A Long-term Study of the Medicine Called Abrocitinib in Children Aged 2 Years and Older With Moderate to Severe Eczema
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Long-Term, Open Label Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Abrocitinib, With or Without Topical Medications Administered to Pediatric Participants Aged 2 Years and Older With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis
- Atopic Dermatitis
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
- Enrolment target
- 500
- Started
- 2 December 2025
- Main results due
- 22 February 2032
- Study sites
- 39
- Registry updated
- 25 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 2 years to 11 years.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria for the Extension Cohort:
1\. Participants who have completed the treatment phase of the qualifying parent study (age 2 to \<12 years old).
• No contraception methods are required for male participants. Female participants must not be pregnant or breastfeeding and, if the participant is of child-bearing potential, must use a highly effective form of contraception (i.e., abstinence) during the study intervention period and for at least 28 days after the last dose of study intervention.
Inclusion Criteria for the De Novo Cohort:
Age
1. Children aged 6 to \<12 years at the time of informed consent/assent.
• No contraception methods are required for male participants.
Disease Characteristics:
2. Participants who meet all of the following AD criteria:
* A documented diagnosis of chronic AD for at least 6 months prior to screening and confirmed at screening and baseline visits according to the Hanifin and Rajka criteria; and
* A diagnosis of moderate-to-severe AD at the baseline visit (must fulfill all of the following criteria: BSA ≥10%, vIGA ≥3, EASI ≥16, and WI-NRS ≥4); and
* Documented history (within 6 months of the screening visit) of inadequate response to treatment with topical medical therapy for AD (eg, TCS and TCI), for at least 4 weeks and are candidates for systemic therapy.
Other Inclusion Criteria:
3. Body weight ≥15 kg
Exclusion Criteria for the Extension Cohort:
Medical Conditions:
1. Any medical or psychiatric condition including any active suicidal ideation in the past year or suicidal behavior in the past 5 years or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk of study participation or, in the investigator's judgment, make the participant inappropriate for the study.
If the participant has SDQ total score ≥17, the investigator should exclude the child or refer them to a pediatric MHP to determine if it is safe to participate in the study. A copy or summary of the evaluation should be placed in the site source documents.
Prior/Concomitant Therapy:
2. Required use of any prohibited concomitant treatments outlined in Section 6.9.3 and Appendix 9 of study protocol.
3. Required vaccination with live attenuated vaccines during study treatment and for 6 weeks after discontinuing study treatment.
Diagnostic Assessments:
4. Ongoing adverse event in the parent studies which in the opinion of the investigator, or sponsor, is an ongoing safety concern OR the participant is currently triggering safety monitoring criteria.
5. Discontinued from treatment early in the parent studies OR triggered a discontinuation criterion at any point during the parent studies OR meets exclusion criteria from the parent studies which in the opinion of the investigator, or sponsor, is an ongoing safety concern.
Exclusion Criteria for the De Novo Cohort
Medical Conditions:
1. Any medical or psychiatric condition including any active suicidal ideation in the past year or suicidal behavior in the past 5 years or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk of study participation or, in the investigator's judgment, make the participant inappropriate for the study.
If the participant has SDQ total score ≥17, the investigator should exclude them or refer the child to a pediatric MHP to determine if it is safe to participate in the study. A copy or summary of the evaluation should be placed in the site source documents.
2. Have any of the following medical conditions:
* Infections:
* Skin infections that require treatment with systemic antimicrobials within 2 weeks prior to Day 1 (baseline) or have superficial skin infections within 1 week of Day 1.
* History of systemic infection requiring hospitalization or parenteral antimicrobial therapy or as otherwise judged clinically significant by the investigator within 1 month prior to Day 1.
* Have a history (single episode) of disseminated herpes zoster or disseminated herpes simplex, or a recurrent localized, dermatomal herpes zoster.
* Infection with HIV, hepatitis B, and/or hepatitis C
* Evidence of active TB or inadequately treated latent TB.
* Skin Conditions:
\- Including but not limited to psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis or lupus on Day 1 that would interfere with evaluation of AD or response to treatment.
* Other Conditions:
* Documented history of skeletal dysplasia.
* Documented history of retinal detachment.
* History of or conditions associated with thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy or platelet dysfunction.
* Prior history of leukemia, lymphoma, sarcoma or any other malignancy.
* Immunodeficiency disorder or a first-degree relative with a hereditary immunodeficiency.
