Photographic Assessment of Eyebrow Position and Range of Motion

Brow Ptosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Photographic Assessment of Eyebrow Position and Range of Motion

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00347308
• Other study ID #: 001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 29, 2006
• Last updated: April 29, 2012
• Start date: July 2007
• Est. completion date: January 2009

Study information

• Verified date: April 2012
• Source: The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Forehead and eyebrow surgery is a frequently performed cosmetic surgical procedure in which the eyebrows are raised to a more aesthetically pleasing position. Typically, this position is judged by the surgeon pre-operatively based on traditional aesthetic concepts, some of which date to the Classical era. This study is designed to assess the variance of the eyebrow from the desired aesthetic position (as determined by the subject), as wel as to assess the distance of normal excursion of the brow from maximum voluntary depression to maximum voluntary elevation.

Description:

A set of 5 digital photographs will be taken of 100 (30 male, 70 female) adult study participants. Prior to photography, water soluble ink will be used to mark the inferior aspect of the superior orbital rim above the medial and lateral canthi and in the mid pupillary line. Photographs taken will image patients from crown to chin and will be taken with eyes open and closed, brows raised, maximally contracted and at rest. A final photograph will be taken with the subject manually holding both brows in the position he/she finds most aesthetically pleasing as seen in a mirror. During all photography, a ruler will be held against the face for later calibration, all photographs will be taken with a camera mounted flash and with the patient in a Frankfort horizontal plane. All photographs will be analyzed with proprietary computer software.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: January 2009
• Est. primary completion date: December 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults,

• aged 18-85 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• prior forehead, eyebrow or eyelid surgery,

• neurotoxin treatment to the forehead or eyes within the past 6 months,

• injectable soft tissue filler used within the last 12 months,

• photosensitivity.

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brow Ptosis

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Eyebrow Position
Photography of brow positions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Center for Facial Plastic Surgery	Chappaqua	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Eyebrow Position	Position of eyebrow at the medial canthus relative to orbital rim	At time of evaluation	No