Clinical Evaluation of the Safety and Performance of a Filler in Correction of Mid-face Age-related Volume Deficit

Prospective, Single Center Study for the Clinical Evaluation of the Safety and Performance of a Dermal Filler in Correction of Mid-face Age-related Volume Deficit

Prospective, single center study, on healthy subjects to evaluate the aesthetic improvement of facial volume, effect on the restoration and/or augmentation in subjects with mid-face age-related volume deficit after injection of a filler with lidocaine.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Aesthetics; Intradermal Injections
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: DEFINISSE CORE FILLER

Detailed Description

Prospective, non comparative, single center study, on healthy female subjects. The scope is to evaluate the performance and safety of a dermal filler (definisse core filler plus lidocaine) to evaluate the aesthetic improvement of facial volume, effect on the restoration and/or augmentation in subjects with mid-face age-related volume deficit after injection of a filler with lidocaine.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Villeurbanne, France, 69100
    • Eurofins Laboratoire Dermscan

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 40 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy subject;
2. Sex: female;
3. Age: between 40 and 60 years;
4. BMI between 18 and 25 included.
5. Subject having given freely and expressly his informed consent;
6. Subject with a volume deficit on malar area and requiring a correction using a filler;
7. Subject, psychologically able to understand the study related information and to give a written informed consent;
8. Subject affiliated to a health social security system;
9. Female of childbearing potential using a medically accepted contraceptive regimen since at least 12 weeks before the beginning of the study and during all the study (oral contraceptives, patch contraceptives, injection contraceptives, male condom with intra-vaginal spermicide, diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide, vaginal contraceptive ring, intrauterine device, surgical sterilization (bilateral tubal ligation), vasectomized partner, or sexual abstinence).
10. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at the inclusion;
11. Subject agreeing to keep their usual cleansing / care products on the face during the whole study period;
12. Whole full teething subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant or nursing woman or planning a pregnancy during the study.
2. Subject who had been deprived of their freedom by administrative or legal decision or who is under guardianship.
3. Subject in a social or sanitary establishment.
4. Subject participating to another research on human beings or being in an exclusion period for a previous study.
5. Subject having received 4500 euros indemnities for participation in researches involving human beings in the 12 previous months, including participation in the present study.
6. Intensive exposure to sunlight or UV-rays within the previous month and foreseen during the study.
7. Subject with a tattoo, a scar, moles, pigment disorders or anything on the studied zones which may interfere with the study at the investigator appreciation.
8. Subject with unstable weight or planning to do a dietary regime during the study.
9. Subject with too severe mid-face volume deficit.
10. Subjects without teeth or with dental prostheses
11. Subject with severe, ongoing and uncontrolled diseases such as malignancy or history of malignancy, type I diabetes, liver failure, renal failure, lung/heart disease, neoplasia, malignant blood disease, tumor, HIV, epilepsy, porphyria or other major disease, likely to interfere with the measured parameters or to put the subject to an undue risk.
12. Subject with known history of or suffering from autoimmune disease and/or immune deficiency
13. Subject with current cutaneous inflammatory or infectious processes (eg, acne, herpes, mycosis, papilloma, chronic eczema, atopic dermatitis …), abscess, unhealed wound, or a cancerous or precancerous lesion on the studied zone.
14. Subject having history of anaphylactic shock or know allergy or hypersensitivity to hyaluronic acid or to one of the components of the tested device, antiseptic solution, lidocaine hydrochloride or to amide-type local anaesthetics.
15. Subject predisposed to keloids or hypertrophic scarring.
16. Subject with coagulation and/or homeostasis disorders.
17. Subject with a past history of streptococcal disease, such as acute rheumatic fever or recurrent sore throats;
18. Subject having received treatment with a laser, a dermabrasion, a surgery, a chemical peeling, mesotherapy or other ablative procedure on the face within the past 12 months prior to inclusion;
19. Subject having received injection with a reabsorbable filling product in the face area within the past 12 months prior to inclusion;
20. Subject having received at any time injection with a slowly reabsorbable filling product (polylactic acid, calcium hydroxyapatite, combinations of hyaluronic acid (HA) and hypromellose, HA and dextran microbeads or HA and TriCalcium Phosphate (TCP), …) or with a non-resorbable filling product (polyacrylamide, silicone, combination of methacrylic polymers and collagen, polymer particles, …);
21. Subject having received at any time a treatment with suspension threads in the face;
22. Any medication which may interfere, at the interpretation of the investigator, with the study objectives in term of efficacy and safety.
23. Subject under medications which may cause lipoatrophy;
24. Subject using medication such as aspirin, NSAIDs (ibuprofen, naproxen, …), antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, high-doses vitamin C within 10 days prior to inclusion or being a chronic user;
25. Subject having received chemotherapy agents, immunosuppressive medications or systemic corticosteroids within 3 months of enrolment and during the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: DEFINISSE CORE FILLER; Cross linked sodium hyaluronate 25 mg/ml with 0,3% lidocaine hydrochloride will be inject during the first visit and a touch up after one month if indicated by the physician. The filler will inject in the face.	Device: DEFINISSE CORE FILLER; DEFINISSE CORE FILLER volume will be injected between 4.0 of 5.0 ml on the whole face (at the discretion of the treating physician to achieve an optimal aesthetic result). A touch-up will be possible at the first follow-up visit (after one month) with a amount of product between 4.0 and 5.0 ml on the whole face

