Exploratory, mono-center, randomized, intra-individual, controlled trial involving healthy volunteers to compare the effect on MAL penetration into the skin following various mechanical penetration enhancement techniques.
At baseline, each mini-zone was selected and randomly assigned to a pretreatment: 3 zones with microneedling Dermaroller®, 3 zones with ablative fractional CO2 Laser, and 3 zones with no pretreatment. After performing pretreatment, MAL cream was applied on the 6 assigned mini-zones for 3 hours incubation. Each condition was tested with and without occlusion. The three mini-zones with no product applied were used to perform biophysics measures.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
fluorescence of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX)
Time frame: 3 hours
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