Collagen Injections for the Treatment of Acne Scars and Wrinkles

Stopped early · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Acne Scars, Wrinkles

In brief

The purpose of this study is to find out if autologous (your own) fibroblast injections are effective for the treatment of acne scars and wrinkles.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01704209

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

4

Starts

2013-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-12-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or over
• Bilateral acne scars or have moderate to severe wrinkles
• Subjects in good health
• Subjects has the willingness and the ability to understand and provide informed consent for the use of their tissue and communicate with the investigator

You may not qualify if…

• Under 18 years of age
• Pregnancy or lactation
• recent Accutane use in the past 6 months
• prone to hypertrophic and keloidal scarring
• have excessively redundant skin in the treatment area or wrinkles longer than 20 cm total
• have a history of autoimmune disorders, organ transplantation, cancer not in remission, active or chronic skin disease
• have a history of basal-cell carcinoma
• have previously received autologous fibroblast treatment
• have undergone any confounding therapy in the lower two-thirds of the face within 1 year or any investigational treatment within 30 days.
• have an allergy to collagen, bovine products, local anesthetics, gentamicin, or amphotericin B
• subjects who are unable to understand the protocol or to give informed consent
• subjects with mental illness

Where it is running

• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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