Integrated Safety Analysis of Ritlecitinib for the Treatment of Alopecia Areata (AA) From the Phase 2 and Phase 3 ALLEGRO Clinical Trial Program
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Abstract
AA is an autoimmune disease with an underlying immunoinflammatory pathogenesis characterized by nonscarring hair loss ranging from small bald patches to complete loss of scalp, face, and body hair 1 • In the ALLEGRO phase 2b/3 study, ritlecitinib, an oral JAK3/TEC family kinase inhibitor, demonstrated efficacy and safety up to 48 weeks in patients aged ≥12 years with AA 2• Here we present an integrated safety analysis of ritlecitinib in patients with AA from 4 studies from the ALLEGRO clinical trial program ANALYSIS POPULATIONSTwo pools were analyzed: • A placebo-controlled pool (up to 24 weeks) • An all-exposure pool: patients who received ≥1 ritlecitinib dose (up to 36 months) -Data were analyzed for those exposed to any ritlecitinib dose (10 mg, 30 mg, 50 mg, 200/30 mg, or 200/50 mg) and for patients who only received ritlecitinib 50 mg (±200-mg loading dose) Key eligibility criteria included: • Male or female aged ≥12 years • Diagnosis of AA with ≥25% or ≥50% scalp hair loss • Current AA episode duration of 6 months to 10 years • No concomitant treatments for AA allowedFigure 1.Studies included in the placebo-controlled and all-exposure pools All-exposure pool (up to 36 months; N=1294) ALLEGRO-LT (NCT04006457) Rollover patients: Ritlecitinib 50 mg QD De novo patients: 4-week 200-mg QD loading dose and then ritlecitinib 50 mg QD Placebo-controlled pool (up to 24 weeks; N=881) ALLEGRO phase 2a safety (NCT04517864) Ritlecitinib 50 mg QD with an initial 4-week 200-mg QD loading dose, or placebo, for 24 weeks ALLEGRO phase 2b/3 (NCT03732807) Ritlecitinib 50 or 30 mg QD (±4-week 200-mg QD loading dose), 10 mg, or placebo for 24 weeks ALLEGRO phase 2a (NCT02974868) Ritlecitinib 50 mg QD with an initial 4-week 200-mg QD loading dose, or placebo, for 24 weeks Ritlecitinib for 24 weeks ‡ Ritlecitinib for 24 weeks † Ritlecitinib to Month 24* Extension period *In the ALLEGRO phase 2a safety study, the placebo-controlled period continued to Month 9.At Month 9, patients entered an active therapy extension; placebo groups switched to 200/50 mg and the 50-mg group continued 50 mg until Month 24.† In the ALLEGRO phase 2a study, following a 4-week washout period after Week 24, patients could continue treatment in a 24-week single-blind extension in which placebo and active nonresponders received 200/50 mg.After another 4-week washout period, nonresponders could enter into a 24-week, cross-over, open label extension period.‡ In ALLEGRO-2b/3, after Week 24, ritlecitinib groups continued their 50-, 30-, or 10-mg maintenance doses for another 24 weeks, and patients initially assigned to placebo switched to ritlecitinib 200/50 mg or 50 mg daily for 24 weeks.Eligible patients who completed ALLEGRO-2a or -2b/3 could roll over into ALLEGRO-LT.Data cutoff for ALLEGRO-LT and the phase 2a safety study: May 30, 2022. STATISTICAL METHODS• Safety data were integrated from the 4 phase 2/3 studies and were summarized descriptively using counts and percentages for adverse events (AEs) and lab abnormalities in each pool -In the all-exposure pool, safety events were evaluated:• Any-ritlecitinib group: from the start of the patients' first dose of ritlecitinib (any ritlecitinib dose: 10 mg, 30 mg, 50 mg, 200/30 mg, or 200/50 mg)• Ritlecitinib 50-mg group: from the time a patient started the 50-mg dose (or the 200-mg loading dose), as some patients received placebo or other ritlecitinib doses before switching to ritlecitinib 50 mg• Incidence rates (IRs) are reported -Study-size-adjusted IRs were reported per 100 patient-years (PY) and are presented with mid-p gamma CIs
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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