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Study to Determine Effect of Gentle Wounding to Stimulate Hair Follicle Neogenesis

Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

The investigators have extensive evidence in mouse that wounding leads to the generation of new hair follicles in the skin. This can be an important new therapy for patients with scarring, but especially those with alopecia. The question is whether gentle wounding in human subjects can cause the generation of a new hair follicle. The plan is to first carefully map a small area of the scalp without hair follicles. Investigators will then try various modalities of gentle wounding (including fractionated Carbon Dioxide (CO2) laser, mild curetting) of the surface epithelium in the presence and absence of FDA approved topical medications (including retinoids). Investigators will then prospectively monitor the area for hair growth both by noninvasive visual monitoring (including photographs and dermoscopy) and biopsies. The outcomes of this study hopefully will allow new therapies for especially scarring alopecia conditions where hair follicles are completely lost and there are no current therapies.

Official title: Pilot Exploratory Study to Determine Effect of Gentle Wounding to Stimulate Hair Follicle Neogenesis

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 80 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

24

Start Date

2018-01-01

Completion Date

2024-11-01

Last Updated

2026-06-12

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DRUG

Retinoic acid

The study team will treat skin with topical retinoic acid

DEVICE

Laser

The study team treat skin with a surface laser.

DRUG

Sham treatment

No drug will be given

DEVICE

Sham treatment

No laser treatment will be given

Locations (1)

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dermatology Department

Baltimore, Maryland, United States