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Not yet recruitingNCT05886010Updated Jun 2, 2023

Performance and Tolerance of Cyto-selective Difluoroethane-based Cryotherapy in th Treatment of Brown Spots (Solar and Senile Lentigines, Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation) on the Face and Hands of Asian Ethnicity Skins

An interventional study of prototypes 1 everyday and prototypes 1 every week in Solar Lentigo and Senile Lentigo, sponsored by Cryonove Pharma. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-02.

Sponsored by Cryonove Pharma · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Feb 2024, 2 years 8 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

CS5_4 study aim to evaluate the performance and the tolerance of 3 prototypes of cyto-selective cryotherapy treatments applied on the brown spots on the face and hands of asian ethnicity skins (chinese). A brown spot is defined as solar or senile lentigo (SSL) and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH).

Each treatment corresponds to a combination of a specific sequence of cryogenic spray and of a frequency of application. Each spot will be treated by a defined prototype (always the same device on the same spot all along the study).

The study will evaluate the following prototype :

  • Prototypes 1
  • Prototypes 2
  • Prototypes 3
Read the detailed description

Rational :

Solar/senile lentigo (SSL) is a harmless patch of darkened skin. It results from exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which causes local proliferation of melanocytes and accumulation of melanin within the skin cells (keratinocytes). Solar/senile lentigos or lentigines are very common, especially in people over the age of 40 years. Solar/senile lentigines are found as groups of similar lesions on sun-exposed sites, particularly the face or the back of hands.

Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) is an area of darker skin that remains after a pimple or wound heals. The discoloration is due to the production of excess melanin (pigment) as part of the skin's natural response to inflammation.

CRYONOVE is a medical device intended to induce a cyto-selective cryogenic action on melanocytes to remove brown spots resulting from solar or senile lentigines, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and melasma on the face and body.

Cryotherapy is more and more used to improve skin appearance and currently used to treat lentigo spot. Devices using difluoroethane, manufactured by CRYONOVE PHARMA, are already available on the local and international markets, e.g. CRYOBEAUTY MAINS and CRYOBEAUTY CORPS.

However, the cryogenic gas (conventional cryotherapy - liquid nitrogen) creates a dermabrasion of the skin surface and person receiving this kind of treatment presents an impaired skin during a few days following the treatment as temporary damage of stratum corneum, erythema, scars, burns.

Following the side effects occurring after conventional cryotherapy application, it seems interesting for the sponsor to select other sequences of a cryogenic spray (3 prototypes of devices for face and hands used according to different frequencies of application, i.e., 5 conditions evaluated) which could be used for lentigo and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation treatment in Asian Ethnicity Skin with a same benefit for the consumers without any safety outcomes.

Design:

The study performed is a proof of concept, exploratory, interventional, monocentric, randomized and single blinded

Intervention :

3 prototypes of devices are evaluated in 5 different conditions. Each treatment corresponds to a combination of a specific sequence of cryogenic spray and of a frequency of application.

For the conditions 1, 3, 4 and 5, each spot will be treated 6 times during the study :

  • Every day from D0 and thus until D5 (condition 1);
  • Every two weeks: at D0, D14, D28, D42, D56 and at D70 (condition 3):
  • Every two weeks: at D0, D14, D28, D42, D56 and at D70 (condition 4);
  • Every two weeks: at D0, D14, D28, D42, D56 and at D70 (condition 5).

For the condition 2, each spot will be treated 12 times during the study:

  • Every week: at D0, D7, D14, D21, D28, D35, D42, D49, D56, D63, D70 and at D77 (condition 2);

120 participant will be included in the study. Overall, this study leads to treat 240 face spots (PIH, SSL) and 40 hands spots (SSL) with 3 prototypes having different temperature and kinetic.

Prior to any study device application, the dermatologist will assess the adverse events and will decide if the period between two consecutive applications should be extended or not.The dermatologist will verify that the skin has not been treated by cosmetic products (no presence of cream that could interfere with the treatment) and is dry.

An operator previously trained by the dermatologist will apply the study device to the patient's face or hands. Subjects will be lying down, and the device will be administered upside down. During applications on the face, subjects will wear diving goggles protecting the eyes from cryogenic gas. For the application on the hands, the hands will be placed flat on the table and the prototypes will be applied upside down.The treatment will be stoped after the disappearance of the spot.

The patient follow-up visits are from Day 0 to 6 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Solar Lentigo
  • Senile Lentigo

Keywords

  • Cryotherapy
  • Hyperpigmentation
  • Skin Diseases
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In context

Hyperpigmentation

127 studies on the registry are indexed under Hyperpigmentation; 28 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 120 is above the median of 32 across 113 interventional studies indexed under Hyperpigmentation.

