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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01673113
Date of registration: 22/08/2012
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Public title: Characterization of Transient Alterations of Cutaneous Sensory Nerve Function by Cryolipolysis
Scientific title: Characterization of Transient Alterations of Cutaneous Sensory Nerve Function by Cryolipolysis
Date of first enrolment: December 2012
Target sample size: 11
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01673113
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     R. Rox Anderson, MD
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Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects ages 18-65 years old, male or female with visible adiposity on the flanks
(love handles) and no weight changes exceeding 10lb during the preceding month.

- Willingness to participate in the study

- Informed consent agreement signed by the subject

- Willingness to follow the treatment schedule and post treatment care requirements

- Willingness to have skin biopsy done

- No history of allergy to lidocaine or any other anesthetics.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subject has a history of nerve problems, neuropathy

- Subject who has recently undergone liposuction or another weight loss procedure, had a
history of subcutaneous injections into the area of intended treatment within the
preceding 6 months.

- Subjects with history of diabetes

- Subjects with a BMI of 30 or greater

- Subject has an infection, surgical scars or other dermatologic condition in the area
to be treated

- Subject has known cold sensitivity disorders including Raynaud's phenomena, cold
urticaria, cryoglobulinemia, or cold induced hemoglobinuria

- Women who are pregnant or intending to become pregnant in the following 9 months;
women who are lactating or had been lactating in the prior 9 months.

- Subject is immunosuppressed

- Subject is unable to comply with treatment, home care or follow-up visits

- Subject has a history of vitiligo

- Subject has a history of keloid formation

- Subject is currently enrolled in a clinical study of any other unapproved
investigational drug or device.

- Any other condition or laboratory value that would, in the professional opinion of the
investigator, potentially affect the subject's response or the integrity of the data
or would pose an unacceptable risk to the subject.

- Subject taking anticoagulants



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Adiposity
Intervention(s)
Device: Zeltiq CoolSculpting device
Primary Outcome(s)
Vibration Detection Threshold (VDT) [Time Frame: within 48-72 hours after treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Mechanical Detection Threshold (MDT) [Time Frame: 48-72 hours post treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
2012-P-001380
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 10/04/2017
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01673113
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