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NCT number NCT04274842
Other study ID # SJ-651
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date February 1, 2018
Est. completion date October 1, 2018

Study information

Verified date February 2020
Source Zealand University Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Objectives: To examine whether dynamic Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) could characterize vessel dimensions and blood flow of telangiectasias before and after treatment with Intense Pulsed Light (IPL).

Methods: Dynamic-OCT (D-OCT) imaged telangiectasia characterized blood vessel width and depth, blood flow, and attenuation. Measurements were done immediately before and after, 1-3 days after, and 1 month after IPL treatment. Characterization of vessel dimensions at baseline were verified by a blinded observer. At one-month follow-up, clinical improvement was characterized as good, moderate or none and possible adverse effects were described.


Description:

Introduction Telangiectasia of the face are a common facial cosmetic disorder and may cause severe psychological distress. Facial telangiectasia may be treated with pulsed dye laser (PDL) or intense pulsed light (IPL). Clinical results are not always satisfactory and numerous treatments may be necessary to achieve acceptable results. Unexperienced operators often depend on treatment guidelines provided by the manufacturer when selecting energy settings for treatment, while more experienced operators may be guided by the immediate post-treatment biological endpoints and history of adverse events from previous treatment sessions. Thus, several treatments are often needed to determine optimal energy settings for the individual patient.

In general, light energy must be targeted to individual blood vessel dimensions, when optimizing laser or IPL treatment of vascular lesions. In clinical practice it may however be challenging to decide vessel width, vessel depth and blood flow by merely looking at the skin.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive in vivo imaging technique, which provides images of superficial skin structures. It has previously been demonstrated that OCT can visualize facial telangiectasias before and after IPL treatment. Dynamic OCT (D-OCT) adds identification and measurement of superficial cutaneous blood vessels with great certainty. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether D-OCT could be utilized to characterize vessel dimensions and blood flow of facial telangiectasias before and after IPL treatment.

Material and Methods Patients with telangiectasias visiting the Department of Dermatology for IPL treatment of telangiectasia at the Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, between February and November 2018 were offered participation after informed consent. The study was approved by the Science Ethics Committee of Region Zealand (Approval no.: SJ-651) and the Danish Data Protection Agency (Approval no.: REG-177-2017).

D-OCT imaging was done immediately before, 1-3 days after, and one month after scheduled IPL treatment. The D-OCT scans and IPL treatments were performed by two separate physicians and the treating physician was blinded to all information obtained by D-OCT.

The IPL treatments were performed using a Palomar ICONTM Laser and Intense Pulsed Light platform applying a MaxGTM Optimized Handpiece with a dual-band wavelength of 500-670 nm and 870-1200 nm.

Dynamic OCT scans were performed by the 1305 nm VivoSight DX (Michelson Diagnostics, Kent, UK) with penetration depth of approximately 1 mm and vertical/horizontal optical resolution of less than 5/7.5 µm, respectively.

Drawn templates of appropriate facial telangiectasia ensured consistency of consecutive scans. Measurements of vessel dimensions were performed at the most evident level at horizontal images and verified by a blinded observer (PLA). A blinded (PLA) as well as an un-blinded evaluator (EHT) characterized vascular morphology at horizontal images from baseline and one-month follow-up. Clinical observations at one-month follow-up included changes in facial telangiectasia and registration of any adverse effects.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 14
Est. completion date October 1, 2018
Est. primary completion date October 1, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- legally competent,

- at least 18 years of age

- persons able to read and understand spoken and written information in Danish or English.

- One or more facial telangiectasia

Exclusion Criteria:

- wounds or ulcers in area of facial telangiectasia

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
observation by D-OCT
observation by D-OCT before, after, 1-3 days after, and 1 month after IPL treatment

Locations

Country Name City State
Denmark Zealand University Hospital Roskilde Roskilde

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Zealand University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Relation of D-OCT detected vessel dimensions to clinical efficacy Clinical efficacy detected as good, moderate or none one-month follow-up
Other Relation of D-OCT detected vessel dimensions to adverse effects Description of adverse effects one-month follow-up
Primary vessel width dimension measurement of vessel width on D-OCT images one-month follow-up
Primary vessel depth dimension measurement of vessel depth on D-OCT images one-month follow-up
Primary vessel blood flow measurement of vessel blood flow on D-OCT images one-month follow-up
Primary Attenuation measurement of attenuation on D-OCT images one-month follow-up
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