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RecruitingNCT05825170FENTHAUpdated Mar 13, 2025

Evaluation of a HA Dermal Filler in the Treatment of Lip Deformity

An interventional study of FASY L in Lip, Cleft and Lip Scar, sponsored by Symatese. Recruiting at 3 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-03-13.

Sponsored by Symatese · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jan 2026, 9 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Dec 2023; still recruiting 2 years 11 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Early postnatal repair of cleft lip and palate aims at the development of the child through reconstruction of the face soon after birth. Cleft lip is the result of a defect in the fusion of the buds of the face by default of cell apoptosis of the embryonic neural crest constituting the skin and the labial mucosa. Lip surgery or cheiloplasty primary of unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate is carried out from the age of 6 weeks. At the end of the surgical treatment, we often observe small unsightly residual volumetric asymmetries. The choice is then either to surgically reduce a muscular part too voluminous by reducing locally the volume of the lip, or to increase the volume of the thinnest portion this second solution is made possible either by injecting fat or by injection of hyaluronic acid. By adulthood, patients with cleft lip have often undergone 10 or more defect-related surgeries and many desire less invasive options to improve any residual cosmetic imperfections. The first use of a temporary alloplastic injectable soft tissue filler, hyaluronic acid (HA), for upper lip augmentation in a patient with asymmetry after surgical cleft lip repair was reported in 2008. There are few publications on the use hyaluronic acid in complement to the surgical treatment of cleft lip and palate, but all reported promising results.

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The study is a pilot, prospective, multicenter, proof-of-concept clinical trial that aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of FASY L for the treatment of lip deformity.

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Conditions studied

  • Lip, Cleft
  • Lip Scar

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Keywords

  • Hyaluronic acid
  • Dermal fillers
  • lips
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In context

Cleft Lip

168 studies on the registry are indexed under Cleft Lip; 51 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 30 across 116 interventional studies indexed under Cleft Lip.

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Lead sponsor

Symatese is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 2 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 and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Sex: male or female.
  • Age: 18 years and older.
  • Women of childbearing age must have a negative urine pregnancy test before each injection.
  • Patient seeking an enhancement of the lip deformity with FASY L after having undergone cleft lip and palate surgical treatment.
  • Patient, having given freely and expressly his/her .
  • Patient who is able to comply with the study requirements, as defined in the present CIP, at the Investigator's appreciation.
  • Patient being affiliated to a health social security system.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant and breastfeeding women
  • Subject who is deprived of their freedom by administrative or legal decision.
  • Subject living in a social or sanitary establishment.
  • Major subject who is under guardianship or who is not able to express his consent.
  • Subject being in an exclusion period for a previous study or with a current or recent (\<3 months) participation in another study involving a drug or combined device with drug.
  • Subject suffering from a severe or progressive disease or any other pathology that may interfere with the evaluation of the study results: diabetes, pathology, cardiac pathologies, hepatic deficiency, epilepsy, porphyria.
  • Subject who has a known history of severe multiple allergies, angioedema or anaphylactic shock.
  • Subject with a known allergy or to Hyaluronic Acid or local anesthesia (Lidocaine or anesthetics of the amide type or any of the ).
  • Subject with an acute inflammatory process or active skin disease, or related conditions, such as infection, psoriasis, rosacea, acne, blotches or other pathology near or on the injection sites with the potential to interfere with the study results or increase the risk of Adverse Events at the Investigator appreciation.
  • Subject with a past history of severe streptococcal disease or an active streptococcus infection.
  • Subject predisposed to keloid or hypertrophic scarring.
  • Subject with a disorder that may impact wound healing such as connective tissue or disorder.
  • Subject with a history of precancerous lesions/skin on the injection sites.
  • Subject with history of hyper- or hypo-pigmentation on the face.
  • Subject with a known bleeding disorder or receiving medication that will likely increase the risk of bleeding during treatment, at the Investigator appreciation.
  • Subject having received high dose of Lidocaine (more than 200mg) and/or high dose of anesthetics structurally related to amide-type within the past week.
  • Subject having received chemotherapy agents, immunosuppressive medications or systemic within the past 3 months.
  • Patient having taken high-dose aspirin, anti-inflammatories, antiplatelet, thrombolytic during the week before the injection session.
  • Subject having received within the past 12 months any injections including non-permanent fillers (e.g., Hyaluronic Acid, CaHA), mesotherapy or neurotoxin near or on the lips or plan to undergo such treatment during the study.
  • Subject with prior permanent implant or treatment with non-HA or non-collagen filler near or on the lip or plan to implement these products at any time during the study.
  • Subject having received within the past 6 months mesotherapy, resurfacing laser, photo modulation, intense pulsed light, radio frequency, photo-rejuvenation, dermabrasion, chemical peel, or other ablative or none ablative procedures near or on the lips.
  • Subject with subcutaneous retaining structure on the face (meshing, threads, gold strand etc.) near or on the injection sites (lips) with the potential to interfere with the study results or increase the risk of Adverse Events at the Investigator appreciation.
  • Patient having received fat grafting within the past 6 months near or on the injection sites
  • Other condition preventing the subject to participate the study in the Investigator's opinion: subject deemed unreliable or incapable of understanding and complying with the study assessment or unrealistic expectations of treatment results.
  • Subject who planned an intensive exposure to sunlight or UV-rays in the 2 weeks following injection.
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Excipients

