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Diseases / Vitiligo

Vitiligo

Disease

Vitiligo is a chronic pigmentary disorder in which melanocytes are destroyed, causing depigmented patches of skin and sometimes hair. It is often associated with autoimmune mechanisms.

Trials
289
Recruiting
27
Completed
117
With results
26

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 11121 6
Phase 1 2454 15
Phase 1/2 2121 6
Phase 2 61523418 48
Phase 2/3 223311 12
Phase 3 113911 16
Phase 4 2112916 22
Not applicable 7714082134 100
Unknown 661324222 64

Trials started per year

2021
5
2022
18
2023
23
2024
31
2025
26
2026
25

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Vitiligo 61564812162210064 289
Psoriasis 2315 20
Dermatitis, Atopic 1314 18
Alopecia Areata 11212 16
Autoimmune Diseases 144 9
Hidradenitis Suppurativa 117 9
Skin Diseases 11222 8
Pigmentation Disorders 1312 7
Eczema 212 5
Graves Disease 5 5

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Cairo University200
2Assiut University160
3Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice165
4Sohag University101
5Henry Ford Health System72
6Incyte Corporation73
7University Hospital, Bordeaux71
8Xijing Hospital60
9The Catholic University of Korea50
10University of British Columbia50

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Phototherapy12
2Percutaneous Collagen Induction11
3Tacrolimus11
4Lasers, Excimer8
5ruxolitinib8
6afamelanotide5
7Blood Specimen Collection5
8Fluorouracil5
9Ointments5
10Dermabrasion4

Evidence

Results reported
22.2%26 of 117 completed
Published
16.2%19 of 117 completed
Primary endpoint met
86.7%13 of 15 analyses
Median months to report
12.5

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
22
Statistical analysis plan
20
PubMed citations
58

Trial profile

Median enrollment
40
Median duration
18.8months
Countries
49
Study sites
989

Who is enrolled

Adults
285
Children
81
Older adults
232
Healthy volunteers
64

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
50
Phase 1
36
Phase 1/2
63
Phase 2
33
Phase 2/3
29
Phase 3
250
Phase 4
30
Not applicable
29
Unknown
125

Where trials run

United States
66
Egypt
39
France
38
China
25
Canada
19
Italy
10
South Korea
10
Germany
9
Netherlands
9
Spain
9

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1NiceFrance26
2BordeauxFrance19
3DetroitUnited States17
4New YorkUnited States16
5WorcesterUnited States16
6CairoEgypt14
7BostonUnited States13
8IrvineUnited States11
9Xi'anChina10
10AmsterdamNetherlands9

Terminations

Terminated
17
Withdrawn
6
Suspended
1
Stopped for recruitment
1.4%4 of 289 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
14
Recruitment
4
Business decision
2
Regulatory
2
Lack of efficacy
1
Funding
1

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT05607316 Withdrawn Withdrawn Unable to secure funding. 2028-11-01
NCT06446063 Terminated Terminated Lack of recruitment 2025-10-31
NCT06493578 Terminated Terminated Business Decision 2025-09-30
NCT05503368 Suspended Suspended lack of availability of the needed kits 2024-04-30
NCT04734704 Terminated Terminated target number of patients not reached and disabling team changes 2024-01-23
NCT04858152 Withdrawn Withdrawn Logistic issues 2023-08-15
NCT04374435 Terminated Terminated The blistering device used for harvesting the third arm was discontinued by the manufacturer. 2022-05-01
NCT04774809 Terminated Terminated terminated by sponsor 2022-03-21
NCT04271501 Terminated Terminated Suspended and Terminated to focus on CTP009 (NCT04547998) Clinical Study to Investigate the Safety and Effectiveness of RECELL for Repigmentation of Stable Vitiligo Lesions 2021-08-24
NCT04811131 Terminated Terminated Sponsor Decision 2021-08-09

Trial records

Individual study records live on ClinicalTrials.gov. A sample of the trials counted above:

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