Ellacor® Micro-Coring Technology® in Fitzpatrick Skin Types I-VI, Including Patients Receiving Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists

December 30, 2025 updated by: Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc.

Safety and Outcomes of Ellacor® Micro-Coring Technology® in Fitzpatrick Skin Types I-VI, Including Patients Receiving Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAs): A Case Series

The main purpose of the study is to collect information about how the device functions in a variety of treatment areas and skin types and to find out what changes, if any, occur in the skin treated with the study device compared to the skin that wasn't treated including patients receiving GLP-1's, a class of medications that mimic a natural hormone to help control blood sugar and support weight loss. The study will also evaluate side effects that occur with this treatment, if any. Standardized 2D Imaging will be used to quantify reduction of wrinkle severity

Study Overview

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

This device has been approved for sale by the United States Food and Administration (FDA) for use in treatment of moderate and severe wrinkles in the mid and lower face. This device is not currently approved by the FDA for use in other locations or for other indications. The study device uses specially designed hollow coring needles, that when inserted in the tissue remove cores the size of the needle inner diameter. The tissue cores are then removed from the needle and pulled out by suction. Compared to micro-needling procedures that only puncture the skin without removing any tissue, the ellacor Micro-Coring procedure needle removes full thickness cores of skin with diameters in the range of 400 microns (0.4 millimeters or about 4 times as wide as a human hair). Skin that is removed with the ellacor Micro-Coring Technology is below the size limit that causes visible scar formation. After study treatment with the MicroCoring Technology, the areas undergo a process of repair including the formation of new collagen and elastin fibers that are typical of healthy tissue.

A minimum of 10 and maximum of 30 people will participate in this study at Tri Valley Plastic Surgery. Tri Valley Plastic Surgery is the only center participating in this study. Each person in this study will receive the same number of ellacor® treatments The study will last up to 3 months (90 days) for each person participating. There will be a minimum of 6 study visits: a Screening & Enrollment Visit followed by 1 ellacor treatment visit and 4 followup visits (Day 3, Day 7, Day 30, and Day 90); there may be an addition follow-up visit as needed according to you and your doctor. Each visit is estimated to take 30 to 90 minutes. Your participation in the study ends on the Day 90 follow-up visit. Your screening visit and your first ellacor treatment visit could occur on the same day. If this happens then your participation in the study will be about 3 months (90 days).

Study Type

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Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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10

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population consists of adult male and female participants aged between 30 to 65 years, with FST I-VI, with moderate to severe mid to lower face wrinkles and/or abdominal skin laxity as a result of excessive weight loss. They have chosen to participate in this study as evidenced by execution of the informed consent document.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male and female adult, between the ages of 30 and 65
  2. Fitzpatrick Skin Type I-VI
  3. Have moderate to severe wrinkles on the mid and lower face, according to Lemperle Wrinkle Severity Scale (LWSS), i.e. score 3, 4 or 5.
  4. Have moderate to extreme abdominal laxity according to Stokes Scale (i.e., score of 2-4 on a scale of 0-4).
  5. Willingness to sign Informed Consent Form

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnant women or nursing mothers
  2. Patients with dermatosis, open wounds, sores, or irritated skin in the treatment area
  3. Patients with allergy to stainless steel or to topical, oral, or injected medications or preparations that may be used during the procedure, such as petrolatum, lidocaine, bupivacaine, chlorhexidine, or povidone-iodine
  4. Patients with a history or presence of any clinically significant bleeding disorder
  5. Patients with dermatological or autoimmune conditions that may affect the treatment outcome; these may include, but are not limited to: actinic keratosis, raised nevi, rosacea, melasma, active acne, cutaneous papules/nodules, active inflammatory lesions, dermatitis, psoriasis, cellulitis, urticarial folliculitis, acute inflammatory phase of scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, eczema, psoriasis, allergic dermatitis, collagen disorders, or lupus
  6. Patients with systemic infections or acute local skin infections (as Hepatitis disorders type A, B, C, D, E or F or HIV infection)
  7. Patients who are on a high dose of anti-coagulants or blood-thinning substances, e.g., aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), warfarin, heparin, acetylsalicylic acid during the previous fourteen (14) days
  8. Patients who are on courses of chemotherapy, high-dose corticosteroid use, or radiation in the treatment area
  9. Patients with have undergone plastic surgery of the face within the last twelve (12) months or have any facial surgical scars less than twelve (12) months old
  10. Patients who have undergone injections of dermal fillers, fat, or botulinum toxin, as well as any minimally invasive/invasive skin treatment in the treatment area during the previous six (6) months
  11. Patients with scars less than six (6) months old in the treatment area

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Group / Cohort

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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GLP1 Patients
Patients have lost at least 10% of their baseline body weight from taking a GLP-1 receptor agonist
Device: ellacor
dermal non-thermal micro-coring device
Other Names:
  • micro-coring
  • dermal micro-coring

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Safety and Outcomes
Time Frame: study time frame

Safety and Efficacy of ellacor treatment in participants with FST I-VI, inclusive of participants following treatment with GLP-1 RA

There will be follow-up appointments after the initial screening and enrollment visit. Each of the assessments at follow up days are specified below:

Baseline or Day 0 Day 3 Day 7 Day 30 through study completion, up to Day 90
study time frame

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc.

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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October 14, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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January 30, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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February 28, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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October 29, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 3, 2025

First Posted (Estimated)

First Posted

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November 5, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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December 31, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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December 30, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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September 1, 2025

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • TP-00457

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

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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