Evaluation of a HA Dermal Filler in the Treatment of Lip Deformity (FENTHA)

A Prospective Clinical Investigation Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of FASY L Hyaluronic Acid Gel for the Treatment of Lip Deformity

Early postnatal repair of cleft lip and palate aims at the development of the child through reconstruction of the face soon after birth. Cleft lip is the result of a defect in the fusion of the buds of the face by default of cell apoptosis of the embryonic neural crest constituting the skin and the labial mucosa. Lip surgery or cheiloplasty primary of unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate is carried out from the age of 6 weeks. At the end of the surgical treatment, we often observe small unsightly residual volumetric asymmetries. The choice is then either to surgically reduce a muscular part too voluminous by reducing locally the volume of the lip, or to increase the volume of the thinnest portion this second solution is made possible either by injecting fat or by injection of hyaluronic acid. By adulthood, patients with cleft lip have often undergone 10 or more defect-related surgeries and many desire less invasive options to improve any residual cosmetic imperfections. The first use of a temporary alloplastic injectable soft tissue filler, hyaluronic acid (HA), for upper lip augmentation in a patient with asymmetry after surgical cleft lip repair was reported in 2008. There are few publications on the use hyaluronic acid in complement to the surgical treatment of cleft lip and palate, but all reported promising results.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Lip, Cleft; Lip Scar
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: FASY L

Detailed Description

The study is a pilot, prospective, multicenter, proof-of-concept clinical trial that aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of FASY L for the treatment of lip deformity.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Justine COLOMBEL; Phone Number: +33 (0)2 31 93 21 18; Email: justine.colombel@evamed.fr
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Laure Saillet; Phone Number: +33 (0)2 31 93 21 18; Email: laure.saillet@evamed.fr

Study Locations

• France
  • Ile De France
    • Paris, Ile De France, France, 75007
      • Cabinet Médical
      • Contact: Laurence Bénouaiche; Phone Number: +33 01 47 05 36 51; Email: laurence.benouaiche@icloud.com
  • Nord
    • Lille, Nord, France, 59037
      • Hopital Roger Salengro
      • Contact: Cyril Maire; Phone Number: +33 03 20 44 59 62; Email: maire.dermatologie@hotmail.fr
      • Principal Investigator: Cyril Maire

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sex: male or female.
• Age: 18 years and older.
• Women of childbearing age must have a negative urine pregnancy test before each injection.
• Patient seeking an enhancement of the lip deformity with FASY L after having undergone cleft lip and palate surgical treatment.
• Patient, having given freely and expressly his/her informed consent.
• Patient who is able to comply with the study requirements, as defined in the present CIP, at the Investigator's appreciation.
• Patient being affiliated to a health social security system.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant and breastfeeding women
• Subject who is deprived of their freedom by administrative or legal decision.
• Subject living in a social or sanitary establishment.
• Major subject who is under guardianship or who is not able to express his consent.
• Subject being in an exclusion period for a previous study or with a current or recent (<3 months) participation in another investigational study involving a drug or combined device with drug.
• Subject suffering from a severe or progressive disease or any other pathology that may interfere with the evaluation of the study results: diabetes, autoimmune pathology, cardiac pathologies, hepatic deficiency, epilepsy, porphyria.
• Subject who has a known history of severe multiple allergies, angioedema or anaphylactic shock.
• Subject with a known allergy or hypersensitivity to Hyaluronic Acid or local anesthesia (Lidocaine or anesthetics of the amide type or any of the excipients).
• Subject with an acute inflammatory process or active skin disease, or related conditions, such as infection, psoriasis, rosacea, acne, blotches or other pathology near or on the injection sites with the potential to interfere with the study results or increase the risk of Adverse Events at the Investigator appreciation.
• Subject with a past history of severe streptococcal disease or an active streptococcus infection.
• Subject predisposed to keloid or hypertrophic scarring.
• Subject with a disorder that may impact wound healing such as connective tissue or immunosuppressive disorder.
• Subject with a history of precancerous lesions/skin malignancies on the injection sites.
• Subject with history of hyper- or hypo-pigmentation on the face.
• Subject with a known bleeding disorder or receiving medication that will likely increase the risk of bleeding during treatment, at the Investigator appreciation.
• Subject having received high dose of Lidocaine (more than 200mg) and/or high dose of anesthetics structurally related to amide-type within the past week.
• Subject having received chemotherapy agents, immunosuppressive medications or systemic corticosteroids within the past 3 months.
• Patient having taken high-dose aspirin, anti-inflammatories, antiplatelet, thrombolytic during the week before the injection session.
• Subject having received within the past 12 months any injections including non-permanent fillers (e.g., Hyaluronic Acid, CaHA), mesotherapy or neurotoxin near or on the lips or plan to undergo such treatment during the study.
• Subject with prior permanent implant or treatment with non-HA or non-collagen filler near or on the lip or plan to implement these products at any time during the study.
• Subject having received within the past 6 months mesotherapy, resurfacing laser, photo modulation, intense pulsed light, radio frequency, photo-rejuvenation, dermabrasion, chemical peel, or other ablative or none ablative procedures near or on the lips.
• Subject with subcutaneous retaining structure on the face (meshing, threads, gold strand etc.) near or on the injection sites (lips) with the potential to interfere with the study results or increase the risk of Adverse Events at the Investigator appreciation.
• Patient having received fat grafting within the past 6 months near or on the injection sites
• Other condition preventing the subject to participate the study in the Investigator's opinion: subject deemed unreliable or incapable of understanding and complying with the study assessment or unrealistic expectations of treatment results.
• Subject who planned an intensive exposure to sunlight or UV-rays in the 2 weeks following injection.

