Correlation Between Objective Skin Pigment Measurement and Fitzpatrick Skin Type

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Skin Pigment

In brief

The purpose of this study is to correlate subjective skin pigment measurements as reported by patient-responses to the Fitzpatrick Skin Type Scale versus objective classification of skin pigment utilizing Individual Typology Angle (ITA) measurements.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06144541

Run by

Integrative Skin Science and Research

People needed

500

Starts

2023-11-21

Expected to finish

2024-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-11-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Male and females that are 18 years of age and older
• Subjects with all Fitzpatrick skin types I-VI One-third of subjects will be Fitzpatrick I or II skin types, one-third of subjects will be III or IV, and one-third will have V and VI.

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Prisoners
• Adults unable to consent
• Individuals with open wounds on the nondominant upper inner arm
• Individuals with fibrotic skin disease or other skin conditions or hair growth on the nondominant upper inner arm that could affect skin measurements in the opinion of the investigator
• Individuals with tattoos that cover the site on the nondominant upper inner arm
• Individuals with post-inflammatory hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation
• Individuals with vitiligo
• Individuals who have used self-tanning products or tanning beds in the last two weeks.

Where it is running

• Integrative Skin Science & Research — Sacramento, California, United States (enrolling)

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.