Saturday, October 20, 2018

Janus Kinase Inhibitors for AA

The race is on for an effective and safe drug to treat Alopecia Areata. The two companies at the foremost of drug discovery are Pfizer with drug PF-06651600 and Concert Pharmaceuticals with CTP-543.  So how do the two JAK Inhibitor drugs stack up in limited clinical trials to date.
Columbia University 20 mg bid Ruxolitinib
n=12
% SALT Score Improvement (mean)
66.9%

Liu, King Study 10 mg bid Ruxolitinib
n=8
% SALT Score Improvement (mean)
61.2%

Pfizer PF-06651600
n=45
% SALT Score Improvement (mean)
38.1%                                                               
Next we will add the results of Concert's phase 2 clinical trial of CTP-543 with the 4mg and 8mg doses once press released expected fourth quarter. Thank you for reading.