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Cancer (malignancy)

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

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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 (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    FASY L

    Subjects will be consecutively included to receive FASY L in lips at level of their scar

    Device: FASY L

Interventions

  • DeviceFASY L

    Subjects will receive FASY L in lips at level of their scar.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of subjects with at least one Adverse Device Event (ADE) at the visit at 30 days after the initial injection

    Recording of the occurrence of Adverse Event related to the use of the investigational medical device. Assessed by investigators.

    Time frame: 30 days visit after the first injection

Secondary outcomes

  1. Injection Site Reactions present immediatly after injections

    Recording of the presence and severity (mild, moderate or severe) of local injection site reactions after each injection.

    Time frame: Day 0 and potentially at each visits (Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection)

  2. Evaluation of the scar by the investigators

    Assessement of the scar using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS). The POSAS of the observer includes six parameters (vascularity, pigmentation, thickness, relief, elasticity and surface). In addition, a general opinion is scored. Each parameter is rated by the investigator on a scale from 1 ("normal skin") to 10 ("worst scar imaginable"). The sum of the seven parameters constitutes the total score of the scale of the observer ranging from 7 (normal skin) to 70 (worst scar imaginable).

    Time frame: Before the first injection (baseline) and Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection

  3. Evaluation of the scar by the patients

    Assessement of the scar using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS). The POSAS ot the patient includes six questions about pain, itching, color, roughness, thickness and irregularities of the scar. In addition, a general opinion is scored. Each parameter is rated by the patient on a scale from 1 ("no, not at all") to 10 ("yes, extremely"). The sum of the seven parameters constitutes the total score of the scale of the patients ranging from 7 (normal skin) to 70 (worst scar imaginable)..

    Time frame: Before the first injection (baseline) and Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection

  4. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events

    Collection of Adverse Event assessed and recorded by investigators.

    Time frame: Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.

  5. Patient Global aesthetic improvement

    Aesthetic improvement of the face will be assessed using the Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale, a 5-point scale ranking from 1: Very much improved to 5: worse. The lower the score, the better the aesthetic result. Assessed by subjects.

    Time frame: Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.

  6. Investigator Global aesthetic improvement

    Aesthetic improvement of the face will be assessed using the Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale, a 5-point scale a 5-point scale ranking from 1: Very much improved to 5: worse. The lower the score, the better the aesthetic result. Assessed by investigators.

    Time frame: Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.

  7. Patient's quality of life

    Quality of life will be assessed using Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). The Dermatology Life Quality Index is calculated by adding the score of each question, resulting in a maximum of 30 and a minimum of 0. The higher the score, the more quality of life is impaired. A score higher than 10 indicates that the patient's life is being severely affected by their skin disease. Assessed by subjects

    Time frame: Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.

  8. Improvement of the patient's quality of life

    Improvement will be assessed using a 4-point Likert scale (from 0-not improved to 3-Very much improved). Assessed by subject

    Time frame: Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 9 and Month 12 after the first injection.

  9. Visual analogic scale pain assessment

    Assessment of pain using a 0-100mm Visual Analogue Scale (0 corresponds to no pain and 100 corresponds to the highest pain that can be felt). Assessed by the subject.

    Time frame: Immediately after the injection (for initial injection only)

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Study locations

3 of 3 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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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 Dec 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jan 2026, 25 months after the start.

Of 65 interventional studies with no phase under Cleft Lip, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 33. This study's planned 25 months is above that.

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

Registered
Apr 11, 2023
First posted
Apr 24, 2023
StartActual
Dec 8, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Jan 30, 2026
CompletionEst.
Jun 15, 2027
Last update
Mar 13, 2025
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 13, 2025, 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
NCT05825170
Lead sponsor
Symatese
Collaborators
EVAMED
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 24, 2023
Start date
Dec 8, 2023
Primary completion
Jan 30, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 15, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 13, 2025

Study contacts

Laure Saillet
Contact
laure.saillet@evamed.fr
(0)2 31 93 21 18 ext. +33
Justine Colombel
Contact
justine.colombel@evamed.fr
(0)2 31 93 21 18 ext. +33
Cyril Maire
principal investigator · Centre Médical Saint-Jean

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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