An interventional study of micro-excisional skin removal with coring needle in Wrinkle and Facial and Neck Skin Laxity, sponsored by Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc.. Completed at 6 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-25.
Sponsored by Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
A pilot study is designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of the Micro-Coring (MC) technology for treatment of facial wrinkles. MC device employs hollow coring needles that enable safe, rapid, and effective full-thickness small skin cores (200-500 microns in diameter) removal initiating a skin repair process through formation of new collagen and elastin fibers (skin rejuvenation).
This is a prospective, multi-center, randomized, single blind, bilateral paired study evaluating the safety, tolerability and preliminary effectiveness of a micro-coring device for removal of excess skin using 2 needle gauges (22G, 24G,) at densities (percent of skin removed per 1cm2) of 2.5-10% in subjects with mid- and lower- face skin laxity manifested by moderate-to-severe mid and lower cheek wrinkles, deepening of the nasolabial folds at rest; prominence of marionette lines at rest; downturn of the oral commissures at rest, sagging of the skin at the jawline at rest. Subjects are blinded to needle gauge and density.
There will be two cohorts of subjects: one group of subjects will receive a single treatment and the second - multiple treatments. All subjects will be followed for 180 days with several intermediate visits at 3, 7, 30, 60, and 90-days.
One or more of the following conditions assessed by Investigator using provided Severity Scales:
Exclusion Criteria:
Facial and neck wrinkles will be treated with micro-excisional skin removal
Device: micro-excisional skin removal with coring needle
Also known as: micro-coring, micro-excisional skin removal
improvement in wrinkle appearance
One grade or better improvement in score on Wrinkle Severity Scale
Time frame: 60 and 90 days
improvement in skin laxity
One grade or better improvement in score on Laxity Scale
Time frame: up to 180 days
Plan to share: No — Clinical data analysis will be summarized in the Clinical Study Report and later submitted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal
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