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Improvement of Pigmented Skin Lesions in Patients With Mastocytosis After Performing 2 Sessions of Pigment Laser

Evaluation of the Improvement of Pigmented Skin Lesions in Patients With Mastocytosis After Performing 2 Sessions of Pigment Laser : Pilot Study Conducted at a Reference Centre Mastocytoses (LaserMasto)

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04377828
Acronym
LaserMasto
Enrollment
34
Registered
2020-05-06
Start date
2020-09-14
Completion date
2022-06-01
Last updated
2020-09-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Cutaneous Mastocytosis

Keywords

Cutaneous mastocytosis, laser

Brief summary

Cutaneous mastocytosis can be isolated or associated with systemic involvement. Urticaria pigmentosa affects around 80 to 85% of adult patients with cutaneous mastocytosis. It is also frequently present in patients with mastocytosis associated with systemic involvement (80% of patients in our experience). This skin damage is one of the causes of deterioration in quality of life in patients with mastocytosis, through the loss of self-esteem, due to the appearance of lesions. However there are not treatment for urticaria pigmentosa. Skin involvement in mastocytosis is linked to the accumulation of abnormal mast cells in the dermis. However, the mast cells are not pigmented and the brown-brown color characteristic of Urticaria pigmentosa is explained by melanin pigmentation of the epidermal basal layer.

Detailed description

Cutaneous mastocytosis can be isolated or associated with systemic involvement. Urticaria pigmentosa affects around 80 to 85% of adult patients with cutaneous mastocytosis. It is also very frequently present in patients with mastocytosis associated with systemic involvement (80% of patients in our experience). This skin damage is one of the causes of deterioration in quality of life in patients with mastocytosis, through the loss of self-esteem, due to the appearance of lesions. However ,there is not a treatment for urticaria pigmentosa. Skin involvement in mastocytosis is linked to the accumulation of abnormal mast cells in the dermis. However, the mast cells are not pigmented and the brown-brown color characteristic of pigmentary urticaria is explained by melanin pigmentation of the epidermal basal layer. This characteristic is often described on skin biopsies of pigmentary urticaria analyzed in hematoxilin-eosin. The 532 nm Q-Switched laser is known to improve lesions characterized by the presence of melanin pigment in the basal layer of the epidermis, with very little risks. This later is explained by the reduced penetration of light at 532 nm into the skin and the emission time of the laser light which is very low (of the order of a few nanoseconds) for Q-Switched lasers. In the literature, 2 case reports report an efficiency of the laser at 532 nm in this indication in adults. The hypothesis of this study is that 2 sessions of Q-switched laser could improve the skin lesions of urticaria pigmentosa, leading to an improvement in self-esteem.

Interventions

DEVICEPigment laser

one to two session of pigment laser (532 nm)

Sponsors

University Hospital, Toulouse
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient with mastocytosis (diagnosis confirmed clinically according to international criteria) * Patient with pigmented skin lesions, of moderate to very severe severity (by comparison with a 4-point photographic scale: light, moderate, severe and very severe) * Major patient aged ≥ 18 years. * Patient with social security coverage * Patient having given written, free and informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with mastocytosis, without skin lesions * Patient with pigmented skin lesions, only of mild severity (by comparison with a 4-point photographic scale: mild, moderate, severe and very severe) * Patient with another cutaneous mastocytosis phenotype * Patient treated by a treatment known as a cytoreductive for mastocytosis: alpha interferon, cladribine, imatinib, midostaurin or any cytoreductive treatment being evaluated by clinical trial in mastocytosis * Patient under guardianship, or under curatorship, or not fluent in the French language or unable to understand and complete the study questionnaires * pregnant or breastfeeding women * Patients with tanned skin following photoexposure within 3 weeks of starting the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Global clinical evolution of the skin M4 - Blind evaluatorMonth 4Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by blind evaluator in month 4 versus baseline

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Global clinical evolution of the skin M9 - Blind evaluatorMonth 9Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by blind evaluator in month 9 versus baseline
Global clinical evolution of the skin M4 - Principal investigatorMonth 4Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by the principal investigator in month 4 versus baseline
Global clinical evolution of the skin M1 - Principal investigatorMonth 1Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by the principal investigator in month 1 versus baseline
Global clinical evolution of the skin M9 - Principal investigatorMonth 9Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by the principal investigator in month 9 versus baseline
Severity of a targeted pigment skin lesion - M1Month 1the surface area of the target pigment skin lesion (mm2) versus baseline
Severity of a targeted pigment skin lesion - M4Month 4the surface area of the target pigment skin lesion (mm2) versus baseline
Severity of a targeted pigment skin lesion - M9Month 9the surface area of the target pigment skin lesion (mm2) versus baseline
Global clinical evolution of the skin M1 - Blind evaluatorMonth 1Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by blind evaluator in month 1 versus baseline
Psychological impact - Month 4Month 4qualitative analysis of the patient verbatim after an interview
Psychological impact - Month 9Month 9qualitative analysis of the patient verbatim after an interview
Patient satisfaction - Month 1month 1Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by patient versus baseline
Patient satisfaction - Month 4month 4Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by patient versus baseline
Patient satisfaction - Month 9month 9Global clinical evolution with IGA Improvement Global Assessment (scale with 5 points : no improvement or aggravation/minimal improvement/moderate improvement/significant improvement/complete disappearance) by patient versus baseline
global patient satisfactionmonth 9Analog visual scale from 0 to 10
Pigment laser toleranceDay 1Analog visual scale from 0 to 10
Psychological impact - baselineBaselinequalitative analysis of the patient verbatim after an interview

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactChristina BULAI LIVIDEANU, MD
livideanu.c@chu-toulouse.fr(0)5 61 77 81 38

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026