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A Study of Baricitinib (LY3009104) in Participants With Severe or Very Severe Alopecia Areata

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Alopecia Areata
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT03570749
Lead Sponsor
Eli Lilly and Company
Brief Summary

This study is designed to select up to two doses of baricitinib (referred to as low dose and high dose) and assess their efficacy and safety for the treatment of severe or very severe alopecia areata. An additional subpopulation of 60 participants in the US will enroll in the open-label addenda.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
784
Inclusion Criteria
  • Are at least 18 years and ≤60 years for males (≤70 years of age for females) at the time of informed consent.

  • Must self-identify as either Black or African American in race in the open label addenda.

  • Have severe or very severe AA, as determined by all of the following:

    • Current AA episode of more than 6 months' duration and hair loss encompassing ≥50% of the scalp, as measured by SALT Alopecia Areata Investigator Global Assessment (AA-IGA) of 3 or 4) at screening and baseline.
    • No spontaneous improvement over the past 6 months.
    • Current episode of severe or very severe AA of less than 8 years.
  • Male or nonpregnant, nonbreastfeeding female participants.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Primarily "diffuse" type of AA.
  • Are currently experiencing other forms of alopecia or any other concomitant conditions that would interfere with evaluations of the effect of study medication on AA.
  • Previously treated with an oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor and had an inadequate response (for example, absence of significant terminal hair growth after at least 12 weeks of treatment).

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Baricitinib High DoseBaricitinibBaricitinib administered orally. Placebo administered orally to maintain the blind.
Baricitinib High DosePlaceboBaricitinib administered orally. Placebo administered orally to maintain the blind.
Baricitinib Low DoseBaricitinibBaricitinib administered orally. Placebo administered orally to maintain the blind.
Baricitinib Low DosePlaceboBaricitinib administered orally. Placebo administered orally to maintain the blind.
PlaceboPlaceboPlacebo administered orally.
Open-Label Addenda Baricitinib High DoseBaricitinibBaricitinib will be administered orally during the open-label addenda.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Participants Achieving Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) ≤ 20Week 36

Percentage of Participants Achieving SALT ≤ 20

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Participants Achieving 50% Improvement of SALT (SALT50)Week 12

Percentage of participants achieving SALT50

Percent Change from Baseline in SALT ScoreBaseline, Week 36

Percent change from baseline in SALT score

Time for Participants to Achieve SALT ≤ 20Baseline through Week 36

Time for Participants to Achieve SALT ≤ 20

Percentage of Participants Achieving Clinician Reported Outcome (ClinRO) Measure for EyeBrow (EB) Hair Loss 0 or 1 with ≥2-point improvement from Baseline (Among Participants with ClinRO Measure for EB Hair Loss ≥2 at Baseline)Week 36

Percentage of participants achieving ClinRO measure for EB hair loss 0 or 1 with ≥2-point improvement from Baseline (among participants with ClinRO measure for EB hair loss ≥2 at baseline)

Percentage of Participants Achieving PRO Measure for EB 0 or 1 with ≥2-point improvement from Baseline (Among Participants with Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) Measure for EB ≥2 at Baseline)Week 36

Percentage of participants achieving PRO measure for EB 0 or 1 with ≥2-point improvement from Baseline (among participants with PRO measure for EB ≥2 at baseline)

Percentage of Participants Achieving PRO Measure for EL 0 or 1 with ≥2-point improvement from Baseline (Among Participants with PRO Measure EL ≥2 at Baseline)Week 36

Percentage of participants achieving PRO measure for EL 0 or 1 with ≥2-point improvement from Baseline (among participants with PRO measure EL ≥2 at baseline)

Mean Change From Baseline in Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) Anxiety ScoreWeek 36

Mean Change From Baseline in HADS Anxiety Score

Mean Change From Baseline in HADS Depression ScoreWeek 36

Mean Change From Baseline in HADS Depression Score

Percentage of Participants Achieving ClinRO Measure for Eye Lash (EL) Hair Loss 0 or 1 with ≥2-point improvement from Baseline (Among Participants with ClinRO Measure for EL Hair Loss ≥2 at Baseline)Week 36

Percentage of participants achieving ClinRO measure for EL hair loss 0 or 1 with ≥2-point improvement from Baseline (among participants with ClinRO measure for EL hair loss ≥2 at baseline)

Trial Locations

Locations (75)

Bellaire Dermatology Associates

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Bellaire, Texas, United States

Yale University School of Medicine

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, University Hospital

🇯🇵

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Johnson Dermatology

🇺🇸

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States

Dermatology Research Associates

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Solutions Through Advanced Research

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

DS Research

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Louisville, Kentucky, United States

ActivMed Practices and Research

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Beverly, Massachusetts, United States

ActivMed Practices & Research, Inc.

