First-in-Human Safety Study for Fractomer™ Biomatrix

1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form.
2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study.
3. Male or female, aged 22 to 55.
4. Participants must be deemed by the Investigator to be generally healthy individuals based on a medical evaluation that includes a physical examination, medical history, vital signs, and the results from clinical, laboratory and other safety assessments collected during the Screening period. For medical history, there must be an absence of clinically significant diagnosis (in the opinion of the Investigator) of cardiovascular, dermatologic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, infectious, hematologic, hepatic, immunologic, metabolic, oncologic, neurologic, psychiatric, renal, or respiratory disease that may increase the risk of the participant in this study.

1. Participants with ongoing, stable anxiety and/or depression may be included, provided that they are stable and do not require the use of concomitant medications.

5. Ability to receive an injection of Fractomer™ and be willing to have a biopsy of the injection area be taken after either six weeks or three months.

6. For a person of child-bearing potential (POCBP)2: participant has a negative urine pregnancy test and has agreed to use contraceptives3 prior to and during their clinical trial participation.

7. BMI of 24 to 39.9, inclusive.

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Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Participant has, or the investigator believes them to have, a condition that would interfere with their ability to provide written informed consent, comply with study instructions, attend follow up visits, or which might confound the interpretation of the study results or put the subject at undue risk.

  2. Participants with any current or previous illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose an additional, unacceptable risk to the participant or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments or study results' interpretation.

  3. Participant has or had a recent serious or ongoing infection, or risk for serious infection, or acute or chronic infection defined by the presence of any of the following:

  1. History of recurrent infections (defined as ≥ 3 infections requiring antimicrobial therapy within the 12 months prior to Screening).
  2. Hospitalization for infection or receipt of a course of intravenous (IV) antimicrobial therapy within 8 weeks prior to screening OR an opportunistic infection requiring hospitalization or IV antimicrobial treatment within 1 year of screening.
  3. Clinically significant chronic infection (e.g., osteomyelitis, bronchiectasis) within 8 weeks prior to Screening.
  4. Any herpes zoster, cytomegalovirus (CMV), or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection that has not completely resolved within 12 weeks prior to Screening.
  5. History of splenectomy.
  6. Participant has hepatitis B or C virus or liver disease.
  7. Participant has a known seropositivity for, or active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  8. Participant is undergoing chemotherapy or has a history of malignancy
  9. Participant has collagen or elastin-vascular disease or other auto-immune disease.
  10. Participant is on immunosuppressive therapy.

  11. Or other condition(s) as indicated by the Investigator. 4. Participant has a history of type 1 or type 2 diabetes. 5. Participant has an allergy to lidocaine or epinephrine. 6. Participant has a hypersensitivity or allergy to adhesive tape. 7. Participant is pregnant or lactating. 8. Participant has a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to collagen or elastin injections.

      9. Participant is hypertensive (blood pressure 140/90 mmHg or higher), has cardiac or valvular disease, has a pacemaker or defibrillator, or has a known abdominal aortic aneurysm.

      10. Participant has blood coagulopathy. 11. Participant has a pre-existing skin condition, such as eczema, psoriasis, allergic dermatitis, scarring, or other condition, occurring bilaterally within the planned treatment area.

      12. Participant has a history of herpes in the planned treatment site. 13. Participant had radiation therapy or phototherapy, or current/active sunburn at the treatment site.

      14. Participant has a history of hyper- or hypo-pigmentation. 15. Participant has a history of keloid formation or poor wound healing. 16. Participant is concurrently enrolled in clinical trial at the time of screening, or has had exposure to any investigational agent, including topical agents, within 30 days or 5 half-lives prior to their enrollment visit, whichever is longer.

      17. Participant is an active, daily user of nicotine-containing products. 18. Participant is a user of recreational drugs as indicated by a positive result on drugs of abuse screen.

      1. If participant is user of THC products, participant may be included if they agree to stop use of THC products during their participation in this trial.
      2. If participant uses alcohol products, participant may be included if they limit their use to 2 or fewer alcohol units per day during their participation in this trial, and ingest no alcohol 48 hours before lab collection (site visit) timepoints.

      19. Participants who are intoxicated at time of enrollment.