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Janus Kinase (JAK) Inhibitor

Upadacitinib for Vitiligo

Phase 2
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by AbbVie
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, week 24

Summary

This trial is testing upadacitinib, a medication that may help treat non-segmental vitiligo, a condition where the immune system attacks skin pigment cells. The study involves adults aged 18-65 taking the medication for several months, with some continuing for up to a year. The goal is to see if the medication is safe and effective by monitoring health changes and side effects.

Eligible Conditions
  • Vitiligo

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, week 24
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, week 24 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Percent Change From Baseline in Facial-Vitiligo Area Scoring Index (F-VASI) at Week 24
Secondary study objectives
Change From Baseline in the Vitiligo Quality-of-Life (VitiQoL) Instrument Total Score at Week 24
Percent Change From Baseline in T-VASI at Week 24
Percentage of Participants Achieving F-VASI 50 (≥ 50% Improvement in F-VASI From Baseline) at Week 24
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Side effects data

From 2023 Phase 3 trial • 657 Patients • NCT03086343
24%
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION
24%
HYPERTENSION
18%
BRONCHITIS
12%
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
12%
RASH
12%
WEIGHT INCREASED
12%
INFLUENZA
12%
FALL
12%
ARTHRALGIA
12%
MUSCLE SPASMS
12%
SINUSITIS
12%
CHOLELITHIASIS
12%
NASOPHARYNGITIS
12%
URINARY TRACT INFECTION
12%
OROPHARYNGEAL PAIN
12%
LIVER FUNCTION TEST INCREASED
6%
PARAESTHESIA
6%
DEHYDRATION
6%
NASAL CONGESTION
6%
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
6%
SWELLING
6%
HYPONATRAEMIA
6%
CONSTIPATION
6%
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
6%
RHINORRHOEA
6%
LEUKOCYTOSIS
6%
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED
6%
COUGH
6%
BONE CONTUSION
6%
HIP FRACTURE
6%
VOMITING
6%
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
6%
ORAL CANDIDIASIS
6%
STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION
6%
HERPES ZOSTER
6%
PNEUMONIA
6%
FEELING HOT
6%
HEADACHE
6%
HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED
6%
PHOTODERMATOSIS
6%
PNEUMONIA BACTERIAL
6%
PATELLA FRACTURE
6%
PERIPHERAL SWELLING
6%
LIGAMENT RUPTURE
6%
FEMUR FRACTURE
6%
STOMATITIS
6%
SKIN LACERATION
6%
HYPOKALAEMIA
6%
GLAUCOMA
6%
BACTERIAL SEPSIS
6%
CHEST PAIN
6%
FATIGUE
6%
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK FIRST DEGREE
6%
CANDIDA INFECTION
6%
TACHYCARDIA
6%
COVID-19
6%
CATARACT
6%
SJOGREN'S SYNDROME
6%
DIZZINESS
6%
DYSPHAGIA
6%
INFECTIOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION
6%
OSTEOARTHRITIS
6%
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
6%
NAUSEA
6%
NON-CARDIAC CHEST PAIN
6%
RHINITIS
6%
BLOOD CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE INCREASED
6%
OSTEOPENIA
6%
INSOMNIA
6%
PRURITUS
6%
SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
6%
SCRATCH
6%
EYE HAEMATOMA
6%
ERYTHEMA
6%
COSTOCHONDRITIS
6%
VULVOVAGINAL MYCOTIC INFECTION
6%
ACTINIC KERATOSIS
6%
DERMATITIS ALLERGIC
6%
ASTHMA
6%
FLANK PAIN
6%
SCIATICA
6%
ANAEMIA
6%
BILIARY COLIC
6%
DERMATITIS CONTACT
6%
SEBORRHOEIC KERATOSIS
6%
HEPATIC STEATOSIS
6%
DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY
6%
HERPES SIMPLEX
6%
LOCALISED INFECTION
6%
PHARYNGITIS
6%
DIABETES MELLITUS
6%
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
6%
BACK PAIN
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Study treatment Arm
Period 2, 30 mg Cohort: Upadacitinib 30 mg QD/Upadacitinib 30 mg QD
Period 2, Primary Cohort: Upadacitinib 15 mg QD/Upadacitinib 15 mg QD
Period 2, Primary Cohort: Abatacept/Upadacitinib 15 mg QD
Period 2, 30 mg Cohort: Abatacept/Upadacitinib 30 mg QD/Upadacitinib 15 mg QD
Period 1, 30 mg Cohort: Upadacitinib 30 mg QD
Period 2, 30 mg Cohort: Abatacept/Upadacitinib 30 mg QD
Period 2, 30 mg Cohort: Upadacitinib 30 mg QD/Upadacitinib 30 mg QD/Upadacitinib 15 mg QD
Period 1, Primary and 30 mg Cohorts: Abatacept
Period 1, Primary Cohort: Upadacitinib 15 mg QD

Trial Design

5Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Upa 6 mg Period 1, then Upa 6 mg Period 2Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants received upadacitinib 6 mg administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 24 weeks during Period 1. Participants then received upadacitinib 6 mg administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 28 weeks during Period 2.
Group II: Upa 22 mg Period 1, then Upa 22 mg Period 2Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants received upadacitinib 22 mg administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 24 weeks during Period 1. Participants then received upadacitinib 22 mg administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 28 weeks during Period 2.
Group III: Upa 11 mg Period 1, then Upa 11 mg Period 2Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants received upadacitinib 11 mg administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 24 weeks during Period 1. Participants then received upadacitinib 11 mg administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 28 weeks during Period 2.
Group IV: Placebo Period 1, then Upa 22 mg Period 2Experimental Treatment2 Interventions
Participants received Placebo for upadacitinib administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 24 weeks during Period 1. Participants then received upadacitinib 22 mg administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 28 weeks during Period 2.
Group V: Placebo Period 1, then Upa 11 mg Period 2Experimental Treatment2 Interventions
Participants received Placebo for upadacitinib administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 24 weeks during Period 1. Participants then received upadacitinib 11 mg administered orally once a day (QD) as tablets for 28 weeks during Period 2.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Upadacitinib
2014
Completed Phase 3
~11250
Placebo
1995
Completed Phase 3
~2670

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Who is running the clinical trial?

AbbVieLead Sponsor
1,020 Previous Clinical Trials
519,906 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Vitiligo
540 Patients Enrolled for Vitiligo
ABBVIE INC.Study DirectorAbbVie
442 Previous Clinical Trials
160,355 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Vitiligo
540 Patients Enrolled for Vitiligo
~43 spots leftby Nov 2025