Feasibility Study: Evaluation of the Treatment of Striae Using Ultherapy® in Combination With Laser Treatment

Scars Clinical Trial

Official title:

Feasibility Study: Evaluation of the Ulthera® System in Combination With 70W Alma Pixel CO2 Fractional Ablative Laser for Improvement of Abdominal Striae

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01810484
• Other study ID #: ULT-133
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 8, 2013
• Last updated: January 30, 2018
• Start date: January 2013
• Est. completion date: January 2015

Study information

• Verified date: January 2015
• Source: Merz North America, Inc.
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Up to 20 subjects will be enrolled. Enrolled subjects will receive one of three study treatments in the abdominal region: Ultherapy® only, Ultherapy® and CO2 laser treatment, or CO2 laser treatment only. Follow-up visit will occur at 14, 90 and 180 days post-treatment. Study images will be obtained pre-treatment, approximately 30 minutes post-treatment, and at each follow-up visit.

Description:

This is a prospective, randomized, single-blinded, pilot clinical trial to evaluate the use of the Ulthera® System in combination with the 70W Alma Pixel CO2 laser for efficacious results in the treatment of abdominal striae rubra and striae alba. Subjects will be randomized to one of three treatment groups. Study personnel conducting efficacy measures will be blinded to the assigned treatment groups.

Changes from baseline in overall skin texture and appearance of abdominal striae will be assessed at study follow-up visits. 2D images, 3D images and patient satisfaction questionnaires will be obtained.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 14
• Est. completion date: January 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female, aged 21 to 65 years.

• Subject in good health.

• Fitzpatrick skin classification type 1-5.

• Striae rubra and alba on the abdomen.

• Understands and accepts the obligation not to undergo any other procedures in the area(s) to be treated through the follow-up period.

• Willingness and ability to comply with protocol requirements, including returning for follow-up visits and abstaining from exclusionary procedures for the duration of the study.

• Absence of physical or psychological conditions unacceptable to the investigator.

• Willingness and ability to provide written consent for study-required photography and adherence to photography requirements .

• Willingness and ability to provide written informed consent and HIPAA authorization prior to performance of any study-related procedure.

• Subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test result and must not be lactating at Visit 1 and be willing and able to use an acceptable method of birth control during the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of an active systemic or local skin disease that may affect wound healing.

• Current bacterial or viral infection in the area to be treated.

• Severe solar elastosis.

• Significant scarring or burns in area(s) to be treated.

• Prior radiation therapy in the area(s) to be treated.

• Open wounds or lesions in the area(s) to be treated.

• History of keloid or hypertrophic scarring

• History of irregular pigmentation of the skin, Lichens Planus, Vitiligo or Psoriasis in the treatment area that in the investigators opinion, would put the subject at unnecessary risk.

• Inability to understand the protocol or to give informed consent.

• Microdermabrasion, or prescription level glycolic acid treatments to the intended treatment area(s) within two weeks prior to study participation or during the study.

• History of chronic drug or alcohol abuse.

• History of autoimmune disease.

• Concurrent therapy that, in the investigator's opinion, would interfere with the evaluation of the safety or efficacy of the study device.

• Subjects who anticipate the need for surgery or overnight hospitalization during the study.

• Subjects who, in the investigator's opinion, have a history of poor cooperation,noncompliance with medical treatment, or unreliability.

• Concurrent enrollment in any study involving the use of investigational devices or drugs.

• Current smoker or history of smoking in the last five years.

• History of prior abdominal Suction Assisted Lipectomy or Abdominoplasty.

• History of prior Massive Weight Loss

• History of using the following prescription medications:

1. Accutane or other systemic retinoids within the past 12 months;

2. Antiplatelet agents / Anticoagulants (Coumadin, Heparin, Plavix);

3. Psychiatric drugs that in the investigators opinion would impair the subject from understanding the protocol requirements or understanding and signing informed consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Scars
• Striae

Intervention

Device:
• Ultherapy® treatment only
Focused ultrasound energy delivered below the surface of the skin
• Ultherapy® treatment and CO2 laser treatment
Ultherapy® treatment: Focused ultrasound energy delivered below the surface of the skin; CO2 Laser: Fractionated energy delivered to the surface of the skin for ablative and thermal injury to the skin layers for resurfacing the skin.
• CO2 Laser treatment only
CO2 Laser: Fractionated energy delivered to the surface of the skin for ablative and thermal injury to the skin layers for resurfacing the skin.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Dermatology, Laser & Vein Specialists of the Carolinas	Charlotte	North Carolina
United States	Art Plastic Surgery	Paramus	New Jersey

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ulthera, Inc

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline in overall skin texture and appearance of abdominal striae	A masked, qualitative assessment of change from baseline in the areas treated based a review of 2D images obtained at baseline and 90 days post-treatment.	90-days post-treatment
Secondary	90 Day Patient Satisfaction	Based on completion of Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires	90 Days post-treatment
Secondary	180 Day Patient Satisfaction	Based on completion of Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires	180 Days post-treatment
Secondary	Change from baseline in overall aesthetic appearance of abdominal striae at 90 days	Assessment of change in overall aesthetic appearance of abdominal striae from baseline to 90 days post-treatment based on review of pretreatment and 90 day post-treatment 2D images and a live assessment of the treatment area	90 Days post-treatment
Secondary	Change from baseline in overall aesthetic appearance of abdominal striae at 180 days	Assessment of change in overall aesthetic appearance of abdominal striae from baseline to 180 days post-treatment based on review of pretreatment and 180 day post-treatment 2D images and a live assessment of the treatment area	180 Days post-treatment
Secondary	Change from baseline in skin striae texture and depth at 90 Days	Quantitative analysis will be completed comparing 3D images obtained at baseline to 3D images obtained at 90 days post-treatment.	90 Days post-treatment
Secondary	Change from baseline in skin striae texture and depth at 180 Days	Quantitative analysis will be completed comparing 3D images obtained at baseline to 3D images obtained at 180 days post-treatment.	180 Days post-treatment