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CompletedNCT02823340Updated Mar 15, 2021

Fractionated Microneedle Radiofrequency for Treatment of Primary Axillary Hyperhidrosis

An interventional study of Fractional microneedle RF(United, Peninsula Medical, China) in Primary Axillary Hyperhidrosis, sponsored by Xijing Hospital. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-15.

Sponsored by Xijing Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2016, registered Jun 2016).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 40 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Twenty patients with PAH had 1 session of Fractionated microneedle radiofrequency treatment. Clinical improvement was evaluated using a Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale (HDSS) and photographs were taken using the starch-iodine test at every visit and 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 24 weeks after the treatment. Skin biopsies were obtained from 3 of the enrolled patients before and after treatment. The satisfaction and adverse reactions of the research participants were recorded at every follow-up visit.

Read the detailed description

Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale (HDSS)Score = 1 My sweating is never noticeable and never interferes with my daily activitiesScore = 2 My sweating is tolerable but sometimes interferes with my daily activitiesScore = 3 My sweating is barely tolerable and frequently interferes with my daily activitiesScore = 4 My sweating is intolerable and always interferes with my daily activities

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Conditions studied

  • Primary Axillary Hyperhidrosis

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In context

Hyperhidrosis

111 studies on the registry are indexed under Hyperhidrosis; 10 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 50 across 99 interventional studies indexed under Hyperhidrosis.

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Lead sponsor

Xijing Hospital is the lead sponsor of 474 studies on the registry; 159 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 40 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Meet the following conditions

  • Diagnosed according to having a score of 3 or 4 on a Hyperhidrosis Disease
  • Severity Scale (HDSS);
  • Patients aged 18 to 40 years (to the date of screening);
  • Not treatment in Axillary area before;
  • Understanding the whole process of the study, voluntary participation and signed the ;
  • Patient compliance is good, can guarantee in course of observation.

Exclusion Criteria:One of the following is not included in this study:

  • Pregnant women, ready to pregnant or lactating women;
  • Have a serious heart, lung, kidney and other vital organs and endocrine system lesions and the history
  • Need insulin control of diabetes; High blood pressure did not get good controller ;
  • Patients with white blood cells \<4.0 × 109 / L, or a definite anemia ( less than 100g / L), or \<100 × 109 / L, or other blood disease;
  • Patients with chronic diarrhea, or peptic ulcer nearly 1 year;
  • Patients suffering from malignant tumor;
  • Patients suffering from acute and chronic infectious diseases;
  • Mental disorders, history of alcohol abuse, drug or other substance abuse;
  • Other cases which researchers believe that can not enroll.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Fractional Microneedle Radiofrequency Treatment

    Fractional Microneedle Radiofrequency Treatment

    Device: Fractional microneedle RF(United, Peninsula Medical, China)

Interventions

  • DeviceFractional microneedle RF(United, Peninsula Medical, China)
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The improvement of Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale (HDSS)

    Time frame: up to 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. The improvement of visual analog scale(VAS) by patient

    Time frame: 0 week, 4weeks, 8weeks, 24 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Xijing Hospitial
    Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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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

Ran from Mar 2016 to primary completion in Dec 2017, 21 months.

Of 20 interventional studies with no phase under Hyperhidrosis, half reached primary completion within 21 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 37. This study's 21 months is close to that.

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

Registered
Jun 16, 2016
First posted
Jul 6, 2016
StartActual
Mar 1, 2016
Primary completionActual
Dec 1, 2017
CompletionActual
Dec 31, 2017
Last update
Mar 15, 2021
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 Mar 15, 2021, 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
NCT02823340
Lead sponsor
Xijing Hospital
Responsible party
xjpfW (chief of dermatology, Xijing Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 6, 2016
Start date
Mar 1, 2016
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2017
Completion
Dec 31, 2017
Last update
Mar 15, 2021
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