2024
Baricitinib Withdrawal and Retreatment in Patients With Severe Alopecia Areata
King B, Ko J, Kwon O, Vañó-Galván S, Piraccini B, Dutronc Y, Yu G, Liu C, Somani N, Ball S, Mesinkovska N. Baricitinib Withdrawal and Retreatment in Patients With Severe Alopecia Areata. JAMA Dermatology 2024, 160 PMID: 39141364, PMCID: PMC11325239, DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.2734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere alopecia areataProportion of patientsAlopecia areataHair regrowthSevere AATreatment benefitWeeks of treatment withdrawalClinical trialsPhase 3 randomized clinical trialLoss of treatment benefitRandomized withdrawal periodDose of baricitinibRerandomized to placeboWithdrawal of therapyFollow-up observation periodYear of treatmentRandomized clinical trialsWithdrawal periodRelapsing conditionBaricitinib doseRecapture responsePlacebo-controlledSALT scoreContinuous therapyDose group
2022
Integrated safety analysis of baricitinib in adults with severe alopecia areata from two randomized clinical trials
King B, Mostaghimi A, Shimomura Y, Zlotogorski A, Choi G, Blume-Peytavi U, Passeron T, Holzwarth K, Dutronc Y, McCollam J, Yang F, Stanley S, Wu W, Sinclair R. Integrated safety analysis of baricitinib in adults with severe alopecia areata from two randomized clinical trials. British Journal Of Dermatology 2022, 188: 218-227. PMID: 36763878, DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljac059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-emergent adverse eventsSevere alopecia areataPlacebo-controlled periodAlopecia areataIncidence rateIntegrated safety analysisCreatine phosphokinaseBaricitinib 2Adverse eventsIII trialsClinical trialsSafety dataPhase II/III trialsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsUpper respiratory tract infectionLong-term extension periodAbnormal laboratory changesDose of baricitinibElevated creatine phosphokinaseAdverse cardiovascular eventsPhase III trialsProportion of patientsRespiratory tract infectionsBlood creatine phosphokinaseOverall safety profile