A Study of the Efficacy of Erbium:YAG 2940nm in Combination With 1064nm Laser on Facial Rejuvenation

May 22, 2019 updated by: xjpfW

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy of a Non-ablative Erbium:YAG 2940nm in Combination With 1064nm Laser on Facial Rejuvenation

  1. Facial aging is a progressive, multifactor-induced and multidimensional process which is naturally irreversible. The prominent clinical features of skin aging include loss of volume, pigmentation irregularity, low light reflectance, static and dynamic wrinkles, etc.
  2. The development of superpulsed CO2 and Erbium: YAG 2940 nm resurfacing lasers was considered as the "gold standard" for the treatment of facial aging [8,9]. However, many drawbacks including intraoperative pain, post procedural erythema, edema, high risk of changes of pigmentation and long downtime have drawn concerns to patients and practitioners. Therefore, the facial rejuvenation therapies based on combined modalities to target various factors simutaneously have raised more and more interests.
  3. The Fotona 4D laser platform incorporates the long pulsed 1064 nm and 2940 nm lasers, which provides versatile modalities to target various skin aging problems simultaneously. The 1064 nm laser can penetrate deep into the skin to explode pigment particles, destroy blood vessels and heat the dermal collagen by targeting melanin and haemoglobin. The 2940 nm Er:YAG laser in Fotona 4D system integrates a non-ablative Smooth® mode and cold peel SupErficial™ mode. the half-face treated by a 2940 nm laser alone showed a significant improvement on indexes of skin wrinkles, texture, pores and elasticity as compared to the baseline.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

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20

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

35 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients ranged in age from 35 to 60 years old.
  • Patients had Dover scale between 2-4
  • Fitzpatrick wrinkles scale between 1-3
  • medium to very severe nasolabial fold depression with morphological scores of 2 - 3 points.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pregnancy,
  • liver or kidney functional abnormality,
  • skin ulceration
  • skin cancer
  • coagulation disorders
  • patients on drugs of photosensitizing or anticoagulation agents
  • systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, epilepsy, diabetes.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: 2940 nm group
Subjects were randomly assigned into two groups (n=10 per group) based on a treated with a Fotona 4D 2940 nm laser alone, the other side of face was treated with a Fotona 4D 2940 nm in combination with 1064 nm laser. The patients received three treatment sessions with monthly intervals between each session.
Radiation: Fotona 4D 2940 nm laser
Er:YAG 2940nm have been considered as a good treatment of facial aging, especially in wrinkles.(1) Smooth®: 9-10 J/cm2, 7mm spot size, which is sequentially delivered to upper and lower labial mucosa and buccal mucosa to unilaterally accumulate 5000 shots; (2) SupErficial™: 0.5-1.0 J/cm2, 7mm spot size, a single pass
Active Comparator: 1064 nm group
Subjects were randomly assigned into two groups (n=10 per group) based on a treated with a Fotona 4D 1064 nm laser alone, the other side of face was treated with a Fotona 4D 2940 nm in combination with 1064 nm laser. The patients received three treatment sessions with monthly intervals between each session.
Radiation: Fotona 4D 1064 nm laser
The 1064 nm laser can penetrate deep into the skin to explode pigment particles, destroy blood vessels and heat the dermal collagen by targeting melanin and haemoglobin.(1) Frac3®: 30-35 J/cm2, 1.6 ms pulse width, 4mm spot size, unilaterally accumulated 2000 shots; and (2) PIANO®: 160 J/cm2, 5s pulse width, spot size 9mm, unilaterally accumulated 20000 shots, to increase and maintain facial skin temperature to 39-40oC.
Experimental: Combined treatment group
Subjects were randomly assigned into two groups (n=10 per group) based on a treated with a Fotona 4D 2940 nm or 1064 nm laser (Fotona, Slovenia, EU) alone, the other side of face was treated with a Fotona 4D 2940 nm in combination with 1064 nm laser. The patients received three treatment sessions with monthly intervals between each session.
Radiation: Fotona 4D 2940 nm laser
Er:YAG 2940nm have been considered as a good treatment of facial aging, especially in wrinkles.(1) Smooth®: 9-10 J/cm2, 7mm spot size, which is sequentially delivered to upper and lower labial mucosa and buccal mucosa to unilaterally accumulate 5000 shots; (2) SupErficial™: 0.5-1.0 J/cm2, 7mm spot size, a single pass
Radiation: Fotona 4D 1064 nm laser
The 1064 nm laser can penetrate deep into the skin to explode pigment particles, destroy blood vessels and heat the dermal collagen by targeting melanin and haemoglobin.(1) Frac3®: 30-35 J/cm2, 1.6 ms pulse width, 4mm spot size, unilaterally accumulated 2000 shots; and (2) PIANO®: 160 J/cm2, 5s pulse width, spot size 9mm, unilaterally accumulated 20000 shots, to increase and maintain facial skin temperature to 39-40oC.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Visia CR imaging system
Time Frame: change from week0 to week24
With fast capture times and lighting modes designed to enhance the visualization of skin features, VISIA®-CR (Canfield Scientific, Inc. USA) is the standard in repeatable clinical imaging. Visia CR imaging system can be used to assess the skin wrinkles, and elasticity
change from week0 to week24

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Multiprobe skin testing system
Time Frame: change from week0 to week24
Multiprobe skin testing system (CK, Germany) is used to detect skin elasticity
change from week0 to week24

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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xjpfW

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
First Hospital of China Medical University
Air Force General Hospital of the PLA

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Gang Wang, Prof, Dermatology Derpartment of Xijing Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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January 1, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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January 1, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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January 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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May 10, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 22, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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May 24, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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May 24, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 22, 2019

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2019

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • XijingH-PF-20161117

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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