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.
Featured Trials
Help Improve the Ways Doctors Test for Food Allergy in People With Atopic Dermatitis
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.
COVID-19 Clinical Studies
NIAID continues to conduct and support a range of clinical studies to prevent, treat and better understand coronavirus infectious disease 19 (COVID-19), as well as the virus that causes it, SARS-CoV-2.
Volunteer for Asthma Clinical Trials
NIAID supports targeted research to understand the underlying immune responses that lead to asthma.
Search for a Clinical Trial
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.
NIAID Clinics
HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Information about NIAID-supported research on HIV and emerging infectious diseases including featured clinical trials.
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases
Background information about the NIAID Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID) including featured trials.
NIAID Primary Immune Deficiency Clinic
The NIAID Primary Immune Deficiency (PID) Clinic is dedicated to researching the 200+ forms of primary immune deficiency diseases.
Vaccine Research Center Clinical Studies
An overview of featured clinical studies at the NIAID Vaccine Research Center and information for potential volunteers.
What is it Like to Participate?
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.
Information For Researchers
Access Clinical Trials Data
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.