Haven, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–40
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Effect of Cognitive Empathy Training on Dementia Caregivers
Emory University
- Location
- Atlanta, GA + 2 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Personalized Theta-burst Stimulation for Long-lasting Changes in Approach/Avoidance Behavior
Northwestern University
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Behavioral Safety and Fentanyl Education: BSAFE
San Francisco Department of Public Health
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Specimen and Data Collection in South Carolina Medicaid-Enrolled Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and Metabolically Healthy Controls
Guardian Research Network, Inc.
- Location
- Orangeburg, SC + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 40–70
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Validation of Biomarkers for Long COVID in the LIINC Viral Immunopathogenesis and Persistence Repeat Donor Cohort (VIPER)
University of California, San Francisco
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Pediatric Food is Medicine Study
State University of New York at Buffalo
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Aromatherapy and Its Impact on Preoperative Anxiety, Postoperative Pain, and Patient Experience
Kaiser Permanente
- Location
- Stockton, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Digital Mental Health for Asian Americans
University of California, Berkeley
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–90
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Circulating Markers for Ischemic Heart Disease
UConn Health
- Location
- Farmington, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Male Fertility Program
University of Miami
- Location
- Miami, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–50 · Men only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Genotype -Phenotype Correlation of PKLR Variants With Pyruvate Kinase, 2,3-Diphosphglycerate and Adenosine Triphosphate Activities in Red Blood Cells of People With Sickle Cell Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Location
- Bethesda, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Study of Circulating Monocytes in Patients With Ischemic Vascular Disease
UConn Health
- Location
- Farmington, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Mobile Health Application (PACT) to Improve Engagement in Advance Care Planning
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Evaluating Wearable Smart Sensors for Continuous Measurement of Vital Signs in ICU Patients
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, IL + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Up to age 18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Senicapoc in Alzheimer's Disease
University of California, Davis
- Location
- Sacramento, CA + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 55–85
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Biochemical and Phenotypical Aspects of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome and Related Disorders of Cholesterol Metabolism
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Location
- Bethesda, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 0 mo–100
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Patient Navigators for Children's Community Mental Health Services in High Poverty Urban Communities
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Up to age 14
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
InAdvance: Surveillance, Prevention, and Interception in a Population at Risk for Cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Effects of Tobacco Cut and Nicotine Form on the Abuse Liability of Moist Snuff
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Location
- Columbus, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
FOCUS ON US: Adapting the FOCUS Program for Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Cancer Patients and Caregivers
Charles Kamen
- Location
- Detroit, MI + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–100
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2/Phase 3
Limited Versus Extended Trophic Feeding (LET-FEED) Trial
University of Washington
- Location
- Tacoma, WA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 0 mo–2
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Revealing Information Genuinely & Honestly Across Time - Communication Preferences Visit
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 12+
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.