UMIN-ICDS Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000060575
Receipt number R000069284
Scientific Title Survey of the actual skin condition of women with dark skin (skintone 9-12)
Date of disclosure of the study information 2026/02/09
Last modified on 2026/02/04 09:46:57

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Basic information

Public title

Survey of the actual skin condition of women with dark skin (skintone 9-12)

Acronym

Survey of the actual skin condition of women with dark skin (skintone 9-12)

Scientific Title

Survey of the actual skin condition of women with dark skin (skintone 9-12)

Scientific Title:Acronym

Survey of the actual skin condition of women with dark skin

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Not applicable

Classification by specialty

Not applicable Adult

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To develop an image-based program and data-processing algorithm that can analyze skin conditions.

Basic objectives2

Others

Basic objectives -Others

To evaluate the correlation between the information within the image and skin condition values.

Trial characteristics_1

Exploratory

Trial characteristics_2


Developmental phase

Not applicable


Assessment

Primary outcomes

Correlation between images and skin condition values

Key secondary outcomes



Base

Study type

Observational


Study design

Basic design


Randomization


Randomization unit


Blinding


Control


Stratification


Dynamic allocation


Institution consideration


Blocking


Concealment



Intervention

No. of arms


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Eligibility

Age-lower limit

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

59 years-old >=

Gender

Female

Key inclusion criteria

1. Healthy female aged 20-59
2. Person whose skintone is classified as 9-12.
3. Person who is from the Middle East, North Africa, Central|South America, or Central|South Africa, or who has at least one parent from those regions.
4. Person who can communicate in Japanese or English.
5. Person who has a smartphone with a working standard camera app and an internet connection.

Key exclusion criteria

1. Person who has undergone at least one photofacial, laser, or other cosmetic procedure within the past month.
2. Person who has a tattoo on the measurement area (face).
3. Person who is pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of consent.
4. Person who is attending a medical institution due to a physical condition or skin disease.
5. Person whose household members are engaged in advertising agencies, research|consultancy, mass media, distribution, or the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, toiletries, or sanitary products.
6. Person who is deemed by the principal investigator to be unsuitable for participation in the research due to other non-compliance obligations, etc.

Target sample size

100


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Sho
Middle name
Last name Kikuchi

Organization

Kao Corporation

Division name

Skin Beauty 1 Products Research Lab.

Zip code

131-8501

Address

2-1-3, Bunka, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, 131-8501, JAPAN

TEL

+81-70-3296-8432

Email

kikuchi.shou@kao.com


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Mai
Middle name
Last name Sato

Organization

Kao Corporation

Division name

Skin Beauty 1 Products Research Lab.

Zip code

131-8501

Address

2-1-3, Bunka, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, 131-8501, JAPAN

TEL

+81-70-3300-8579

Homepage URL


Email

Satou.mai2@kao.com


Sponsor or person

Institute

Kao Corporation

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Kao Corporation

Organization

Division

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Profit organization

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Other related organizations

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IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

Human Research Ethics Committee, Kao Corporation

Address

2-1-3 Bunka, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 131- 8501, JAPAN

Tel

+81-3-5630-9064

Email

morisaki.naoko@kao.com


Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


Org. issuing International ID_2


IND to MHLW



Institutions

Institutions

花王株式会社(東京都)


Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2026 Year 02 Month 09 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

URL related to results and publications


Number of participants that the trial has enrolled

103

Results


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Date of the first journal publication of results


Baseline Characteristics


Participant flow


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Progress

Recruitment status

No longer recruiting

Date of protocol fixation

2026 Year 01 Month 19 Day

Date of IRB

2026 Year 01 Month 19 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2026 Year 01 Month 24 Day

Last follow-up date

2026 Year 02 Month 01 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information

Association analysis between skin properties and skin images.


Management information

Registered date

2026 Year 02 Month 04 Day

Last modified on

2026 Year 02 Month 04 Day



Link to view the page

Value
https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/icdr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000069284