Vision
Eye Health
Dry, sore or tired eyes, macular degeneration, glaucoma and the changes to sight that arrive with diabetes or age.
Explore this area- Dry eye
- Macular degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic eye disease
- Cataract
Clinical studies near you, sent by text when one fits.
Ventra keeps an eye on the studies recruiting around your ZIP code and lets you know when one matches the area of health you chose. Signing up is free, and every decision after that stays with you.
How matching works
What Ventra does for you
At any moment, a great many clinical studies are recruiting across the country, and most are hard to find unless you know where to look.
Ventra does the looking. You tell us where you live and which area of health matters to you, and we compare the requirements studies publish with your answers. When one near you lines up, you hear from us. When none does, you hear nothing.
How we work
Free from start to finish. Nobody pays to sign up, and nobody pays to stop.
Matches, not pressure. A text tells you a study exists; it never tells you to join.
Your details stay with us. A study team hears from you only if you call them, or ask us to pass your details on.
One reply to stop. Text STOP and the messages end the same day.
Research areas
Eight areas of health where studies near you are looking for volunteers right now.
Pain
Back & Nerve Pain
Low back pain that has lasted months, sciatica, and the burning or tingling of nerve pain in the feet and hands.
Explore this area- Low back pain
- Sciatica
- Diabetic nerve pain
- Shingles pain
- Neck pain
Weight
Weight & Metabolism
Carrying extra weight and the conditions that travel with it, such as raised cholesterol, fatty liver and sleep apnea.
Explore this area- Obesity
- Weight after menopause
- Fatty liver
- High cholesterol
- Sleep apnea and weight
Headache
Migraine & Headache
Migraine with or without aura, headaches on most days of the month, and cluster headaches that arrive in bouts.
Explore this area- Migraine
- Chronic migraine
- Cluster headache
- Tension headache
- Menstrual migraine
Nicotine
Quitting Smoking & Vaping
Help to stop cigarettes, vapes or chewing tobacco, and to stay stopped once you have managed it.
Explore this area- Cigarettes
- Vaping
- Smokeless tobacco
- Quitting after a health scare
- Staying quit
Men’s health
Prostate & Urology
An enlarged prostate, getting up at night to pass urine, kidney stones and other problems men often keep quiet about.
Explore this area- Enlarged prostate
- Low testosterone
- Erectile problems
- Kidney stones
- Raised PSA
Hormones
Thyroid & Hormones
An underactive or overactive thyroid, thyroid eye disease and the other glands that set the body’s pace.
Explore this area- Underactive thyroid
- Overactive thyroid
- Thyroid eye disease
- Thyroid nodules
- Adrenal conditions
Bladder
Bladder Health
Sudden urges, leaks, frequent infections and bladder pain: common at every age and rarely talked about.
Explore this area- Overactive bladder
- Leaking when you laugh
- Repeat bladder infections
- Bladder pain
- Night-time urination
From a two-minute form to a conversation with a study team, at your own pace.
How matching works
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Sign up once
Your name, mobile, ZIP code and the area of health closest to you. Two minutes, on one page.
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We read the listings
Every study publishes who it needs. We compare new ones near you against what you told us.
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A text when one lines up
A short message with the kind of study, roughly where, and who to call.
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You decide
Call the study team if it interests you. They explain the study and check whether it suits you.
Questions
What people ask before they sign up
No. Signing up, receiving matches and leaving are all free, and Ventra never asks for card or insurance details.
No. Ventra does not run studies, see patients or employ researchers. We read the requirements that recruiting studies publish and let you know when one near you lines up with what you told us.
You get a short message naming the kind of study, roughly where it is and how to contact its team. Whether you get in touch is up to you, and the team then decides with you whether you can take part.
Only if you ask us to. Otherwise the match simply tells you how to reach the study team yourself.
No. We ask for your name, contact details, ZIP code and one research area. A study team that wants to know more about your health will ask you directly.
Only when there is something worth your time, and never more than four messages a month. Many months there will be none.
Anything else? Call (719) 701-8266, write to info@ventrarc.com, or read every question
Guides for the questions that come after a match
Five plain-English guides to the parts of research that the paperwork tends to skip.
The phases of a study
What phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 mean, and what each asks of the people who take part.
Read the guide
Reading a consent form
The sections every consent form has, and the lines worth reading twice.
Read the guide
Costs, time and travel
Who pays for what, how much of your time a study takes, and help with getting there.
Read the guide
Bringing someone with you
How a partner, friend or grown child can help, from the first call to the last visit.
Read the guide
Studies from home
Video visits, home nurses and kits in the mail: what a study without many trips looks like.
Read the guide