Efficacy and Safety Study of Botulinum Toxin Type A to Treat Glabellar Lines

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-09-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that the efficacy and safety of Meditoxin® are not inferior to Botox®'s in the treatment of glabellar lines.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Medy-Tox
• Treatments: abobotulinumtoxinA; Botulinum Toxins; Botulinum Toxins, Type A; incobotulinumtoxinA; onabotulinumtoxinA

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men and women aged between 20 and 65

• Patients attaining ≥grade 2 (moderate) in the investigator's rating of the severity of glabella lines at maximum frown

• Patients who can comply with the study procedures and visit schedule

• Patients who voluntarily sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with medical conditions who may be at greater risk due to the administration of the investigational drugs (e.g.. diseases that may affect the neuromuscular action including Myasthenia Gravis, Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and motor neuropathy)

• Patients with severe internal diseases (cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine diseases etc.)

• Patients who have bleeding tendency or taking anti-coagulant

• Patients who were injected with botulinum toxin within the past 3 months

• Patients with allergy or hypersensitivity to the investigational drugs or their components

• Female subjects who are pregnant or lactating. Female subjects of childbearing age who have a plan to get pregnant during the study period, or do not use available contraceptive methods (Women of childbearing age should have negative urine pregnancy test results at baseline visit (0 week) prior to the first injection.)

• Patients with the history of facial nerve paralysis or the symptoms of eyelid ptosis

• Patients with skin disorders or infection at the injection site

• Patients who have received other procedures which may affect glabellar and forehead lines within 6 months

• Patients with the history of treatment of glabellar part(including forehead) like face lifting and permanent implant or with scars which may affect the treatment results

• Patients whose glabellar lines cannot be satisfactorily improved with physical method since the lines are not flattened even using hands

• Patients who have a plan to receive facial cosmetic procedures including dermal filler, photorejuvenation, chemical peeling and dermabrasion during the study period

• Patients who are participating in other clinical trials or have participated in other clinical trials 30 days before screening or the five times the half life of a drug which was given to patient during the previous clinical trials

• Patients who are unable to communicate or follow the instructions

• Patients who are not eligible for this study based on the judgment of an investigator