Long-term efficacy and safety of baricitinib in patients with severe alopecia areata : 104-week results from BRAVE-AA1 and BRAVE-AA2

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BACKGROUND: Efficacy of the Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor baricitinib for severe alopecia areata (AA) continuously increased over 52 weeks in two Phase 3 trials. There are limited long-term data on JAK inhibitors in AA.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate efficacy and safety of baricitinib for severe AA through 104 weeks of continuous therapy.

METHODS: Integrated data from the BRAVE-AA1 and BRAVE-AA2 Phase 3 trials included adults with Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) scores ≥50 (≥50% scalp hair loss) randomized to and continuously treated with 2-mg or 4-mg baricitinib through Week 104. Patients who qualified to remain on continuous treatment included subjects who achieved SALT score ≤20 at Week 52 (Week-52 responders; 2-mg: N = 65; 4-mg: N = 129) and baricitinib 4-mg-treated patients who had SALT score >20 at Week 52 but achieved SALT score ≤20 at prior visit(s) and/or had significant improvement in eyebrow or eyelash hair growth relative to baseline by Week 52 (Week-52 mixed responders; N = 110). Week-104 outcomes included the proportion of patients achieving SALT score ≤20 (≤20% scalp hair loss). Data were censored after treatment discontinuation.

RESULTS: Among baricitinib 4-mg-treated and baricitinib 2-mg-treated Week-52 responders, 90.7% and 89.2%, respectively, maintained SALT score ≤20 at Week 104. Among Week-52 mixed responders, 39.1% reached SALT score ≤20 by Week 104. Continued improvement in eyebrow and eyelash regrowth was observed across groups. The most frequent treatment-emergent adverse events were COVID-19, upper respiratory tract infection, headache, nasopharyngitis, acne, urinary tract infection and creatine phosphokinase increase.

CONCLUSIONS: Baricitinib demonstrated a high level of maintenance of efficacy over 104 weeks in patients with severe AA. Efficacy increased in Week-52 mixed responders, illustrating that long-term treatment is necessary to observe maximum benefit in some patients. No new safety signals were observed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

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Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 38(2024), 3 vom: 25. März, Seite 583-593

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Senna, M [VerfasserIn]
Mostaghimi, A [VerfasserIn]
Ohyama, M [VerfasserIn]
Sinclair, R [VerfasserIn]
Dutronc, Y [VerfasserIn]
Wu, W S [VerfasserIn]
Yu, G [VerfasserIn]
Chiasserini, C [VerfasserIn]
Somani, N [VerfasserIn]
Holzwarth, K [VerfasserIn]
King, B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Azetidines
Baricitinib
ISP4442I3Y
Janus Kinase Inhibitors
Journal Article
Purines
Pyrazoles
Sulfonamides

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jdv.19665

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368811956