New serum fights age spots in 16-Week trial
NCT ID NCT07468175
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a dark spot corrector serum along with two different skincare routines in 48 women with moderate age spots. Over 16 weeks, doctors checked if the spots got lighter, smaller, or less noticeable. The goal was to see if the treatment was safe and effective for improving skin tone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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25 to 65 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 2\. In good general health (physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease/infirmity), according to subject self-report. 3\. Having Fitzpatrick skin type I-IV (refer to Appendix I: Fitzpatrick Skin Type). 4\. Having moderate (score of 4-6 according to a modified Griffiths scale,1 where 0=none and 9=severe) discrete hyperpigmentation (solar lentigines \[age spots/sun spots\]) on the global face. 5\. Having at least 1 dark spot (solar lentigo \[age spot or sun spot\]) with moderate intensity (score 4-6) on each side of the face (with no more 0.5 point difference between scores on each side of the face) that is at least 3 mm in size and clearly discernible by the clinical grader and visible in all images at baseline to be tracked as target spots during the study. 6\. Self-perceived very bothersome hyperpigmentation (darkening), including spots, on the global face. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Having been diagnosed with known allergies to skin care products. 2. Having a known reactivity to niacinamide, sunflower seed, coconut, rosemary, barley, goji, sandalwood, licorice root, radish root, beeswax, and/or yeast. 3. Breastfeeding, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant during the study according to subject self-report. 4. Having a history of skin cancer within the past 5 years. 5. Currently using oral or topical prescription medications for acne such as doxycycline, minocycline, clindamycin, Bactrim, tetracycline, erythromycin, azelaic acid, benzoyl peroxide, Dapsone, or sodium sulfacetamide.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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SGS Dallas Research Center
Richardson, Texas, 75081, United States
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