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Status unknownNCT02759900Updated Apr 12, 2022

Using a Cold Atmospheric Plasma Device to Treat Skin Disorders

An interventional study of Non-thermal, atmospheric plasma to treat skin lesions and acne and Indirect non-thermal, atmospheric plasma to treat hair loss and acne in Actinic Keratosis, Acne/Rosacea and Verruca Plana, sponsored by The Skin Center Dermatology Group. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 4 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-12.

Sponsored by The Skin Center Dermatology Group · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2022), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2016, registered Apr 2016).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
4 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study examines the efficacy of a non-thermal, atmospheric plasma device in the treatment of skin disorders

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The study uses non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma to treat target conditions. The patients are monitored at set intervals for efficacy and adverse effects using investigator's assessment and imaging techniques

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Conditions studied

  • Actinic Keratosis
  • Acne/Rosacea
  • Verruca Plana
  • Tinea
  • Molluscum Contagiosum
  • Bowen's Disease
  • Warts
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In context

Keratosis, Actinic

343 studies on the registry are indexed under Keratosis, Actinic; 29 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 60 across 295 interventional studies indexed under Keratosis, Actinic.

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Lead sponsor

The Skin Center Dermatology Group is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
4 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • diagnoses of target conditions
  • ability to complete study protocol

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • based on specific condition
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Non-thermal atmospheric plasma treatment

    Device treatment

    Device: Non-thermal, atmospheric plasma to treat skin lesions and acne

  • Experimental
    Indirect non-thermal atmospheric plasma treatment

    A compound of non-thermal atmospheric plasma and medium is used to treat the target by direct application or by on-site generation of the compound

    Device: Indirect non-thermal, atmospheric plasma to treat hair loss and acne

Interventions

  • DeviceNon-thermal, atmospheric plasma to treat skin lesions and acne

    Non-thermal, atmospheric plasma treatment of affected area or lesions using a nanosecond dielectric barrier discharge plasma device

  • DeviceIndirect non-thermal, atmospheric plasma to treat hair loss and acne

    A compound of non-thermal, atmospheric plasma and medium is delivered to or generated at the target area. Plasma is generated using either microsecond dielectric barrier discharge plasma device or PiezoBrush (a helium jet plasma). The medium is an aqueous alcohol solution

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Clinical improvement

    The outcome is the presence or lack of clinical improvement in the investigator's global assessment and reviewing photo-documentation as well as reflectance confocal microscopy study investigator's global assessment and reviewing photo-documentation

    Time frame: 1-12 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • The Skin Center Dermatology Group
    New City, New York 10956, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Malik S, Gill M, Fridman G, Fridman A, Friedman PC. Cold atmospheric plasma reduces demodex count on the face comparably to topical ivermectin, as measured by reflectance confocal microscopy. Exp Dermatol. 2022 Sep;31(9):1352-1354. doi: 10.1111/exd.14584. Epub 2022 May 11. No abstract available. PubMed 35491738 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Jan 2016 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2024, 98 months after the start.

Of 33 interventional studies with no phase under Keratosis, Actinic, half reached primary completion within 19 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 33. This study's planned 98 months is above that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 26, 2016
First posted
May 3, 2016
StartActual
Jan 2016
Primary completionEst.
Mar 2024
CompletionEst.
Jan 2025
Last update
Apr 12, 2022
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 12, 2022, 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
NCT02759900
Lead sponsor
The Skin Center Dermatology Group
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 3, 2016
Start date
Jan 2016
Primary completion
Mar 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 12, 2022
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