Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Using Imagine™ Computerized Radiofrequency System for Skin Tightening

Skin Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Using Imagine™ Computerized Radiofrequency System for Skin Tightening

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00945685
• Other study ID #: EN-IOP - 01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 23, 2009
• Last updated: July 23, 2009
• Start date: July 2008
• Est. completion date: July 2009

Study information

• Verified date: July 2009
• Source: Endymion Medical Ltd
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Skin aging is a multifactorial process involving the 3 layers of the skin: Epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. Skin aging process involves among others: skin roughness (epidermis), skin dyschromia (epidermis, dermis), wrinkles and elastosis - skin texture changes due to collagen modification, skin laxity and cellulite (dermis and hypodermis).

EndyMion has developed the Imagine™ system - Computerized Radiofrequency System for Skin Tightening. By using a multielectrodes treatment tip an exact computerized thermal pattern can be produced allowing to selectively heating one or more of the target tissues (epidermis, dermis and hypodermis). In the skin tightening module the dermis and hypodermis would be targeted, creating enough thermal effect to induce collagen remodeling with no ablative thermal damage in the epidermis or dermis. This post marketing study is intended for evaluation of safety and efficacy of the Imagine™ system.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: July 2009
• Est. primary completion date: June 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 30 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy males and females age 30 and up

• Subjects with Fitzpatrick 4 to 9 degrees of elastosis

• Subject able to comprehend and give informed consent for participation in this study

• Subject must commit to all treatments and follow-up visits

• Subject must sign the Informed Consent Form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with implanted pacemakers, arrhythmias or any other severe known heart disorder

• Subjects with any implantable metal device in the treatment area

• Subjects on any medication that would affect the characteristic of the skin (medical or hormonal), such as "Accutane", within the past 6 months

• Subjects that have had any other invasive or non invasive method of skin therapy or hair removal performed in the past 6 months (in the treated area)

• Subjects who are scheduled or planned for any other invasive or non invasive method of skin therapy or hair removal in the treatment area at the period of the study

• Subjects who have any form of suspicious lesion on the treatment area

• Subjects with history of keloid formations or hypertrophic scarring

• Pregnant or lactating Subjects

• Subjects with Epilepsy or severe migraines

• Subjects with permanent makeup/ tattoo/ body piercing (in the treated area)

• Subjects with any Infection / abscess / pains in treatment target area

• Eczema or dermatitis

• Subjects who suffer from autoimmune disorders or diabetes

• Subjects using blood thinning medications

• Subjects with clotting disorders

• Subjects on drugs or psychologically determined unsuitable for the study

• Subject is suffering extreme general weakness

• Subject objects to the study protocol

• Concurrent participation in any other clinical study

• Physician objection

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Skin Aging
• Skin Wrinkling

Intervention

Device:
• Endymion Imagine™ System for Skin Tightening
Based on patient skin type and area of treatment the physician will choose the following parameters (some parameters are fixed): Pulse energy (J); RF frequency (1MHz); Pulse duration (30 sec); Treatment hand piece (skin tightening);

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Elman Clinique	Rishon Le Zion

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Endymion Medical Ltd

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The safety of using the Imagine™ System for skin tightening will be established by physician's assessment/observation of adverse events (signs of pain, skin texture alterations or burn).		3 months	Yes
Secondary	Efficacy endpoint of using the Imagine™ System for skin tightening will be established by level of skin tightness improvement.		3 months	No