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Combined Alexandrite and Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Port Wine Stain Birthmarks

NCT00580944 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2022-10-20

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Summary

Port wine stain is a congenital, progressive vascular malformation of skin involving post-capillary venules that occurs in an estimated 4 children per 1,000 live births. Approximately 1,200,000 individuals in the United States and twenty-six million people worldwide have Port wine stain birthmarks.

Since most of the malformations occur on the face, Port wine stain is a clinically significant problem in the majority of patients. Port wine stain should not be considered a cosmetic problem but a disease with potentially devastating psychological and physical complications. Personality development is adversely influenced in virtually all patients by the negative reaction of others to a "marked" person. Port wine stain are initially flat red macules, but lesions tend to darken progressively to purple, and by middle age, often become raised as a result of the development of vascular nodules. Hypertrophy of underlying soft tissue further disfigures the facial features of many patients.

Conditions

  • Port Wine Stain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

laser treatment of port wine stain birthmarks

Combined alexandrite and pulsed dye laser treatment of port wine stain birthmarks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Beckman Laser Institute University of California Irvine

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California, Irvine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • JOHN S NELSON, M.D,Ph.D · Beckman Laser Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

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