NCT00874094

Pilot Evaluation of Platelet Rich Fibrin Matrix (PRFM) for the Correction of Nasolabial Folds

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 25 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Platelets are a component of blood, which contain factors which can enhance wound healing. This study proposes to evaluate the clinical response of laugh lines treated with a concentrated preparation of the subject's own platelets injected into or under the skin by taking serial photographs of the subject's face over a 12 week period. Also, the same preparation will be injected into or under the skin of the arm near the elbows, and serial biopsies will be taken over a 12 week period.

Conditions

• Nasolabial Folds

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BIOLOGICAL	Platelet rich fibrin matrix	0-2 cc of autologous platelet rich fibrin matrix injected intra and subdermally to effect nasolabial fold.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-04-01
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• Completion: 2009-07-01
• First posted: 2009-04-02
• Last updated: 2013-07-12
• Results posted: 2013-07-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States