NCT03650881

The Comparative Efficacy of an Over the Counter Light Therapy Mask vs Over the Counter Topical Benzoyl Peroxide 2.5% and Used in Combination With Over the Counter Adapalene Gel 0.1% for Mild to Moderate Acne

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a single-center prospective study of two standard-of-care treatments to evaluate the efficacy of the Neutrogena® Light Therapy Acne Mask an Over the Counter (OTC) Blue/Red light LED mask, as compared to the combination of topical OTC benzoyl peroxide 2.5% gel and OTC adapalene 0.1% gel, for the treatment of mild-to-moderate facial acne. This will be an investigator-blinded, randomized, 12-week study to observe these over the counter treatments. The two arms will be: (1) Neutrogena® Light Therapy Acne Mask (MASK), (2) topical OTC benzoyl peroxide 2.5% gel and OTC adapalene 0.1% gel (TOP). Both treatment groups in this study will also receive and use standardized, non-medicated cleansing and moisturizing products. All products will be purchased through commercial sources.

Conditions

• Acne

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Neutrogena ® Light Therapy Acne Mask (MASK)	Daily use of the OTC Neutrogena Light Therapy Acne Mask once daily for 10 minutes
DRUG	Topical OTC benzoyl peroxide 2.5% gel and OTC adapalene	Daily treatment with Reference Therapy OTC topical generic benzoyl peroxide 2.5% gel in the morning and OTC generic adapalene 0.1% gel at night

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-08-07
• Primary completion: 2020-02-05
• Completion: 2020-02-05
• First posted: 2018-08-29
• Last updated: 2020-05-20