Comparison of Picosecond Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser and Fractional Laser for the Treatment of Acne Scars

Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acne Scars

Treatments: Procedure: Laser therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03850925

2019_02_004

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compares the application of a picosecond 1064-nm laser with a diffractive lens array with nonablative fractional laser for the treatment of acne scarring.

Full description

This trial is a 17-week, prospective, randomized split-face study that compares the results between two facial sides either receiving the picosecond 1064-nm laser or nonablative fractional laser treatment for atrophic acne scar.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects with facial atrophic acne scars
• Subjects who observe the schedules and protocols of the clinical trial
• Subjects who give informed consent to participate in the clinical trial

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects who have active acne under treatment
• Subjects who had received any other treatments for acne scarring for 6 months prior to the first treatment
• Subjects who underwent other treatments including chemical, mechanical or laser resurfacing during the study period
• Subjects who have current acute illness
• Subjects who are considered inappropriate for the clinical trial under the judgement of investigators

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 2 patient groups

Picosecond laser

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention: four consecutive sessions of 1,064-nm picosecond laser at 3-week intervals

Treatment:

Procedure: Laser therapy

Fractional laser

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intervention: four consecutive sessions of nonablative fractional laser at 3-week intervals

Treatment:

Procedure: Laser therapy