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CompletedNCT03881189Updated Mar 21, 2019

Efficacy and Tolerance Evaluation of an Injective Treatment for the Area Around the Eyes

An interventional study of SUNEKOS® 200 in Under-eyes Dark Circles, sponsored by Derming SRL. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Open to female participants aged 30 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-21.

Sponsored by Derming SRL · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

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  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2018, registered Mar 2019).

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
22
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
30 Years to 65 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Efficacy and tolerance evaluation of an intradermal injective HA and aminoacids based treatment for the area around the eyes

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Primary end point of this study was to evaluate clinically and by non-invasive instrumental measurements the aesthetic performance on the area around the eyes of the"SUNEKOS® 200" injective treatment. Precisely three micro-injection sessions with an interval of 15 days were performed by a specialized dermatologist using periosteal and subepidermal injection techniques, on the area around the eyes of female volunteers with dark circles.

An additional aim of this study is to evaluate the product tolerance by both the investigator and volunteers.

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Conditions studied

  • Under-eyes Dark Circles
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In context

Lead sponsor

Derming SRL is the lead sponsor of 26 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • female sex,
  • 30-65 years,
  • dark circles,
  • available and able to return to the study site for the post-procedural follow-up examinations;
  • agreeing to present at each study visit without make-up;
  • accepting to not change their habits regarding food, physical activity, make-up use, face cosmetic and cleansing products;
  • accepting not to expose their face to strong UV irradiation (UV session, or sun bathes) during the entire duration of the study, without appropriate sun protection;
  • accepting to sign the form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy;
  • lactation;
  • smokers;
  • alcohol or drug abusers;
  • subjects not in menopause who do not use adequate precautions in order to avoid pregnancies during the study;
  • subjects not in menopause who do not accept to perform the pregnancy test at T0 (before the 1st aesthetic procedure) and at T3i (1 month after the 1st injection treatment execution, before the 3rd aesthetic procedure);
  • (BMI) variation (± 1) during the study period;
  • performing skin treatments for aesthetic correction (biomaterials implants, face lifting, botox injections, laser, chemical peeling) in the 6 months prior to the study start;
  • performing permanent filler in the past;
  • change in the normal habits regarding food, physical activity, face cosmetic, cleansing and make-up use during the month preceding the test;
  • sensitivity to the test product or its ingredients (to be assessed by the investigator during the baseline visit);
  • subjects whose insufficient adhesion to the study protocol is foreseeable;
  • participation in a similar study currently or during the previous 9 months.
  • Dermatitis;
  • presence of cutaneous disease on the tested area, as lesions, scars, malformations;
  • recurrent facial/labial herpes;
  • clinical and significant skin condition on the test area (e.g. active eczema, psoriasis, severe rosacea, scleroderma, local infections and severe acne).
  • Diabetes;
  • endocrine disease;
  • hepatic disorder;
  • renal disorder;
  • cardiac disorder;
  • pulmonary disease;
  • cancer;
  • neurological or psychological disease;
  • inflammatory/ disease;
  • drug allergy.
  • Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs, anti-histaminic, topic and systemic , narcotic, antidepressant, immunosuppressive drugs (with the except of contraceptive or hormonal treatment starting more than 1 year ago);
  • using of drugs able to influence the test results in the investigator opinion.
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BMI (body mass index)

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Immunosuppression

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    SUNEKOS ® 200

    The 1st intradermal treatment (T1i) with "Sunekos ® 200" was carried out during the basal visit (T0), after basal evaluations planned by the study procedure, and then repeated 2 more times with an interval of 15 days (T2i and T3i)

    Device: SUNEKOS® 200

Interventions

  • DeviceSUNEKOS® 200

    The intradermal injection procedure was performed bilaterally, on the area around the eyes including the eyelids, using periosteal and subepidermal injection techniques. This injective procedure consists of micro-wheals of 0.2 ml just above the periosteum and micro-wheals of 0.1 ml very superficially, just under epidermis.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline of wrinkles grade around the eyes

    Visual score of crow's feet, according to a reference photographic scale from 0 (no wrinkles) to 7 (very marked wrinkles)

    Time frame: T0 (baseline), T3i+1 (1 day after the 3rd injection treatment with Sunekos 200), T2M (after 2 months), T3M (after 3 months)

  2. Change from baseline of dark circles grade

    Visual score of dark circles grade, according to a reference photographic scale from 0 (absent) to 4 (very marked)

    Time frame: T0 (baseline), T3i+1 (1 day after the 3rd injection treatment with Sunekos 200), T2M (after 2 months), T3M (after 3 months)

  3. Change from baseline of roughness profilometric parameters

    Crow's feet profilometric parameters measured by Primos compact portable device (GFMesstechnik). Ra is average roughness of the analysed profile, Rt is wrinkles total high, Rv is wrinkles maximum depth.

    Time frame: T0 (baseline), T3i+1 (1 day after the 3rd injection treatment with Sunekos 200), T2M (after 2 months), T3M (after 3 months)

  4. Change from baseline of dark circles colorimetric parameters

    Dark circles colorimetric measured by Chroma Meter CR-200® . L\* represent the lightness of the colour, a\* represent the red component of the colour, b\* represent the dark component of the colour

    Time frame: T0 (baseline), T3i+1 (1 day after the 3rd injection treatment with Sunekos 200), T2M (after 2 months), T3M (after 3 months)

  5. Change from baseline of spectrophotometrical value

    Dark circles spectrophotometrical color value measured by a visible-UV-IR spectrophotometer

    Time frame: T0 (baseline), T3i+1 (1 day after the 3rd injection treatment with Sunekos 200), T2M (after 2 months), T3M (after 3 months)

Secondary outcomes

  1. change from of photographic documentation

    Photographic documentation of the area around the eyes

    Time frame: T0 (baseline), T3i+1 (1 day after the 3rd injection treatment with Sunekos 200), T2M (after 2 months), T3M (after 3 months)

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Study locations

1 site
  • DERMING
    Milano, MI 20159, Italy
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Nov 2018 to primary completion in Mar 2019, 3 months.

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Registered
Mar 18, 2019
First posted
Mar 19, 2019
StartActual
Nov 28, 2018
Primary completionActual
Mar 12, 2019
CompletionActual
Mar 12, 2019
Last update
Mar 21, 2019
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 21, 2019, 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
NCT03881189
Lead sponsor
Derming SRL
Responsible party
Adele Sparavigna (Principal Investigator, Derming SRL) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 19, 2019
Start date
Nov 28, 2018
Primary completion
Mar 12, 2019
Completion
Mar 12, 2019
Last update
Mar 21, 2019

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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