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Lead sponsor

Cryonove Pharma is the lead sponsor of 11 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 to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Female or male,
  • Chinese ethnicity skins,
  • Ages between 18 years old and 75 years old,
  • Phototype II or III (according to Fitzpatrick scale),
  • Featuring brown spots ≥ 3 and ≤ 6 mm in diameter
  • Agreeing not to be exposed to the sun (or artificial UV) during the study.
  • Informed, having undergone a general clinical examination attesting to his/her ability to participate in the study.
  • Having given written consent for their participation in the study.
  • No suspicion of carcinoma after investigation by a dermatologist.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having performed cosmetic treatments (exfoliants, scrubs or self-tanners, manicures, facials, UV ...) in the month before the start of the study where the prototypes will be applied.
  • Having applied a depraving product in the month prior to the start of the study, where the prototypes will be applied.
  • Having performed cosmetic treatments in a dermatologist (laser, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), peeling, creams, cryotherapy ...) in the last 6 months where the prototypes will be applied (see restrictions paragraph).
  • With dermatosis, disease, systemic, chronic or acute disease, or any other pathology that may interfere with treatment or influence the results of the study (people with diabetes or circulatory problems, allergic to cold, Raynaud's syndrome...).
  • Receiving treatment by general or local (dermo corticoids, , diuretics ...) Likely to interfere with the evaluation of the parameter studied.
  • Participating in another study or being excluded from a previous study.
  • Unable to follow the requirements of the protocol.
  • Vulnerable: whose ability or freedom to give or refuse consent is limited.
  • Major protected by law (tutorship, curatorship, safeguarding justice...).
  • People unable to read and write the language of the documents involved in the study.
  • Unable to be contacted urgently over the phone.

For female subjects:

  • Pregnant woman (or wishing to be pregnant during study) or while breastfeeding.
  • A woman who does not have a method.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
120 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Condition 1 :prototypes 1 everyday

    Application on the brown spots of the face and the hands for the prototypes 1 at D0,D1,D2,D3,D4 and D5

    Device: prototypes 1 everyday

  • Experimental
    Condition 2 : prototypes 1 every week

    Application on the brown spots of the face and the hands for the prototypes 1 at D0,D7,D14,D21,D28, D35, D42, D49, D56, D63, D70 and D77.

    Device: prototypes 1 every week

  • Experimental
    Condition 3 : prototypes 1 every two weeks

    Application on the brown spots of the face and the hands for the prototypes 1 at D0,D14,D28, D42, D56 and D70

    Device: prototypes 1 every two weeks

  • Experimental
    Condition 4 : prototypes 2 every two weeks

    Application on the brown spots of the face and the hands for the prototypes 2 at D0,D14,D28, D42, D56 and D70

    Device: prototypes 2 every two weeks

  • Experimental
    Condition 5 : prototypes 3 every two weeks

    Application on the brown spots of the face and the hands for the prototypes 3 at D0,D14,D28, D42, D56 and D70

    Device: prototypes 3 every two weeks

Interventions

  • Deviceprototypes 1 everyday

    Application on brown spots located on the face and/or the hand (6 treatments during the study). An operator previously trained by the dermatologist will apply the study device to the patient's face or/and hand. Subjects will be lying down, and the prototypes will be administered upside down for the applications on the face and sitting for the applications on the hands. For the application on the hands, the hands will be placed flat on the table and the prototypes will be applied upside down. During applications on the face, subjects will wear diving goggles protecting the eyes from cryogenic gas.

  • Deviceprototypes 1 every week

    Application on brown spots located on the face and/or the hand (12 treatments during the study). An operator previously trained by the dermatologist will apply the study device to the patient's face or/and hand. Subjects will be lying down, and the prototypes will be administered upside down for the applications on the face and sitting for the applications on the hands. For the application on the hands, the hands will be placed flat on the table and the prototypes will be applied upside down. During applications on the face, subjects will wear diving goggles protecting the eyes from cryogenic gas.

  • Deviceprototypes 1 every two weeks

    Application on brown spots located on the face and/or the hand (6 treatments during the study). An operator previously trained by the dermatologist will apply the study device to the patient's face or/and hand. Subjects will be lying down, and the prototypes will be administered upside down for the applications on the face and sitting for the applications on the hands. For the application on the hands, the hands will be placed flat on the table and the prototypes will be applied upside down. During applications on the face, subjects will wear diving goggles protecting the eyes from cryogenic gas.

  • Deviceprototypes 2 every two weeks

    Application on brown spots located on the face and/or the hand (6 treatments during the study). An operator previously trained by the dermatologist will apply the study device to the patient's face or/and hand. Subjects will be lying down, and the prototypes will be administered upside down for the applications on the face and sitting for the applications on the hands. For the application on the hands, the hands will be placed flat on the table and the prototypes will be applied upside down. During applications on the face, subjects will wear diving goggles protecting the eyes from cryogenic gas.

