2016
Tofacitinib for the treatment of severe alopecia areata and variants: A study of 90 patients
Liu LY, Craiglow BG, Dai F, King BA. Tofacitinib for the treatment of severe alopecia areata and variants: A study of 90 patients. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2016, 76: 22-28. PMID: 27816293, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere alopecia areataAlopecia areataAlopecia totalisAlopecia universalisPercent changeAlopecia Tool (SALT) scorePatients age 18Primary end pointSerious adverse eventsMonths of treatmentCommon autoimmune disorderSeries of patientsScalp hair lossAdverse eventsClinical responseHigher percent changeAutoimmune disordersRetrospective studyEffective therapyRetrospective natureInclusion criteriaHair lossPotential respondersPatientsTool scoreSafety and efficacy of the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib citrate in patients with alopecia areata
Crispin M, Ko JM, Craiglow BG, Li S, Shankar G, Urban JR, Chen JC, Cerise JE, Jabbari A, Winge M, Marinkovich MP, Christiano AM, Oro AE, King BA. Safety and efficacy of the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib citrate in patients with alopecia areata. JCI Insight 2016, 1: e89776. PMID: 27699252, PMCID: PMC5033755, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.89776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlopecia areataAlopecia totalisAlopecia universalisHair lossDisease activity index scoreTreatment of AANational Alopecia Areata FoundationActivity index scoreCompletion of therapySevere alopecia areataSingle-arm trialNational Psoriasis FoundationScalp hair lossNational InstituteVeterans Affairs OfficePan-JAK inhibitorAdverse eventsDrug cessationDurable responsesAlopecia ToolDisease relapseTherapeutic optionsAutoimmune diseasesEffective therapyGrade I
2014
Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Oral Tofacitinib Reverses Alopecia Universalis in a Patient with Plaque Psoriasis
Craiglow BG, King BA. Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Oral Tofacitinib Reverses Alopecia Universalis in a Patient with Plaque Psoriasis. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2014, 134: 2988-2990. PMID: 24940651, DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.260.Peer-Reviewed Original Research