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2022 Oct 20


N Engl J Med


387


16

Two Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trials of Ruxolitinib Cream for Vitiligo.

Authors

Rosmarin D, Passeron T, Pandya AG, Grimes P, Harris JE, Desai SR, Lebwohl M, Ruer-Mulard M, Seneschal J, Wolkerstorfer A, Kornacki D, Sun K, Butler K, Ezzedine K
N Engl J Med. 2022 Oct 20; 387(16):1445-1455.
PMID: 36260792.

Abstract

Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes skin depigmentation. A cream formulation of ruxolitinib (an inhibitor of Janus kinase 1 and 2) resulted in repigmentation in a phase 2 trial involving adults with vitiligo.