Treatment With the Profound System for Submental Laxity

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Conditions studied: Submental Laxity

In brief

Prospective clinical study to evaluate the Profound efficiency Up to 60 healthy adult volunteers, male or females, 18 to 70 years old. All subjects in this study will receive a single treatment to the submental area with the profound device; subjects will return to four follow- up visits: 1 week post treatment, 1, 3 and 6 months post treatment. Prior to treatment, tissue will be treated with injected tumescence or local dermal infiltration solution according to the protocol.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02595216

Run by

Syneron Medical

People needed

60

Starts

2015-09-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects seeking laxity treatment for submental area
• Healthy female or male subjects ages 18 to 70 years of age
• Informed consent process completed and signed consent
• Willing to receive the proposed Profound treatment and follow the protocol
• For female subjects: not pregnant or lactating;
• either post-menopausal, surgically sterilized, or using a medically acceptable form of birth control at least 3 months prior to enrollment (i.e., oral contraceptives, contraceptive implant, barrier methods with spermicide or abstinence)
• Willing to have photographs taken of the treated areas to be used de-identified in evaluations, publications and presentations

You may not qualify if…

• Surgery or any other procedure for laxity in the last 6 months
• Pregnant or planning to become pregnant, having given birth less than 3 months ago, and/or breast feeding
• Known allergy to lidocaine or epinephrine or antibiotics
• Active malignancy or history of malignancy in the past 5 years
• Having any active electrical implant anywhere in the body, such as a pacemaker or an internal defibrillator
• Suffering from significant concurrent illness, such as cardiac disorders, diabetes (type I or II), lupus, porphyria, or pertinent neurological disorders (i.e. any disease state that in the opinion of the Physician would interfere with the anesthesia, treatment, or healing process)
• Having a known anticoagulative or thromboembolic condition or taking anticoagulation medications one week prior to and during the treatment course (to allow inclusion, temporary cessation of use as per the subject's physician discretion)
• History of immunosuppression/immune deficiency disorders (including HIV infection or AIDS) or currently using immunosuppressive medications
• Suffering from hormonal imbalance, whether related to thyroid, pituitary, or androgen
• History of significant lymphatic drainage problems
• History of cancer which required lymph node biopsy or dissection
• Suffering from significant skin conditions in the treated areas or inflammatory skin conditions, including, but not limited to, open lacerations or abrasions, hidradenitis, or dermatitis of the treatment area prior to treatment (duration of resolution as per the Investigator's discretion) or during the treatment course
• History of keloid scarring, abnormal wound healing and / or prone to bruising
• History of epidermal or dermal disorders (particularly if involving collagen or microvascularity), including collagen vascular disease or vasculitic disorders
• Use of isotretinoin (Accutane®) within 6 months of treatment or during the study
• Systemic corticosteroid therapy 6 months prior to and throughout the course of the study
• Dysplastic nevi in the area to be treated
• Participation in a study of another device or drug within 3 month prior to enrollment or during this study, if treatments of wrinkles or laxity were involved
• Subject has palpable lymphadenopathy at any visit. Standard palpation techniques will be used
• Subjects with history of severe edema
• As per the Investigator's discretion, any physical or mental condition which might make it unsafe for the subject to participate in this study

Where it is running

• Premier Plastic Surgery — San Mateo, California, United States
• Gladstone Clinic — San Ramon, California, United States
• Mark Beaty — Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
• Coliseum Health System — Macon, Georgia, United States
• Dr. Richard Gentile — Boardman, Ohio, United States

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