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Volunteer or get more information
Toll free: 1-800-411-1222
TTY: 1-866-411-1010
Se habla español
Email: prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov
Volunteer or get more information
Toll free: 1-800-411-1222
TTY: 1-866-411-1010
Se habla español
Email: prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov
Volunteer or get more information
Toll free: 1-800-411-1222
TTY: 1-866-411-1010
Se habla español
Email: prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov
Volunteer or get more information
Toll free: 1-800-411-1222
TTY: 1-866-411-1010
Se habla español
Email: prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov
Clinical trials are research studies in which people help doctors find ways to improve health. Each study seeks to answer scientific questions and to find better ways to prevent, diagnose, or treat disease. Medical products, such as drugs, vaccines, and diagnostic tests, have to be studied in clinical trials before they can be approved for public use.
A clinical trial follows a plan or “protocol” that is reviewed and approved before the trial can begin. This review ensures, among other things, that the trial follows appropriate safety guidelines.
If you are interested in volunteering for a clinical trial, first find out if you are right for that trial and if the trial is right for you. Each trial has rules about who can volunteer. For example, you may have to weigh a certain amount, have certain blood tests, or be taking or not taking certain drugs. Depending on the needs of the trial, researchers may seek volunteers who are healthy or who are receiving care for a medical condition. Talk to your doctor to see if a clinical trial is right for you.
If you fit the rules of the trial, all details, including risks, benefits, and requirements of participating in the trial, will be explained to you. You will then be asked to sign an informed consent form, which shows that you understand what the trial entails and that you are willing to participate.
Yes, you will still be under the care of your regular doctor for your general health. You will see the study doctor or nurse for planned study visits.
There is no charge for study-related medical care, including study visits, medications, treatments, and procedures. Transportation and other costs may be provided.
The length of each trial is different. Some last a few months, others last for several years. You are free to leave the trial at any time.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. NIAID research has improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world. NIAID is part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Patient Recruitment
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20892-2655
NIAID conducts many clinical trials at the NIH Clinical Center, America’s research hospital, which is located on the main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Read more about the NIH Clinical Center and its mission.
Researchers are seeking participants 3-21 with atopic dermatitis (AD) and high total IgE levels to see if they are truly allergic to milk and/or peanuts with the aim of improving the ways doctors test for food allergy in people with AD.
NIAID supports targeted research to understand the underlying immune responses that lead to asthma.
NIH Clinical Research Center
The NIAID Primary Immune Deficiency (PID) Clinic is located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and is dedicated to research on the more than 200 forms of primary immune deficiency diseases affecting approximately 500,000 people in the United States.
Healthy Volunteers: Healthy volunteers are people with no known significant health problems. See a list of all trials that are seeking healthy volunteers.
More Trials: Not all NIAID clinical trials are listed here. You may find more trials at ClinicalTrials.gov
NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world.
Information about NIAID-supported research on HIV and emerging infectious diseases including featured clinical trials.
Background information about the NIAID Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID) including featured trials.
The NIAID Primary Immune Deficiency (PID) Clinic is dedicated to researching the 200+ forms of primary immune deficiency diseases.
An overview of featured clinical studies at the NIAID Vaccine Research Center and information for potential volunteers.
Based on my personal experiences, I encourage people to look into the clinical trials at the VRC. You really cannot ask for nicer or more dedicated and knowledgeable staff than those at the VRC, and they appreciate all of their volunteers. Give it a shot and be a part of something truly important!
– Peter Hubbard
Read more about participating in the Participant's Guide to Clinical Trials
Read some Participant Testimonials to see more about what its like to participate.
You can also watch a series of short informational videos from Health and Human Services about participating in clinical trials.
NIAID Clinical Trials Data Repository, AccessClinicalData@NIAID, is an NIAID cloud-based, secure data platform that enables sharing of and access to anonymized individual, patient level clinical data sets from NIAID sponsored clinical trials to harness the power of data to generate new knowledge to understand, treat, and prevent infectious diseases such as COVID-19.