Injectable POLY-L-Lactic Acid for Treatment of Hill and Valley Acne Scarring

November 18, 2019 updated by: Bausch Health Americas, Inc.

The Canadian Study of the Use of Injectable Poly-L-Lactic Acid Dermal Implant for the Treatment of Hill and Valley Acne Scarring

Primary:

Evaluate the degree of correction attainable with Poly-L-Lactic Acid(Sculptra) for the correction of hill and valley acne scarring

Secondary:

Document types and incidence of device adverse events with Poly-L-Lactic Acid(Sculptra) therapy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

22

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
      • Laval, Canada
        • Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Outpatient seeking therapy for correction of hill and valley acne scarring.
  • Ability and willingness to understand and comply with requirements of the trial

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The subject has active acne or chronic skin disease, inflammation or related conditions, such as infection, psoriasis and herpes zoster
  • History of presence of keloid formation or hypertrophic scars
  • History of procedures that precipitate an active dermal inflammatory or hyperplastic response (i.e., epilation or radiofrequency laser and chemical peeling procedures) within one month of study entry
  • History of use of facial tissue augmenting therapy or aesthetic facial surgical therapy within six months prior to study entry
  • Concomitant anticoagulant therapy, antiplatelet therapy or has any bleeding disorders
  • History of unanticipated adverse reactions when treated with hyaluronic acid based products
  • Any condition which in the opinion of the investigator makes the patient unable to complete the study per protocol (e.g., patients not likely to avoid other facial cosmetic treatments; patients not likely to stay in the study for its duration because of other commitments, concomitant conditions, or past history; patients anticipated to be unreliable, or patients who have a concomitant condition that may develop symptoms that might confuse or confound study treatments or assessments)
  • History of or current cancerous or pre-cancerous lesions in the area to be treated
  • Use of any investigational drugs or any other medical devices within 30 days of enrolment
  • Use of any prohibited medication within a proscribed time period before entry
  • Pregnancy
  • Recent use of Accutane (patient should not be on Accutane for the last 6 months)
  • History of allergic/anaphylactic reactions, including hypersensitivity to local anaesthetics (lidocaine)
  • Recent history of trauma in the face (less that 1 year)
  • Previous of Dermalive or Dermadeep

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
single arm study
Device: Sculptra (Poly-L-Lactic Acid Dermal Implant)
Drug Device study

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Physician Scar Improvement Scale (PSIS)
Time Frame: At each visit
At each visit
Self-Assessed Scar Improvement Scale (SASIS).
Time Frame: At each visit
At each visit

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Degree of subject satisfaction with treatment
Time Frame: At each Visit
At each Visit
Adverse events
Time Frame: At each visit
At each visit

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Mary Tzortzis, Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 20, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 20, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

November 21, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 20, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 18, 2019

Last Verified

November 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • POLYL_L_02508

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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