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.
4,991 recruiting studiesSource: ClinicalTrials.gov, refreshed October 28, 2026How we list studies
More recruiting studies (pay not posted)
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Feasibility of HPV Self-Collection Kits for Cervical Cancer Screening
Washington University School of Medicine
- Location
- St Louis, MO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 25+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Physiologic Measure of VIPN
Children's National Research Institute
- Location
- Washington D.C., DC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 6–18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Reducing Risk for Infective Endocarditis
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI + 2 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Improving Prosthetic Arms for Amputee: A Better Fit and More Functionality
VA Office of Research and Development
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Wellness & Workforce Solution for Lupus/Lupus Nephritis
Morehouse School of Medicine
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Effect of Daily Mixed Spice Consumption on Memory Function
University of California, Los Angeles
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Brain-Stomach Circuits in Chronic Nausea
David Levinthal
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–60
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Exploring the Decision to Drink (More) Alcohol Following Manipulations of Stress and Social Context
University of Washington
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–50
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Internet Based Psychological Support
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Location
- Lebanon, NH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Neural Markers of Treatment Mechanisms and Prediction of Treatment Outcomes in Social Anxiety
Boston University Charles River Campus
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–50
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Neuromodulation for a Novel OCD Biomarker and Treatment
Boston University Charles River Campus
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Prenatal Sonographic Prediction of Placental Histology and Function
Endeavor Health
- Location
- Evanston, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–60 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Effect of TXA on Reducing Bruising After Filler Injection
University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Location
- Madison, WI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–89
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Extinction in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Yale University
- Location
- New Haven, CT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–70
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Navigating Financial and Health-Related Social Needs in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors (AYA-NAV)
Columbia University
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 15+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Diffuse Cutaneous Scleroderma (DSSc) SFDI Study
Boston University
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
My Path to Quit Tobacco
University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Inspiring Seniors Towards Exercise Promotion - 2
Emory University
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 65+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Exercise Snacking and Cardiometabolic Health
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
- Location
- River Falls, WI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–60
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Social Media Influences on Engagement and Susceptibility to Non-combustible Tobacco Product Use Among Youth and Young Adults (AYA)
University of Southern California
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 14–17
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Novel DBS Stimulation Patterns for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
University of Nebraska
- Location
- Omaha, NE
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 19–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Gain of Keratinized Mucosa Around Teeth and Dental Implants Using a Combination of Strip Gingival Graft and Acellular Dermal Matrix
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–99
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection Consortium
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ + 39 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–90
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Role of Acetaldehyde in the Development of Oral Cancer
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45
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.