Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 This crossed my email box. Thought it worth passing on. ABC News Online news, breaking news, feature stories and more. ... Watch Live TV: Getlive, breaking news and updates 24 hours a day ...http://abcnews.go.com/ - similar pages [ More results from abcnews.go.com ] ARTIFICIAL BLOOD By ASA R. ESLOCKER and ASTRID HILL July 7, 2006 — Northfield Lab's experimental blood substitute Polyheme is currently in randomized phase III clinical trials recruiting patients without informed consent all over the country. At one point, it was being tested in as many as 27 cities; it is still being tested in 23 hospitals in 20 cities. With the FDA's approval, Northfield Lab has recruited hospitals to participate in the trial study with exemption from informed consent requirements on study participants. Although Northfield Lab claims that extensive information on the study has been made public, a vast majority of the general public has never heard of the trial. Below is a list of the cities and hospitals that are currently participating in the Polyheme trials. Check the list to see if you live an area where you could become a trial participant without your informed consent. To opt out of the study, contact Northfield Labs (http://www.northfieldlabs.com/contact.html) or a participating hospital and request a blue bracelet. If worn, you will be exempt from the trial. ARE THEY USING IT IN IRAQ? California UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.; No longer recruiting Scripps Mercy, San Diego, Calif.; No longer recruiting ColoradoDenver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colo. DelawareChristiana Hospital, Newark, Del. GeorgiaMedical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Ga. IllinoisLoyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill. IndianaWishard Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind. Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind. KansasUniversity of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. KentuckyUniversity of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Ky. MichiganDetroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich. MinnesotaThe Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. New YorkAlbany Medical Center, Albany, N.Y.; Suspended North CarolinaDuke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. OhioMetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Suspended University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio (Page 2 of 2) PennsylvaniaLehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Penn.; No longer recruiting St. Luke's Regional Resource Trauma Center, Bethlehem, Penn.Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Penn. TennesseeUniversity of Tennessee-Memphis, Memphis, Tenn. Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, Tenn.; Suspended TexasMemorial-Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas; No longer recruiting Memorial-Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas; No longer recruiting University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam, Houston, Texas UtahUniversity of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah VirginiaSentara Norfolk Hospital, Norfolk, Va.; No longer recruiting Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Va.Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.; Suspended West VirginiaWest Virginia University/Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center, Morgantown, West Va. (source: www.clinicaltrials.gov where it says "Verified by Northfield Laboratories June 2006) (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00076648?order=1) Talk is cheap. Use Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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