* Any other medical conditions that in the investigator's judgment make the participant inappropriate for the study.
Prior/Concomitant Therapy:
3. Prior treatment with a systemic JAK inhibitor for AD.
4. Live attenuated vaccination within 6 weeks prior to Day 1 or require vaccination with live attenuated vaccines during treatment or within 6 weeks after the last dose of study intervention.
5. Concomitant use of strong inhibitors and inducers of CYP2C19 enzymes and strong inducers of CYP2C9 enzymes is not allowed in the study.
Prior/Concurrent Clinical Study Experience:
6. Previous administration of an investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half lives, whichever is longer, of Day 1.
Diagnostic Assessments:
7. Hepatic and/or renal and/or hematological abnormalities defined as:
* AST \>2 x ULN
* Hemoglobin \<10 g/dL
* ALT \>2 x ULN
* ANC \<1000/mm3
* Total bilirubin ≥1.5 x ULN
* ALC \<500/mm3
* eGFR \<60 mL/min/1.73 m2
* Platelets \<150,000 /mm3
Other Exclusion Criteria:
8. Investigator site staff directly involved in the conduct of the study and their family members, site staff otherwise supervised by the investigator, and sponsor and sponsor delegate employees directly involved in the conduct of the study and their family members.What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
This 24-month study will assess the long-term safety and efficacy of liquid abrocitinib oral suspension with or without topical medications in children 2 years of age or older with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. The study will enroll two groups: participants who have completed other abrocitinib studies and participants who have never participated in abrocitinib studies.
Study sites(39)
Cahaba Dermatology & Skin Health Center
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Recruiting
Arkansas Research Trials
North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Recruiting
Investigational Drug Service - Rady Childrens Hospital-San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
Not yet recruiting
University of California, San Diego/ Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
Not yet recruiting
Solutions Through Advanced Research
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Recruiting
Ada West Research - Meridian
Meridian, Idaho, United States
Not yet recruiting
Dawes Fretzin Clinical Research Group, LLC
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Recruiting
Saint Louis University
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Recruiting
Medical University of South Carolina - South Carolina Translational Research Nexus Clinic
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Recruiting
Tribe Clinical Research, LLC
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Recruiting
Texas Dermatology and Laser Specialists
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Not yet recruiting
Beijing Children's hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Recruiting
Shenzhen Children's Hospital
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Recruiting
Hunan Children's Hospital
Changsha, Hunan, China
Recruiting
Dermatology Hospital of Jiangxi Province
Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Not yet recruiting
Hangzhou Third People's Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Recruiting
Shanghai Children's Hospital
Shanghai, China
Recruiting
Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, China
Recruiting
Pécsi Tudományegyetem Klinikai Központ
Pécs, Baranya, Hungary
Recruiting
Trial Pharma Kft.
Békéscsaba, Bekes County, Hungary
Recruiting
Clinexpert Kft.
Budapest, Pest County, Hungary
Recruiting
Queen's square Medical Facilities Queen's square Dermatology and Allergology
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Recruiting
Dermatology and Ophthalmology Kume Clinic
Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Recruiting
Sasamoto Children's Clinic
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Recruiting
Fukuoka National Hospital
Fukuoka, Japan
Recruiting
Saruta Dermatology Clinic
Fukuoka, Japan
Recruiting
Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Not yet recruiting
Eukarya Pharmasite S.C.
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Not yet recruiting
Arké SMO S.A de C.V
Veracruz, Veracruz Ignacio de LA Llave, Mexico
Not yet recruiting
Servicios Hospitalarios de Mexico S.A. DE C.V.
Chihuahua City, Mexico
Not yet recruiting
LUXDERM Specjalistyczny Gabinet Dermatologiczny prof. dr hab. n. med. Dorota Krasowska
Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Recruiting
Centrum Medyczne Evimed
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Recruiting
DERMAPOLIS Medical Dermatology Center dr n. med. Edyta Gebska
Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Recruiting
Centrum Medyczne Angelius Provita
Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Not yet recruiting
Dermoklinika - Centrum Medyczne spółka cywilna M. Kierstan, J. Narbutt, A. Lesiak
Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Recruiting
Dermedic Jacek Zdybski
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
Recruiting
CHUS - Hospital Clinico Universitario
Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña [LA Coruña], Spain
Recruiting
Hospital General de Granollers
Granollers, Barcelona, Spain
Recruiting
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
Zaragoza, Spain
Recruiting
Showing 39 of 39 sites. 29 of the 39 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06807281. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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