Clinical Info

Clinical Info

Proven efficacy

Proven efficacy

Subjects in ArteFill® U.S. clinical trial before treatment, 6 months post-injection, and 1 year post-injection.1

Actual patient from the clinical trial.

Actual patient from the clinical trial.

*Primary endpoint

*Primary endpoint

**No 12-month control per protocol

**No 12-month control per protocol


Demonstrated Efficacy in U.S. Clinical Trial

  • The controlled U.S. clinical trial demonstrated that ArteFill provided facial wrinkle correction that persisted1
  • Improvement in nasolabial folds was significantly greater as compared to the Zyplast® control at the primary endpoint of 6 months (p<0.001)1

Improvement in nasolabial folds was evaluated by masked observers using the Facial Fold Assessment (FFA) Scale, an objective measurement based on reference photographs.

Improvement in nasolabial folds was evaluated by masked observers using the Facial Fold Assessment (FFA) Scale, an objective measurement based on reference photographs.


Proven Safety

  • The safety data base is composed of a pivotal study and an open label study with a total of 391 patients receiving ArteFill1
  • The pivotal study was a controlled, double-masked, randomized, prospective, multi-center trial comparing the safety and efficacy of ArteFill to Zyderm® or Zyplast®1
  • ArteFill patients in the randomized group (n=128) were followed for 1 year1
  • No positive skin test reactions to ArteFill Purified Bovine Collagen™ were reported during the clinical studies1


Adverse Events Reported at an Incidence of 1% or Greater in U.S. Clinical Trials of ArteFill


No Severe Adverse Events Reported with ArteFill in U.S. Pivotal Clinical Trial (n=251)

1ArteFill Instructions for Use. San Diego, Calif; Artes Medical, Inc.; 2006.


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