A Comparative Clinical Study to Assess Pain Score and Wound Healing Following Fractional Ablation With a DFG Laser and CO2 Laser
NCT06295471 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23
Last updated 2026-04-28
Summary
This research study aims assess whether the Difference Frequency Generation (DFG) laser could be a better alternative to the CO2 laser in terms of reduced side effects and patient downtime.
Conditions
- Healthy
Interventions
- DEVICE
-
DFG Laser
Laser treatment to the upper thigh
- DEVICE
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CO2 Laser
Laser treatment to the upper thigh
- DEVICE
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Angiographic OCT imaging at areas of interest
Sponsors & Collaborators
-
Massachusetts General Hospital
lead OTHER
Principal Investigators
-
Dieter Manstein, MD, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital
Study Design
- Allocation
- NA
- Purpose
- BASIC_SCIENCE
- Masking
- NONE
- Model
- SINGLE_GROUP
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 18 Years
- Sex
- ALL
- Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2024-10-16
- Primary Completion
- 2027-03-31
- Completion
- 2027-03-31
- FDA Device
- Yes
Countries
- United States
Study Locations
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