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

University of Rochester School of Medicine

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Rochester, New York, United States

Ohio State University

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Penn Medicine: University of Pennsylvania Health System

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Center for Clinical Studies, LTD.LLP

🇺🇸

Webster, Texas, United States

Kurume University Hospital

🇯🇵

Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Osaka City University Hospital

🇯🇵

Osaka, Japan

Inha University Hospital

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Incheon, Incheon-gwangyeoksi [Incheon], Korea, Republic of

University of Alabama at Birmingham

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Clarkston Skin Research

🇺🇸

Clarkston, Michigan, United States

Cleveland Clinic

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Medical University of South Carolina

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Modern Research Associates

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Coastal Clinical Research, Inc

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Tilda Research

🇺🇸

Irvine, California, United States

Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center

🇺🇸

Redwood City, California, United States

University of California Davis Health

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

ForCare Clinical Research

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Skin Care Physicians of Georgia

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Macon, Georgia, United States

Northwestern University

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Oregon Health and Science University

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Portland, Oregon, United States

California Dermatology & Clinical Research Institute

🇺🇸

Encinitas, California, United States

University Clinical Trials

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San Diego, California, United States

Park Avenue Dermatology

🇺🇸

Orange Park, Florida, United States

Medaphase Inc

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Newnan, Georgia, United States

M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center - East Bank

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Montefiore Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

Oregon Medical Research Center

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Northwest Dermatology Institute

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Center for Clinical Studies

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Dermatology Clinical Research Center of San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

University of Utah

🇺🇸

Murray, Utah, United States

Dermatology Associates of Seattle

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

University of California, Irvine

🇺🇸

Irvine, California, United States

Mosaic Dermatology

🇺🇸

Santa Monica, California, United States

Callender Center For Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Glenn Dale, Maryland, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

The Pennsylvania Centre for Dermatology, LLC

🇺🇸

Exton, Pennsylvania, United States

Penn State Univ. Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

UPMC Clinical Trials

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Texas Dermatology and Laser Specialists

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

Seoul National University Hospital

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Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, Korea, Republic of

Dermatology Associates of Plymouth Meeting

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Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, United States

Austin Institute for Clinical Research

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Pflugerville, Texas, United States

Pusan National University Hospital

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Busan, Pusan-Kwangyǒkshi, Korea, Republic of

The Catholic University of Korea, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital

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Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi [Seoul], Korea, Republic of

Kyungpook National University Hospital

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Jung-gu, Taegu-Kwangyǒkshi, Korea, Republic of

Tokyo Medical University Hospital

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Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kyung-Hee University Hospital at Gangdong

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Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, Korea, Republic of

Jeonbuk National University Hospital

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Jeonju-si, Jeonrabugdo, Korea, Republic of

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

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Seongnam, Kyǒnggi-do, Korea, Republic of

Chung-Ang University Hospital

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Dongjak-gu, Seoul-teukbyeolsi [Seoul], Korea, Republic of

Chungnam National University Hospital

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Daejeon, Taejǒn-Kwangyǒkshi, Korea, Republic of

Konkuk University Medical Center

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Centro de Atención en Enfermedades Inflamatorias CATEI

🇲🇽

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Clinica de Investigacion en Reumatologia y Obesidad S. C.

🇲🇽

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Centro Regiomontano de Investigacion

🇲🇽

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez

🇲🇽

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

B&B Investigaciones Medicas, SC

🇲🇽

Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Derma Norte del Bajío

🇲🇽

Aguascalientes, Mexico

RM Pharma Specialists

🇲🇽

Distrito Federal, Mexico

Instituto de Investigaciones Aplicadas a la Neurociencia A.C

🇲🇽

Durango, Mexico

Ponce Medical School Foundation Inc.

🇵🇷

Ponce, Puerto Rico

GCM Medical Group, PSC- Hato Rey Site

🇵🇷

San Juan, Puerto Rico

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