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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02877667
Other study ID # Soliton 2016-001
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date July 2016
Est. completion date April 30, 2017

Study information

Verified date July 2020
Source Soliton
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Study of new acoustic wave device as an accessory to laser treatment in tattoo reduction.


Description:

A non-significant risk, single center, prospective device trial to evaluate the number of passes of Q-Switch laser treatment that can be completed with a Q-Switch Laser alone compared to use of the Soliton Planar Acoustic Wave Device System (AWD) System as an accessory to Q-switched laser in tattoo reduction treatment.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 40
Est. completion date April 30, 2017
Est. primary completion date April 19, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 22 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Range of Fitzpatrick skin color scores I to III

- Tattoo with location on arms, legs, and torso only, and accessible to AWD treatment head. Black ink only. Other ink colors may be present, but areas of black only tattoo should meet criteria described as: minimum 1" x 3" tattoo with at least 30-50% consistent coverage (see fig 1).

- Tattoo age between 1 and 20 years.

- Professionally applied.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subject is pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the duration of the study.

- Prior tattoo removal procedures on target tattoo.

- Self-applied or amateur tattoo.

- Tattoo layering (additional tattoo placed over an older tattoo to hide it) on target tattoo.

- Metal or plastic implants in the area of the tattoo (pacemaker, implanted defibrillator, stent, or implants in the hips, knees, elbows, etc.).

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Device:
planar acoustic wave device
accessory to laser treatment

Locations

Country Name City State
United States SkinCare Physicians Chestnut Hill Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Soliton MedSource LLC

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Demonstrate that multiple passes with Quality Switched Yag laser is safe based on assessment of Adverse Events Safety assessments included reported Adverse Events as a result of physician examination 1 day
Secondary Efficacy comparison of tattoo fading of laser versus laser and Acoustic Wave Device treated tattoos . The degree of fading assessed in terms of percentage fading (1-100%) and according to the following 1 to 5 scale:
1 = 0%;
2 = 1-25%;
3 = 26-49%;
4 = 50-75%; or
5 = 76-100%
12 weeks
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