Autologous Fat Augmentation of Orbital Volume Using a Closed Cannula Technique

August 16, 2018 updated by: Donald M Fox, MD, Fox, Donald Munro, M.D., P.C.
After enucleation or evisceration with placement of a dermis fat graft or integrated orbital implant as a primary procedure, there can be secondary loss of orbital fat volume causing regression of periocular tissue and malpositioning of the cosmetic shell. Current techniques for correction require open surgery to place a sheet/block of biocompatible material or a macroaggregate of fat into the orbit to augment orbital volume for permanent correction. Alternatively, hyaluronic acid-base fillers (Restylane, Radiesse) have been injected, but these have proved to be temporary. The current study seeks to show that a permanent augmentation of orbital volume can be achieved using a closed cannula injection of autologous fat.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

To date, 5 subjects have completed fat injections and 4/5 have acquired complete sets of 3 MRIs each. Data analysis has begun. The study has been extended to include 5 more subjects (total 10) to increase the number of data for analysis.

To date, the protocol has been expanded to include 10 subjects of which 6/10 have completed fat injections. The study period has been extended to include MRIs at 2 and 5 years after injection.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

6

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

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10003
        • New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

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

30 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects who have developed secondary orbital fat atrophy after enucleation/evisceration with or without dermis fat grafting
  • standard sphere or integrated orbital implantation
  • phthisis bulbi are candidates

Exclusion Criteria:

  • class 3 or greater anesthesia risk
  • infection
  • inability to follow study protocol

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: autologous fat grafting
There is one arm of this study. People with anophthalmic sockets and orbital atrophy are given a single session of autologous fat grafting by a closed cannula technique and are observed to measure, by MRI, the amount of fat retained at one year
Procedure: autologous fat grafting to the orbit
subjects will undergo fat harvesting followed by autologous fat grafting into the orbit into their anophthalmic orbit

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Autologous Augmentation of Orbital Volume Using a Closed Cannula Technique
Time Frame: 1-5 years
Autologous fat will be injected into the orbits of anophthalmic human subjects with secondary loss of orbital volume
1-5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Fox, Donald Munro, M.D., P.C.

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

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

September 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 10, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

December 10, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 30, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 11, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

August 12, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 20, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 16, 2018

Last Verified

August 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 10.27

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.

Clinical Trials on Orbital Fat Atrophy

Clinical Trials on autologous fat grafting to the orbit

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Kuwait

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe