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CompletedNCT01115634Updated Jul 21, 2016

Autologous Fibroblast Transplantation in Facial Deformities

A Phase 2 interventional study of Fibroblast and fibroblast and gel in Nasolabial Folds, Glabellar Crease and Deep Wrinkles of the Forehead, sponsored by Royan Institute. Completed at 1 site in Iran, Islamic Republic of. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-07-21.

Sponsored by Royan Institute · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Beautiful skin requires maintenance of proper care. Skin exercise, protections from direct sunlight or harsh wind, and maintaining a healthy diet are some of the ways of having a good and radiant skin. However despite all the care taken passage of time will bring about conditions that will automatically lead to skin aging, which may require certain therapeutic, care. Fibroblasts are cells that synthesize the extracellular matrix and collagen and play a critical role in wound healing and maintenance of healthy skin. Loosing of fibroblast cell is the main problem in aging and wrinkles and non-healed skin wounds. Therefore proliferation of skin fibroblast along with differentiation of stem cells in the skin tissue is the best method for healing.

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Autologous cultured fibroblast is derived from in vitro expansion of fibroblasts harvested from the patient's normal skin. Biopsies from behind a patient's ear are the source of fibroblasts, which are isolated, expanded through cell culture, and used for the correction of facial contour deformities such as nasolabial folds, glabellar crease, deep wrinkles of the forehead, and acne scars. Prior to final packaging, cell viability is assessed to be at least 85%.

Each single use container of autologous cultured fibroblasts has approximately 20 million cells aseptically processed and suspended in 1 mL of sterile, buffered Dulbecco's Modified Eagles Medium (DMEM). Both the biopsy transport media and the cell culture media contain gentamicin. Residual quantities of gentamicin up to 5 µg/mL may be present in the Cell product

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Conditions studied

  • Nasolabial Folds
  • Glabellar Crease
  • Deep Wrinkles of the Forehead
  • Acne Scars

Keywords

  • Fibroblast
  • Cell transplantation
  • Facial deformities
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In context

Congenital Abnormalities

980 studies on the registry are indexed under Congenital Abnormalities; 177 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 60 is above the median of 49 across 491 interventional studies indexed under Congenital Abnormalities.

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Lead sponsor

Royan Institute is the lead sponsor of 92 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Available and willing to attend all follow-up visits.
  • Age > 18 years.
  • Able and willing to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known allergy or sensitivity to collagen fillers
  • The subject has received a soft tissue augmentation to the area to be treated within the last 6 months.
  • Subject is unwilling to forgo any cosmetic augmentation procedures for the duration of the study.
  • The subject has received autologous fat transfer in the last 6 months.
  • Subject is suffering from facial Kaposi's sarcoma.
  • The subject has active skin diseases or inflammation on or near the area of injection
  • positive HIV, HBV, HCV
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Fibroblast

    Injection of autologous cultured fibroblast

    Biological: Fibroblast · Biological: fibroblast and gel

Interventions

  • BiologicalFibroblast

    20 million cell in three injection

    Also known as: cell alone

  • Biologicalfibroblast and gel

    20 million cell in three injection plus filler

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 2-point shift in at least one treated area using a standardized 7-point photoguide

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Royan Institute
    Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
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References and documents

Publications

  • Salehi Z, Shams-Ghahfarokhi M, Razzaghi-Abyaneh M. Internal Transcribed Spacer rDNA and TEF-1alpha Gene Sequencing of Pathogenic Dermatophyte Species and Differentiation of Closely Related Species Using PCR-RFLP of The Topoisomerase II. Cell J. 2020 Apr;22(1):85-91. doi: 10.22074/cellj.2020.6372. Epub 2019 Sep 8. PubMed 31606971 ↗
  • Bajouri A, Orouji Z, Taghiabadi E, Nazari A, Shahbazi A, Fallah N, Mohammadi P, Rezvani M, Jouyandeh Z, Vaezirad F, Khalajasadi Z, Ghasemi M, Fanni A, Haji Hosseinali S, Alizadeh A, Baharvand H, Shafieyan S, Aghdami N. Long-Term Follow-up of Autologous Fibroblast Transplantation for Facial Contour Deformities, A Non-Randomized Phase IIa Clinical Trial. Cell J. 2020 Apr;22(1):75-84. doi: 10.22074/cellj.2020.6340. Epub 2019 Sep 8. PubMed 31606970 ↗

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 21, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01115634
Lead sponsor
Royan Institute
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 4, 2010
Start date
Sep 2008
Primary completion
Sep 2015
Completion
Nov 2015
Last update
Jul 21, 2016

Study contacts

Saeed Shafiyan, MD
principal investigator · Royan Institute
Nasser Aghdami, MD., PhD
study director · Royan Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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