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Collagen Injections for the Treatment of Acne Scars and Wrinkles

Phase 1
Terminated
Conditions
Acne Scars
Wrinkles
Interventions
Procedure: Vehicle
Drug: Fibroblast Treatment
Registration Number
NCT01704209
Lead Sponsor
Northwestern University
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if autologous (your own) fibroblast injections are effective for the treatment of acne scars and wrinkles.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
4
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18 or over
  • Bilateral acne scars or have moderate to severe wrinkles
  • Subjects in good health
  • Subjects has the willingness and the ability to understand and provide informed consent for the use of their tissue and communicate with the investigator
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Under 18 years of age
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • recent Accutane use in the past 6 months
  • prone to hypertrophic and keloidal scarring
  • have excessively redundant skin in the treatment area or wrinkles longer than 20 cm total
  • have a history of autoimmune disorders, organ transplantation, cancer not in remission, active or chronic skin disease
  • have a history of basal-cell carcinoma
  • have previously received autologous fibroblast treatment
  • have undergone any confounding therapy in the lower two-thirds of the face within 1 year or any investigational treatment within 30 days.
  • have an allergy to collagen, bovine products, local anesthetics, gentamicin, or amphotericin B
  • subjects who are unable to understand the protocol or to give informed consent
  • subjects with mental illness
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
VehicleVehicleThe vehicle will be injected randomly to the other side of the face.
Fibroblast TreatmentFibroblast TreatmentThe fibroblast treatment will be randomly injected into one side of the face.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline of rater's comparisons at 6 monthsBasline and 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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