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Status unknownNCT02724384Updated Sep 14, 2017

Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of Plasma in Improving the Appearance of Onychomycosis

An interventional study of MOE Plasma Delivery System A and MOE Plasma Delivery System B in Onychomycosis, sponsored by Moe Medical Devices. Status unknown at 7 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-14.

Sponsored by Moe Medical Devices · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2017), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of using electrical plasma to treat toenail fungus.

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75 patients will be recruited at several sites. Patients will be split into 3 groups that have different treatment doses. Patient participation in the study will last 12 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Onychomycosis

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In context

Onychomycosis

147 studies on the registry are indexed under Onychomycosis; 13 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 75 is above the median of 56 across 134 interventional studies indexed under Onychomycosis.

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Lead sponsor

Moe Medical Devices is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Subject must be between 18 and 70 years of age inclusive, of either sex, and of any race;
  2. Subject must have distal subungual infection that affects approximately 25% to 60% of at least one great toenail
  3. Dermatophyte infection or infection with C. Albicans in the target great toenail confirmed by identification of a dermatophyte organism in culture;
  4. Subject must have at least 3 mm from the proximal end of the target toenail free of infection;
  5. Subject must have a target toenail that is assessed as capable of growing approximately 1 mm/month, (e.g., the subject needs to report cutting his or her toenails at least once per month);
  6. Subject must be willing to give written informed consent and able to adhere to procedures and visit schedules;
  7. Subject must consent to having the toenails photographed during the study period;
  8. Woman of childbearing potential: If currently sexually active, must agree to use a medically accepted method of contraception while receiving protocol-specified medication and for 30 days after stopping the study treatments; If not currently active, must agree to use medically accepted method of contraception should she become sexually active during study participation. Methods include condoms (male or female) with or without a spermicidal agent, diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide, medically prescribed intrauterine device, oral or systemic hormonal contraceptive (plus an additional reliable barrier method), and surgical sterilization (e.g., hysterectomy or tubal ligation);
  9. Woman of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test prior to start of study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject with more than 6 infected toenails
  2. Subject with fingernail onychomycosis
  3. Subject with one or more of the following conditions on the primary target toenail:

    1. white superficial onychomycosis
    2. dermatophytoma or "yellow spike/streak"
    3. primarily lateral or bi-lateral disease
    4. toenail thickness greater than 3 mm
    5. inability to become normal in the opinion of the investigator
  4. Subject with psoriasis, pincer nail, prior nail surgery, severe moccasin-type tinea pedis requiring treatment, symptomatic interdigital tinea pedis, lichen planus, or other abnormalities that could result in a clinically abnormal nail;
  5. Subject with peripheral vascular disease or peripheral circulatory impairment;
  6. Subject with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, subjects with diabetes controlled by insulin or with known diabetic peripheral neuropathy
  7. Subject with any known immunodeficiency;
  8. Any pacemakers, or any metallic implants or prostheses in the vicinity of the treatment site (such as ankle, foot, etc.);
  9. Subject with any clinically significant condition or situation, other than the condition being studied that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with study evaluations or optimal participation in the study;
  10. Subject who has received systemic antifungal therapy within 6 months (except single diflucan tablet for vaginal candida) or topical antifungal therapy applied to the foot or toenails within 1 month of study entry;
  11. Subject who has received radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and/or immunosuppressive drugs within 6 months of study, and/or oral corticosteroids for >1 month within the 6 months of study (exception: inhaled steroids);
  12. Subject known to have received treatment with investigational drugs or devices within 30 days prior to enrollment into this study;
  13. Subject who is unwilling to abstain from any cosmetic nail or foot treatments outside those provided by the study clinic, beyond basic nail trimming (i.e. no spa foot treatments, no pedicures/toenail polish use, no other topical prescription toenail medication);
  14. Woman who is breastfeeding, pregnant, or intends to become pregnant (check via urine test only);
  15. Subject who is part of the staff personnel directly involved with this study or a family member of the investigational study staff;
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
75 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group 1

    Plasma treatment using Plasma delivery system A 3 treatments/week for 2 weeks, then monthly

    Device: MOE Plasma Delivery System A

  • Experimental
    Group 2

    Plasma treatment using Plasma delivery system A 2 treatments/week for 2 weeks, then monthly

    Device: MOE Plasma Delivery System A

  • Experimental
    Group 3

    Plasma treatment using Plasma delivery system B 3 treatments/week for 2 weeks, then monthly

    Device: MOE Plasma Delivery System B

Interventions

  • DeviceMOE Plasma Delivery System A

    Plasma treatment

  • DeviceMOE Plasma Delivery System B

    Plasma treatment

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Subjects with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0

    The primary objective of this study is to compare the short-term safety and tolerability of application of non-ablative electrical plasma to human nails among the different dosing regimes.

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy as assessed by Clinical, Mycological and Complete Cure Rates assessed in accordance with FDA Guidance for onychomycosis trials issued March 7, 2016

    The secondary objective of this study is to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of non-ablative electrical plasma in improving the appearance and treatment of onychomycosis.

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

3 of 7 sites recruiting
  • MOE Medical Devices Site 5
    Quincy, Massachusetts 02169, United States
    Recruiting
  • MOE Medical Devices Site 4
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, United States
    Terminated
  • MOE Medical Devices Investigational Site 3
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, United States
    Terminated
  • MOE Medical Devices Site 6
    Austin, Texas 78759, United States
    • Janet DuBois · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • MOE Medical Devices Investigational Site 1
    College Station, Texas 77802, United States
    Recruiting
  • MOE Medical Devices Investigational Site 2
    McAllen, Texas 78501, United States
    Recruiting
  • MOE Medical Devices Site 7
    San Antonio, Texas 78229, United States
    • Richard Pollak · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 14, 2017, 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
NCT02724384
Lead sponsor
Moe Medical Devices
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 31, 2016
Start date
Mar 2016
Primary completion
Dec 2018 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 14, 2017

Study contacts

Sin Park, PhD
Contact
allsra@gmail.com
914-594-1985
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