Facial Hair Reduction Using Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) & Alexandrite Laser
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01461694 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified May 2012 by Adam Gilmour, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Recruitment status was: Enrolling by invitation
First Posted : October 28, 2011
Last Update Posted : May 14, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hirsutism | Device: Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Device: Alexandrite Laser | Phase 2 Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 35 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Comparison of Intense Pulsed Light System 650 Advance Hand-Piece and Alexandrite Laser for Female Facial Hair Reduction |
Study Start Date : | November 2011 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 2013 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 2013 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: IPL
Half face treated with IPL
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Device: Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
Half Face Treated with IPL |
Active Comparator: Alexandrite Laser
Half face treated with Alexandrite Laser
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Device: Alexandrite Laser
Half face treated with Alexandrite Laser |
- Change in total Hair Count measurement at 1month post final treatment from baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 month ]Pre Treatment hair count assessed using videomicroscopy as baseline. Post final treatment hair counts will be measured again at 1month to assess if there has been a reduction in total hair count from pre-treatment
- Change in total hair count at 3months post final treatment from baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline and 3months post final treatment ]Pre Treatment hair count assessed using videomicroscopy as baseline. Post final treatment hair counts will be measured again at 3months to assess if there has been a reduction in total hair count from pre-treatment

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female Patients
- Minimum age 16years old
- Fitzpatrick skin types I-III
- Significant facial hair.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Fitzpatrick skin types IV-VI
- Age less than 16years old
- Males
- No visible facial hair growth
- Use of electrolysis or depilatory creams 6weeks prior to treatment
- Active acnes
- Current coldsore
- Previous facial hair removal with laser or IPL in past 12 months
- Sun tanned skin

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01461694
United Kingdom | |
Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary | |
Glasgow, United Kingdom, G4 0SF |
Principal Investigator: | Adam Gilmour, MBChB, MRCS (Ed) | NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | |
Study Chair: | Iain Mackay, MBChb, MRCS, FRCS (plast) | NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | |
Study Director: | Vivek Sivarajan, MBChB, MRCS, MD, FRCS (Plas) | NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
Responsible Party: | Adam Gilmour, Clinical Laser Research Fellow, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01461694 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GN11SU380 |
First Posted: | October 28, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 14, 2012 |
Last Verified: | May 2012 |
Hirsutism Laser Hair Reduction IPL Intense Pulsed Light |
Hirsutism Hair Diseases Skin Diseases Virilism |