- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03219580
The Role of 5-Fluorouracil in Post-Operative Scar Formation Following Direct Brow Ptosis Repair
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
In this double-blinded (physician and patient) randomized controlled clinical trial, the patient's left and right brows are randomized to either the placebo or treatment arm of the study and maintain this designation for the entirety of the study. This randomization is performed and recorded by the study nurse in the physician's office. This study nurse also will be responsible for preparing the placebo 0.9% Normal Saline (0.9%NS) and the 50mg/mL 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU). Both placebo and 5-FU are placed into identical syringes with 30 gauge needles, both materials are identical in color and clarity, making it impossible for physician or patient to correctly identify which injection is which without a label. Only the study nurse will be aware of which injection is which, and the nurse will ensure that the correct injection is placed into the correct brow at each visit via the study log that the nurse maintains.
A patient who has undergone bilateral direct brow ptosis repair who has agreed to participate in the study will first return for the post-operative day 10 visit where sutures are removed from the brow incisions. The patient returns on post-operative week three for their first injections, the details of which are below:
Starting on post-operative week three, the patient will receive 0.05mL aliquots of each injection (0.9%NS and 5-FU) sub-dermally into the brow incision spread out evenly over the brow, totaling 0.3-0.6 mL of each injection over each respective brow. Photos of the patient's brows will be taken, and then both the physician and patient will fill out a survey recording their impressions, the contents of which are listed in subsequent sections of this protocol. This same procedure will be repeated every three weeks for a total of up to four rounds of injections, thus the final round of injections will be given on post-operative week twelve. At each of these post-operative visits, incidence of any side effects is recorded, and if an unacceptably high rate of side effects occurs, the study will be precociously terminated.
At post-operative week fifteen, the blind is broken, and again photos are taken and physician and patient impressions are recorded via survey. After the blind is broken, if desired, the patient can opt to undergo a similar series of injections on the placebo arm of 5-FU.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Louisiana
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Houma, Louisiana, United States, 70363
- Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70115
- Eyelid and Facial Consultants
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have undergone bilateral direct brow ptosis repair (either cosmetic of functional)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known prior knowledge of the study's existence
- History of hypertrophic scarring
- Prior brow surgery, prior incisions or trauma to the forehead, brow or peri-ocular area in the past
- Patients who are decisionally or mentally impaired as they will be required to fill out the supplied survey and have the capacity for consent for the treatment
- Patients with any disease which may affect the brow (e.g. Myasthenia Gravis)
- Actively being treated for malignancy
- Uncontrolled autoimmune diseases with skin involvement
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: 5-Fluorouracil Active Treatment Arm
A patient who has undergone bilateral direct brow ptosis repair and has elected to participate in the study will first have each of their brows randomized to either be the active treatment arm or the placebo arm.
The active treatment arm brow will be injected with 0.05ml of 5-Fluorouracil 50mg/ml in several injections evenly spaced over the brow incision for a total of 0.3-0.6ml,
repeated every three weeks for a total of 4 series of injections.
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50mg/ml concentration of 5-Fluorouracil to be injected intra-dermally in direct brow skin incisions
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo Arm
A patient who has undergone bilateral direct brow ptosis repair and has elected to participate in the study will first have each of their brows randomized to either be the active treatment arm or the placebo arm.
The placebo arm brow will be injected with 0.05ml of 0.9% Normal Saline in several injections evenly spaced over the brow incision for a total of 0.3-0.6ml,
repeated every three weeks for a total of 4 series of injections.
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0.9% concentration of Normal Saline Injectable Solution to be injected intra-dermally in direct brow skin incisions
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Overall appearance
Time Frame: 1 year
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Patient and physician impression of overall appearance of the direct brow incision scar
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1 year
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Skin tone match
Time Frame: 1 year
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Patient and physician impression of how close the direct brow incision scar matches the patient's natural skin tone/color
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1 year
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Scar roughness/tough to touch
Time Frame: 1 year
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Patient and physician impression as to the degree of rough to the touch (ie fibrosis) is present in the direct brow incision scar
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1 year
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Scar is flush with eyebrow
Time Frame: 1 year
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Patient and physician impressions as to degree that direct brow incision scar is flush with skin of the brow
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1 year
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Incidence of side effects
Time Frame: 1 year
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Any incidence of any side effects
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1 year
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Adham B. al Hariri, M.D., Eyelid and Facial Consultants New Orleans
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Poetschke J, Gauglitz GG. Current options for the treatment of pathological scarring. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2016 May;14(5):467-77. doi: 10.1111/ddg.13027.
- Wendling J, Marchand A, Mauviel A, Verrecchia F. 5-fluorouracil blocks transforming growth factor-beta-induced alpha 2 type I collagen gene (COL1A2) expression in human fibroblasts via c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase/activator protein-1 activation. Mol Pharmacol. 2003 Sep;64(3):707-13. doi: 10.1124/mol.64.3.707.
- Yoo DB, Azizzadeh B, Massry GG. Injectable 5-FU with or without added steroid in periorbital skin grafting: initial observations. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Mar-Apr;31(2):122-6. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000214.
- Gupta S, Kalra A. Efficacy and safety of intralesional 5-fluorouracil in the treatment of keloids. Dermatology. 2002;204(2):130-2. doi: 10.1159/000051830.
- Kontochristopoulos G, Stefanaki C, Panagiotopoulos A, Stefanaki K, Argyrakos T, Petridis A, Katsambas A. Intralesional 5-fluorouracil in the treatment of keloids: an open clinical and histopathologic study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005 Mar;52(3 Pt 1):474-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.09.018.
- Fang QQ, Chen CY, Zhang MX, Huang CL, Wang XW, Xu JH, Wu LH, Zhang LY, Tan WQ. The Effectiveness of Topical Anti-scarring Agents and a Novel Combined Process on Cutaneous Scar Management. Curr Pharm Des. 2017;23(15):2268-2275. doi: 10.2174/1381612822666161025144434.
- Khan MA, Bashir MM, Khan FA. Intralesional triamcinolone alone and in combination with 5-fluorouracil for the treatment of keloid and hypertrophic scars. J Pak Med Assoc. 2014 Sep;64(9):1003-7.
- Darougheh A, Asilian A, Shariati F. Intralesional triamcinolone alone or in combination with 5-fluorouracil for the treatment of keloid and hypertrophic scars. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2009 Mar;34(2):219-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02631.x. Epub 2008 Nov 6.
- Huang L, Cai YJ, Lung I, Leung BC, Burd A. A study of the combination of triamcinolone and 5-fluorouracil in modulating keloid fibroblasts in vitro. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2013 Sep;66(9):e251-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.06.004. Epub 2013 Jun 28.
- Pomerantz H, Hogan D, Eilers D, Swetter SM, Chen SC, Jacob SE, Warshaw EM, Stricklin G, Dellavalle RP, Sidhu-Malik N, Konnikov N, Werth VP, Keri J, Lew R, Weinstock MA; Veterans Affairs Keratinocyte Carcinoma Chemoprevention (VAKCC) Trial Group. Long-term Efficacy of Topical Fluorouracil Cream, 5%, for Treating Actinic Keratosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dermatol. 2015 Sep;151(9):952-60. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.0502.
- Jones CD, Guiot L, Samy M, Gorman M, Tehrani H. The Use of Chemotherapeutics for the Treatment of Keloid Scars. Dermatol Reports. 2015 May 21;7(2):5880. doi: 10.4081/dr.2015.5880. eCollection 2015 May 21.
Study record dates
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Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
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Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- LSUIRB#9586
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
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