  • Deviceprototypes 3 every two weeks

    Application on brown spots located on the face and/or the hand (6 treatments during the study). An operator previously trained by the dermatologist will apply the study device to the patient's face or/and hand. Subjects will be lying down, and the prototypes will be administered upside down for the applications on the face and sitting for the applications on the hands. For the application on the hands, the hands will be placed flat on the table and the prototypes will be applied upside down. During applications on the face, subjects will wear diving goggles protecting the eyes from cryogenic gas.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline skin hyperpigmentation

    The evaluation will be performed visually on the selected spots. A scale in 6 points (0 to 5) will be used : 0=Clear of hyperpigmentation; 1. Almost clear of hyperpigmentation; 2. mild, but noticeable hyperpigmentation; 3. moderate hyperpigmentation (medium brown in quality); 4. severe hyperpigmentation (dark brown in quality); 5. very severe hyperpigmentation (very dark brown, almost black in quality).

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, Day 28, Day 35, Day 42, Day 49, Day 56, Day 63, Day 70, Day 77, Day 91, Day 0 + 6 months

  2. Change from baseline skin hypopigmentation

    The evaluation will be performed visually on the selected spots. A scale in 5 points will be used (0 to 4): 0=no hypopigmented lesion; 1. very slight area of hypopigmentation of very small size and very slightly fairer than the surrounding skin; 2. slight area of hypopigmentation of small size and slightly fairer than the surrounding skin; 3. moderate : area of hypopigmentation of moderate size and much fairer than the surrounding skin; 4. severe : area of hypopigmentation of large size and much fairer than the surrounding skin.

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, Day 28, Day 35, Day 42, Day 49, Day 56, Day 63, Day 70, Day 77, Day 91, Day 0 + 6 months

  3. Change from baseline skin appearance - expected events

    The evaluation will be performed visually on the selected spots and surrounded spotless skin area around the spot skin to assess erythema, oedema blister, bubble, scars, micro-bruise, hematoma, dryness,desquamation, fissures/cracks, roughness,crust, pink spots and papules. A scale in 5 points (0 to 4) will be used : 0=none; 1. very mild; 2. mild; 3. moderate; 4. severe.

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, Day 28, Day 35, Day 42, Day 49, Day 56, Day 63, Day 70, Day 77, Day 91, Day 0 + 6 months

  4. Change from baseline skin sensation

    The evaluation will be performed visually on the selected spots and around the spot skin to assess tightness, stinging, itching, warm and burning sensation. A scale in 5 points (0 to 4) will be used : 0=none; 1. very mild; 2. mild; 3. moderate; 4. severe.

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, Day 28, Day 35, Day 42, Day 49, Day 56, Day 63, Day 70, Day 77, Day 91, Day 0 + 6 months

  5. Self-assesment of pain by VAS

    The pain of the treatment will be assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at time T0 on the treated area. The pain assessed is that felt during the application of the devices. It will be collected from the patient within 5 minutes of application. The VAS is made up of a 10-centimeter line anchored by two ends of the pain. 10 is the first end being the "maximum pain imaginable" and 0 is the other end being "no pain".

    Time frame: Day 0

  6. Change from baseline spots visibility

    Standardized photographs will be taken using a Dermatoscope C-Cube® (PIXIENCE) which allows realizing high resolution skin pictures. The capture will be taken on the previously selected lentigo and a spotless area.

    Time frame: Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, Day 28, Day 35, Day 42, Day 49, Day 56, Day 63, Day 70, Day 77, Day 91, Day 0 + 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Laboratoire BIO-EC
    Longjumeau, 91160, France
    • Michel CADOT · Contact
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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

Start is estimated for Sep 2023; primary completion for Feb 2024, 5 months later.

Of 27 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Hyperpigmentation, half reached primary completion within 3 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 10. This study's planned 5 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 64 studies reached it within 7 months; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 25.

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

Registered
May 23, 2023
First posted
Jun 2, 2023
StartEst.
Sep 1, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Feb 29, 2024
CompletionEst.
Feb 29, 2024
Last update
Jun 2, 2023
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 Jun 2, 2023, 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
NCT05886010
Lead sponsor
Cryonove Pharma
Collaborators
CEISO
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 2, 2023
Start date
Sep 1, 2023 (estimated)
Primary completion
Feb 29, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 29, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 2, 2023

Study contacts

Léa SESTITO
Contact
l.sestito@bio-ec.fr
0169414764
Michel Cadot
principal investigator · Laboratoir BIO-EC

Oversight

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