Feasibility Study: Histological Characterization After Treatment With the Ulthera® System

NCT01713569 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: ULT-122
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Up to 6 subjects will be enrolled. Subjects who have already chosen to have a surgical facelift procedure will be enrolled. Subjects will receive selective Ulthera® ultrasound exposures in the pre-auricular regions. Subject will return for a follow-up visit up to 48 hours post-treatment, on the day of their rhytidectomy. Study images will be obtained pretreatment, immediately post-treatment, and at the follow-up visit.

Conditions

Skin Laxity

Keywords

Ulthera® System; Ultherapy™ Treatment; Ulthera, Inc.; Ultrasound treatment for skin tightening

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To determine the depth of focused thermal injury and thermal injury zone dimensions.

  Post-treatment, treated tissue will be resected for histological analysis.

  48 hours post-treatment

Study Arms (6)

Subject 1

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Ulthera treatment will be administered to both pre-auricular regions using a 4 MHz, 4.5mm depth transducer at 1.2 Joules and 30 Watts on the Left side versus 0.9 Joules and 30 Watts on the Right side.

Device: Ulthera Treatment

Subject 2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Ulthera treatment will be administered to both pre-auricular regions using a 7 MHz, 3.0mm depth transducer at 1.05 Joules and 25 Watts on the Left side versus 0.75 Joules and 25 Watts on the Right side.

Device: Ulthera Treatment

Subject 3

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Ulthera treatment will be administered to both pre-auricular regions using a 7 MHz, 3.0mm depth transducer at 0.45 Joules and 15 Watts on the Left side versus 0.35 Joules and 14 Watts on the Right side.

Device: Ulthera Treatment

Subject 4

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Ulthera treatment will be administered to both pre-auricular regions using a 10 MHz, 1.5mm depth transducer at 0.25 Joules and 5 Watts on the Left side versus 0.18 Joules and 5 Watts on the Right side.

Device: Ulthera Treatment

Subject 5

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Ulthera treatment will be administered to both pre-auricular regions using a 4 MHz, 4.5mm depth transducer at 0.9 Joules and 30 Watts on the Left side versus 7 MHz, 4.5mm 0.9 Joules and 25 Watts on the Right side.

Device: Ulthera Treatment

Subject 6

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Ulthera treatment will be administered to both pre-auricular regions using a 7 MHz, 3.0mm transducer at 0.35 and 14 Watts, and a 4 MHz, 4.5mm depth transducer at 0.9 Joules and 30 Watts on the Left side versus a 7 MHz, 3.0mm depth and 4.5mm depth transducer at 2.0 Joules and 40 Watts on the Right side.

Device: Ulthera Treatment

Interventions

Ulthera Treatment DEVICE

Focused ultrasound energy delivered below the surface of the skin

Also known as: Ultherapy™

Subject 1; Subject 2; Subject 3; Subject 4; Subject 5; Subject 6

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Male or female, age 30 to 65 years scheduled for rhytidectomy.
• Subject in good health.
• Understands and accepts the obligation not to undergo any other procedures in the areas to be treated.
• Subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test result and must not be lactating at Visit 1 and be willing and able to use an acceptable method of birth control (e.g., barrier methods used with a spermicidal agent, hormonal methods, IUD, surgical sterilization, abstinence) during the study. Women will not be considered of childbearing potential if one of the following conditions is documented on the medical history: a) Postmenopausal for at least 12 months prior to study; b) Without a uterus and/or both ovaries; or c) A bilateral tubal ligation at least six months prior to study enrollment.

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of an active systemic or local skin disease that may affect wound healing.
• Severe solar elastosis.
• Significant scarring in areas to be treated.
• Open wounds or lesions in the area to be treated.
• Severe or cystic acne on the area to be treated.
• Presence of a metal stent or implant in the facial area to be treated.
• Inability to understand the protocol or to give informed consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ulthera, Inc: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sasaki Advanced Aesthetic Medical Center

Pasadena, California, 91105, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cutis Laxa

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Skin Diseases, Genetic; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Connective Tissue Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Skin Diseases

Study Officials

• Gordon Sasaki, MD

  Sasaki Advanced Aesthetic Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2012
• First Posted: October 24, 2012
• Study Start: October 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2013
• Study Completion: October 1, 2013
• Last Updated: November 24, 2017

Record last verified: 2013-11

Locations

US (1)