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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00994474
Date of registration: 13/10/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Laserklinik Karlsruhe
Public title: Comparison of Outcome Parameters in Laser Rhytide Treatment
Scientific title: Comparison of Clinical Outcome Parameters, the Patient Benefit Index (PBI) and Patient Satisfaction After Ablative Fractional Laser Treatment of Peri-orbital Rhytides
Date of first enrolment: August 2008
Target sample size: 28
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00994474
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:     Syrus Karsai, MD
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Affiliation:  Laserklinik Karlsruhe
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- mild to moderate peri-orbital rhytides ('crow's feet') at rest (Class II according to
Fitzpatrick)

Exclusion Criteria:

- unrealistic expectations

- inability to meet follow-up criteria

- Fitzpatrick skin phototype >III

- coagulation disorders or anti-coagulant treatment

- allergy to lidocaine or tetracaine

- oral isotretinoin within the last 6 months

- any active skin disease within the treatment areas (e.g., psoriasis, cancer, or
autoimmune disease)

- synthetic implants in the treatment area

- facial cosmetic procedures affecting the treatment area within the last 6 months

- photosensitizing medications (e.g., tetracycline, gold)

- history of keloid formation

- pregnancy



Age minimum: 40 Years
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Skin Aging
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Fractional carbon dioxide laser treatment
Procedure: Fractional Er:YAG laser treatment
Primary Outcome(s)
Fitzpatrick wrinkle score [Time Frame: Before and after treatment (3 months)]
Quantitative measurement of wrinkle depth [Time Frame: Before and after treatment (3 months)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Patient benefit index (PBI) [Time Frame: Before and after treatment (3 months)]
Patient satisfaction [Time Frame: 1, 3, 6 days and 3 months after treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
LK_06_2009
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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