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
Improving Overactive Bladder Treatment Access and Adherence
Stanford University
- Location
- Redwood City, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Convergent Mechanisms Underlying Reprometabolic Syndrome in Women
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Aurora, CO + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–38 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Auditory Biofeedback Gait Training Individuals With Chronic Ankle Instability
Danielle Torp
- Location
- Lexington, KY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2/Phase 3
Focusing on the Menopausal Transition to Improve Mid-Life Women's Health
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Aurora, CO + 2 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 45–55 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Initial Testing of a Behavioral Intervention About Genetic Services for Families at Risk of Lynch Syndrome
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Transforming Adolescent Perception and Mental Health Through Meditation and Cognitive Reappraisal A Mixed Method Study
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 15–18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Investigating Individual Differences in Speech Motor Skills in Neurotypical Speakers and Persons With Disordered Speech
Boston University Charles River Campus
- Location
- Boston, MA + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–50
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Digital Health Implementation Strategies to Improve Lung Cancer Screening Among Safety-Net Clinics
University of Utah
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 50–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Central Sleep Apnea : Physiologic Mechanisms to Inform Treatment
VA Office of Research and Development
- Location
- Detroit, MI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Customized Neuro-Imaging Referenced Symptom Video for the Reduction of Patient and Caregiver Anxiety Around Radiation Treatment for Brain Tumors
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
Defibrotide for the Treatment of Severe COVID-19
Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–100
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Study of Skeletal Disorders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Location
- Bethesda, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 2 mo–100
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Alcohol and "Heat of the Moment" Sexual Decision Making
Boston University Charles River Campus
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Men only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Web-based Program to Improve Self-management Among Veterans-caregiver Dyads
VA Office of Research and Development
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
An Acceptance-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Diverse Adolescents
Nemours Children's Clinic
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 14–19 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Neural Mechanisms of Family-Focused Treatment for Youth Depression
Boston University Charles River Campus
- Location
- Boston, MA + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 7–12
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
UnityPhilly Response App for Overdose Reversal
Drexel University
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Utilizing Pediatric Primary Care Connections to Advance Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins University
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
HAVEN-Connect Youth Suicide Prevention
George Washington University
- Location
- New York, NY + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 13–19
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Evaluating the Feasibility and Reliability of Using Handheld Nebulizers to Conduct Cough Sensitivity Testing With Citric Acid
University of Montana
- Location
- Missoula, MT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–89
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Supporting Adolescent Alcohol Treatment With Computer-Based ('Path180') Skills Training
Brown University
- Location
- Providence, RI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 13–19
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Biomechanics/Motion Analysis Laboratory Data Bank
University of Florida
- Location
- Gainesville, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 2–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Collecting Tissue Samples From Patients With Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy and Healthy Participants
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
DNA Repair Activity in the Skin of Day and Night Shift Workers
Wright State University
- Location
- Fairborn, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–40
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.