Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Deuruxolitinib in Japanese Adults With Severe Alopecia Areata
A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Deuruxolitinib in Adult Patients With Severe Alopecia Areata With an Open-Label Extension Period
- Alopecia Areata
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Sun Pharma Japan Limited
- Enrolment target
- 78
- Started
- 19 June 2026
- Main results due
- February 2028
- Study sites
- 18
- Registry updated
- 29 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 18 years to 65 years.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
These are the headline rules only. Every study has a longer list, and whether you are eligible is decided by the research team at the site — never by this page.
Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent has been obtained. * Japanese subjects with severe alopecia areata who are between 18 and 65 years of age, inclusive, at the time of informed consent. * Definitive diagnosis of alopecia areata with a current episode of scalp hair loss lasting at least 6 months. * SALT score of 50 or more at both Screening and Baseline. Exclusion Criteria: * Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medications or agents, including Janus kinase inhibitors, within 4 months prior to randomization. * Treatment with biologics within 6 months prior to Screening. * Positive test results for hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus at Screening. * History of active tuberculosis, a positive interferon gamma release assay at Screening, or evidence of tuberculosis-related lesions on chest radiography. * Clinically significant hematologic abnormalities, hepatic impairment, or renal impairment at Screening.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of deuruxolitinib in Japanese Adults between 18 and 65 years of age who have 50% or greater scalp hair loss.
Study sites(18)
Study Site 102
Asahikawa, Japan
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Study Site 117
Bunkyō City, Japan
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Study Site 119
Ebina, Japan
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Study Site 101
Hamamatsu, Japan
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Study Site 116
Ishikawa, Japan
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Study Site 112
Kitakyushu, Japan
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Study Site 118
Kōtoku, Japan
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Study Site 110
Kurashiki, Japan
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Study Site 113
Kurume, Japan
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Study Site 107
Kyoto, Japan
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Study Site 106
Mitaka-shi, Japan
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Study Site 114
Miyagi-gun, Japan
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Study Site 104
Niigata, Japan
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Study Site 109
Osaka, Japan
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Study Site 108
Osaka, Japan
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Study Site 103
Sapporo, Japan
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Study Site 105
Shinjuku-Ku, Japan
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Study Site 111
Ube, Japan
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Showing 18 of 18 sites. 18 of the 18 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 NCT07617597. 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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