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: FASY L; Subjects will be consecutively included to receive FASY L in lips at level of their scar	Device: FASY L; Subjects will receive FASY L in lips at level of their scar.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Proportion of subjects with at least one Adverse Device Event (ADE) at the visit at 30 days after the initial injection	Recording of the occurrence of Adverse Event related to the use of the investigational medical device. Assessed by investigators.	30 days visit after the first injection

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Injection Site Reactions present immediatly after injections	Recording of the presence and severity (mild, moderate or severe) of local injection site reactions after each injection.	Day 0 and potentially at each visits (Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection)
Evaluation of the scar by the investigators	Assessement of the scar using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS). The POSAS of the observer includes six parameters (vascularity, pigmentation, thickness, relief, elasticity and surface). In addition, a general opinion is scored. Each parameter is rated by the investigator on a scale from 1 ("normal skin") to 10 ("worst scar imaginable"). The sum of the seven parameters constitutes the total score of the scale of the observer ranging from 7 (normal skin) to 70 (worst scar imaginable).	Before the first injection (baseline) and Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection
Evaluation of the scar by the patients	Assessement of the scar using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS). The POSAS ot the patient includes six questions about pain, itching, color, roughness, thickness and irregularities of the scar. In addition, a general opinion is scored. Each parameter is rated by the patient on a scale from 1 ("no, not at all") to 10 ("yes, extremely"). The sum of the seven parameters constitutes the total score of the scale of the patients ranging from 7 (normal skin) to 70 (worst scar imaginable)..	Before the first injection (baseline) and Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection
Patient Global aesthetic improvement	Aesthetic improvement of the face will be assessed using the Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale, a 5-point scale ranking from 1: Very much improved to 5: worse. The lower the score, the better the aesthetic result. Assessed by subjects.	Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.
Investigator Global aesthetic improvement	Aesthetic improvement of the face will be assessed using the Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale, a 5-point scale a 5-point scale ranking from 1: Very much improved to 5: worse. The lower the score, the better the aesthetic result. Assessed by investigators.	Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.
Patient's quality of life	Quality of life will be assessed using Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). The Dermatology Life Quality Index is calculated by adding the score of each question, resulting in a maximum of 30 and a minimum of 0. The higher the score, the more quality of life is impaired. A score higher than 10 indicates that the patient's life is being severely affected by their skin disease. Assessed by subjects	Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.
Improvement of the patient's quality of life	Improvement will be assessed using a 4-point Likert scale (from 0-not improved to 3-Very much improved). Assessed by subject	Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.
Visual analogic scale pain assessment	Assessment of pain using a 0-100mm Visual Analogue Scale (0 corresponds to no pain and 100 corresponds to the highest pain that can be felt). Assessed by the subject.	Immediately after the injection (for initial injection only)
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events	Collection of Adverse Event assessed and recorded by investigators.	Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Symatese
• Collaborators: EVAMED
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Cyril Maire, Centre Médical Saint-Jean

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): November 10, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 11, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 11, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 24, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 17, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 13, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Hyaluronic acid; lips; Dermal fillers
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Stomatognathic Diseases; Mouth Diseases; Lip Diseases; Mouth Abnormalities; Stomatognathic System Abnormalities; Congenital Abnormalities; Cleft Lip
• Other Study ID Numbers: CLIN2202

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