Clinical trial NCT00945685: Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Using Imagine™ Computerized Radiofrequency System for Skin Tightening
Official title: Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of Using Imagine™ Computerized Radiofrequency System for Skin Tightening
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Skin Aging
Skin Wrinkling
Keywords: Skin Aging
Skin Wrinkling
Lead sponsor: Endymion Medical Ltd
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2009-07-24
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Skin aging is a multifactorial process involving the 3 layers of the skin: Epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. Skin aging process involves among others: skin roughness (epidermis), skin dyschromia (epidermis, dermis), wrinkles and elastosis - skin texture changes due to collagen modification, skin laxity and cellulite (dermis and hypodermis).

EndyMion has developed the Imagine™ system - Computerized Radiofrequency System for Skin Tightening. By using a multielectrodes treatment tip an exact computerized thermal pattern can be produced allowing to selectively heating one or more of the target tissues (epidermis, dermis and hypodermis). In the skin tightening module the dermis and hypodermis would be targeted, creating enough thermal effect to induce collagen remodeling with no ablative thermal damage in the epidermis or dermis. This post marketing study is intended for evaluation of safety and efficacy of the Imagine™ system.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy males and females age 30 and up
* Subjects with Fitzpatrick 4 to 9 degrees of elastosis
* Subject able to comprehend and give informed consent for participation in this study
* Subject must commit to all treatments and follow-up visits
* Subject must sign the Informed Consent Form

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subjects with implanted pacemakers, arrhythmias or any other severe known heart disorder
* Subjects with any implantable metal device in the treatment area
* Subjects on any medication that would affect the characteristic of the skin (medical or hormonal), such as "Accutane", within the past 6 months
* Subjects that have had any other invasive or non invasive method of skin therapy or hair removal performed in the past 6 months (in the treated area)
* Subjects who are scheduled or planned for any other invasive or non invasive method of skin therapy or hair removal in the treatment area at the period of the study
* Subjects who have any form of suspicious lesion on the treatment area
* Subjects with history of keloid formations or hypertrophic scarring
* Pregnant or lactating Subjects
* Subjects with Epilepsy or severe migraines
* Subjects with permanent makeup/ tattoo/ body piercing (in the treated area)
* Subjects with any Infection / abscess / pains in treatment target area
* Eczema or dermatitis
* Subjects who suffer from autoimmune disorders or diabetes
* Subjects using blood thinning medications
* Subjects with clotting disorders
* Subjects on drugs or psychologically determined unsuitable for the study
* Subject is suffering extreme general weakness
* Subject objects to the study protocol
* Concurrent participation in any other clinical study
* Physician objection

Primary outcomes:
measure: The safety of using the Imagine™ System for skin tightening will be established by physician's assessment/observation of adverse events (signs of pain, skin texture alterations or burn).
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Efficacy endpoint of using the Imagine™ System for skin tightening will be established by level of skin tightness improvement.
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rishon Le Zion
country: Israel
facility: Elman Clinique
Study officials:
affiliation: Endymion Medical Ltd
name: Varda Godfried, Dr.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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