Baby boys being used as guinea pigs in Cincincatti pain study

Submitted by DanBollinger on Sat, 2013-06-01 13:15

An unethical and outrageous circumcision study has been approved by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, which is being conducted at Good Samaritan Catholic hospital in Cincinnati on 200+ infant boys, is using these ridiculous criteria to determine which of two circumcision clamps is “better”:

1. the weight of blood soaked gauzes after the procedure;
2. neonatal pain score based on babies’ vital signs;
3. grimaces and facial expressions during the surgery.

Georganne Chapin, Executive Director of Intact America, together with leaders of several other intactivist organizations, have sent a letter opposing the study to the hospital's CEO and legal counsel, as well as the Archbishop of Cincinnati. Intact America is also preparing a petition to the NIH.

Read the study's description here.

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Please be polite but express your objection clearly. The point is this: no one should be studying whether one kind of device inflicts more or less pain on the victim of a circumcision; the infant shouldn't be getting victimized in the first place.

I couldn't find any email addressed for the hospital administrators so if anyone else does, please post it. However there is a phone number to TriHealth's corporate offices found at:

http://www.trihealth.com/discover-trihealth/about-us/contact-trihealth/

Cincinnati Archdiocese:
http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/about-us-2/contact-us/

Not 100% sure she's the right contact at NIH but based on her title, it sounds like it:

Sally J. Rockey, Ph.D.
Deputy Director for Extramural Research
http://www.nih.gov/about/almanac/historical/deputy_directors.htm#rockey
email: rockeysa-at-od.nih.gov

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2013-06-01 15:35

Missed these out; they were right there on the NIH trial page. A reader pointed these out to me:

Mounira Habli, MD (prinicipal investigator): mounira_habli-at-trihealth.com
Rachel Sinkey, MD: rachel_sinkey-at-trihealth.com
Michaela Eschenbacher, MPH: michaela_eschenbacher-at-trihealth.com

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2013-06-02 13:04