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Global aesthetic improvement one month	Clinical evaluation of the global aesthetic improvement (GAIS) one month after injection of the investigational medical device in subjects with mid-face age-related volume deficit.	one month after injection (first visit from Day 0)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Global aesthetic improvement during follow up	Clinical evaluation of the global aesthetic improvement (GAIS) 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months after injection of the investigational medical device in subjects with mid-face age-related volume deficit.	3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months after injection
Clinical evaluation on restoration and/or augmentation of facial volume	Clinical evaluation of the investigational medical device effect on the restoration and/or augmentation of facial volume, with a clinical scale (FVLS) Face Volume Loss Scale, with a score from Grade 1 to Grade 5, when Grade 1 is the better outcome .	from baseline (Day 0) to 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months
Need of a touch-up injection	evaluation if a touch up injection is needed after one month	after one month of injection (Month 1)
Objective evaluation on restoration and/or augmentation of facial volume	Objective evaluation of the investigational medical device effect on the restoration and/or augmentation of facial volume, with cheekbone volume variation evaluation by 3D LifeViz® system	from baseline (Day 0) to 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months
subject satisfaction on Aesthetic improvement	Evaluation of subject satisfaction using a subjective evaluation questionnaire, (GAIS) Global Aesthetic improvement Scale, the scores is from 1 to 5, when 1 is the better outcome.	at each time point after injection, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months and 18 months.
Evaluation of injector satisfaction on using medical device	Evaluation of injector satisfaction using a subjective evaluation questionnaire	During the injection Day 0 and 1 one month after the first injection (Month 1)
evaluation on skin quality after injection with Dermascan	Objective evaluation of the investigational medical device effect on skin quality using Dermascan instrument	from baseline (Day 0) to 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months after initial injection
evaluation on skin thickness after injection with Dermascan	Objective evaluation of the investigational medical device effect on skin thickness using Dermascan instrument	from baseline (Day 0) to 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months after initial injection
evaluation onskin biomechanical properties after injection with Cutometer	Objective evaluation of the investigational medical device effect on skin biomechanical properties measurements using Cutometer	from baseline (Day 0) to 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months after initial injection
Evaluation of product safety	Clinical evaluation of the investigational medical device safety with Injection Site Reactions (ISRs) and adverse event collection	1 month after each injection for ISRs and 21 months for adverse event collection

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Relife S.r.l.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Siham RHARBAOUI, Eurofins Laboratoire Dermscan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 14, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 8, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): April 8, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 5, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): August 10, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 6, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 5, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: sodium hyaluronate; DERMAL FILLER; RELIFE
• Other Study ID Numbers: ReGl/19/Dfc-Res/001

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