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Inside the tissue: how permanent butt fillers scar and destroy
NCT ID NCT07808970
First seen Sep 09, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are studying tissue removed during surgery from adults who developed complications after permanent gluteal filler injections. Two pathologists, working without knowing the clinical details, grade eight features including filler burden, inflammation, fibrosis, fat death, and injury to blood vessels, lymphatics, muscle, and skin. The team compares these scores across clinical stages and time since injection to propose a model of how the condition evolves and to test whether the scoring system gives consistent results.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If the scoring system holds up, doctors could gain a shared language for staging gluteal filler complications and matching treatment to severity.
- What could go wrong
- The study only samples tissue from people who already need surgery, so it may miss milder cases and cannot prove what causes the damage. Two pathologists reading slides can still disagree.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
Adults undergoing biopsy or surgical removal of gluteal tissue affected by permanent synthetic filler, spanning early exposure through advanced disease with ulceration or necrosis.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: Age 18 years or older. * Prior gluteal injection of a permanent or unknown nonresorbable filler. * Clinically indicated biopsy or surgical excision yielding tissue suitable for histopathologic evaluation. * Available history of approximate injection date and standardized preoperative clinical staging. * Written consent for tissue analysis and optional future use of deidentified specimens. Exclusion Criteria: * Specimen composed only of scar or skin without tissue from the filler-affected region. * Insufficient tissue quality for routine histology. * Acute bacterial infection that precludes distinction of the underlying chronic tissue response unless infection is itself a prespecified advanced-stage feature. * Prior oncologic radiation to the sampled gluteal region. * Declined consent for research use of surgical tissue.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Clinica Bioforma
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
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