Recruiting

Tixel

Sponsor:

Physicians Laser and Dermatology Institute

Code:

NCT05282979

Conditions

Wrinkle

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 35 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Tixel 2

Study Details

Brief summary:

A Prospective, Single center, Single-Arm Clinical Study of 13-20 study participants who are seeking a procedure to reduce the appearance of the peri-orbital wrinkles. Each study participant will receive up to four (4) treatments with the Tixel in a monthly interval. Follow-up will occur 1 month and 3 months following last treatment.

Conditions

Wrinkle

Study ID

NCT05282979

Start date

Aug 20, 2021

Status verified date

Mar, 2022

Completion date

Aug 20, 2022

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 20, 2022

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 35 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female 35-75 years old diagnosed with clinically evident fine (mild) to moderate depth periorbital wrinkles.
2. Willingness and ability to comply with all required study activities including returning for follow-up visits and protocol requirements.
3. The subject is able to provide written informed consent and perform the study's activities according to HIPAA guidelines.
4. Fitzpatrick wrinkle score of 3-7 in the peri-orbital areas per the treating investigator.
5. Stable body weight during the study period.
6. Skin Type I - V as per Fitzpatrick Skin Scale

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Past treatment with Tixel device.
2. The subject may not undergo treatment by the Tixel device according to the device's contra-indications for use, as defined in the User Manual and in the Instructions for Use and by any other labeling of the device.
3. Subjects who, in the investigator's opinion, have a history of poor cooperation, noncompliance with medical treatment, or unreliability.
4. Female subjects who are pregnant, or planning to become pregnant, or have given birth less than 3 months ago or are lactating.
5. Subjects with significant exposure to critical amounts of ultraviolet light (Suntan).
6. Subjects who have had the following treatments:

1. a cosmetic procedure to improve periorbital rhytides within 6 months.
2. Injectable filler in temples and in the upper face area to be treated within 12 months of investigation.
7. Any subject who have visible scars or other visible changes over the treated areas that may affect evaluation of response and/or quality of photography.
8. Subjects with any type of active cut, wound, inflammation, lesion (benign, premalignant or malignant) or active bacterial, viral, fungal, or herpetic infection on the skin on the designated treatment sites or in close proximity to it.
9. Existing or history of the following (when discussing skin conditions, refers only to the periorbital sites):

1. skin malignancy, or any diagnosis of suspected malignancy
2. Collagen or vascular or bleeding disease
3. Immunosuppression or autoimmune disease
4. History of persistent beyond 2 years post inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
5. Active Acne Vulgaris, HSV-1, or any existing skin condition/disease that in the investigator's opinion would interfere with the evaluation of the safety of the study treatment and evaluation.
6. Any skin condition which can induce bullous lesions, urticaria, or demonstrate a Koebner phenomenon (psoriasis, lichen planus, etc.).
7. Any disease that inhibits pain sensation
8. History of keloid formation.
9. Conditions affecting healing rate (i.e. diabetes mellitus I or II, vascular condition, etc.)
10. neuromuscular disorders
10. Subjects who have used, within 30 days, any medication over the periorbital area that can cause dermal hypersensitivity or affect skin characteristics over the treated area (i.e. topically applied retinoids, hydroquinone, Chemical peel of any strength: glycolic acid, lactic acid, salicylic acid)
11. Subjects who have used, systemic treatment which may induce dyspigmentation within 12 months, such as amiodarone, clofazinmine, minocycline or chloroquine.
12. Subjects currently taking or have taken an oral retinoid in the past 6 months;Subjects currently taking long-term oral steroid treatment.
13. Concurrent therapy that, in the principal investigator's opinion, would interfere with the evaluation of the safety or efficacy of the study treatment.
14. Subjects who anticipate the need for major surgery or overnight hospitalization during the study that can affect the study schedule or treatment evaluation.
15. Enrollment in any active study involving the use of investigational devices or drugs which would impact the periorbital response.
16. Any other cause per the principal investigator's discretion.

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Tixel 2

Tixel 2 Treatment, 4 treatment sessions, followed by 2 Follow up sessions, 1 and 3 months after last treatment visit. Subject would be questioned about pain level, subjective downtime assessment and subjective response assessment. Images would be taken at the baseline and in Follow up visits.

Interventions

Tixel 2

Thermo-mechanical technology for fractional treatment of human skin. Dermal heating and coagulative effect that occur during the treatment session provide dermal remodeling and collagen restructuring that promote wrinkles appearance improvement.

Primary outcome measure

  • Safety Adverse Events report [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]
  • Effectiveness using Fitzpatrick Wrinkle Classification Scale (FWCS) [ Time Frame: Up to 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Physicians Laser & Dermatology Institute, LLC

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jerome Garden, M.D.

More Information

Sponsor

Physicians Laser and Dermatology Institute

Last update posted

Mar 16, 2022

Last verified

Mar, 2022

Keywords

  • Periorbital

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Physicians Laser and Dermatology Institute on 2022-03-16.