Can a skin cream bring back color to faces with vitiligo?
NCT ID NCT07820098
First seen Sep 15, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing a cream called delgocitinib on facial vitiligo, a condition where skin loses its color in patches. Twelve adults with non-segmental vitiligo on the face will apply the cream twice daily for 24 weeks. The trial measures changes in the size and severity of white patches and asks how vitiligo affects quality of life. Skin tape strips will help researchers understand how the cream works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- delgocitinib cream
- What this could lead to
- If it works, delgocitinib cream could offer a targeted, non-invasive option for people with facial vitiligo, a highly visible form of the condition.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, open-label phase 2 trial with 12 participants, so results may not hold in larger, controlled studies. Vitiligo is hard to treat, and the cream may not restore color or may cause skin irritation.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
-
12 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
-
Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1\. Able to provide written informed consent 2. Age 18 years or above at screening 3. Ability to understand, speak, and read Danish, as assessed by the investigator 4. Have a clinical diagnosis of non-segmental vitiligo with facial involvement corresponding to at least 0.5% of total BSA 5. Agree not to use any other agent used to treat vitiligo from screening through the final visit (also please see Exclusion criteria 9-16) 6. Able and willing to follow trial procedures including application of trial medication to facial vitiligo lesions 7. A WOCBP\* must agree to use an acceptable method of birth control\*\* throughout the trial up until the last application of the trial treatment \*A woman is defined as not being of childbearing potential if she is postmenopausal (at least 12 months with no menses without an alternative medical cause prior to screening), or surgically sterile (hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy). Exclusion Criteria: 1\. Disease duration of more than 10 years in the area chosen for treatment 2. Signs of follicular repigmentation in the area chosen for treatment 3. Concurrent skin diseases in the face 4. Other active skin diseases requiring medical treatment 5. Other forms of vitiligo (e.g., segmental) or other differential diagnosis of vitiligo or other skin depigmentation disorders (e.g., piebaldism, pityriasis alba, leprosy, post inflammatory hypopigmentation, progressive macule hypomelanosis, idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis, nevus anemicus, chemical leukoderma, and tinea versicolor) 6. Patients who have no pigmented hair within any of the vitiligo areas on the face 7. Clinically significant bacterial, viral, or fungal skin infection in the face within one week before baseline 8. Known or suspected hypersensitivity to any components of the trial drug 9. Previous or current treatment with JAK inhibitors (including delgocitinib), systemic or topical 10. Treatment with any marketed biological therapy or investigational biologic agents within 12 weeks or 5-lives, whichever is longer, prior to baseline 11. Systemic treatment with immunosuppressive or immunomodulating drugs within 12 weeks prior to baseline 12. Use of tanning beds, phototherapy, or intentional UV exposure within 12 weeks prior to baseline 13. Cutaneous applied treatment with topical corticosteroids or other immunomodulators such as phosphodiesterase type 4 inhibitors or calcineurin inhibitors within four weeks prior to baseline 14. Any systemic or topical therapies that could increase the skin sensitivity to UV/visible light or impact skin pigmentation, that is, retinoids, tetracyclines within four weeks prior to baseline 15. Any depigmentation treatments for past treatment of vitiligo or other pigmented areas 16. Surgical or laser treatments in the facial area within 12 weeks prior to baseline 17. History of any known primary immunodeficiency disorder 18. Planned hospitalization during the trial period 19. History of cancer (for skin cancer in the facial area, the patient is NOT eligible; for skin cancer outside of the facial area, a patient is eligible if in remission and curative therapy has been completed ≥12 months prior to screening; for other malignancies, a patient is eligible if in remission and curative therapy has been completed ≥5 years prior to screening) 20. Any unstable disorder that could affect the safety of the patient throughout the trial or impede the patient's ability to complete the trial 21. Any clinically abnormal finding observed during the screening period that could affect the safety of the patient or influence the ability to complete the trial 22. Any significant illness or medical, physical, or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, could hinder the participant's ability to fully engage in the study-such as receiving the trial medication or attending scheduled visits-pose a notable risk to their health, or compromise the integrity of the trial data 23. Current participation in any other interventional clinical trial 24. Current or recent chronic alcohol or drug abuse, or any other condition associated with poor compliance as judged by the investigator 25. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or women considering pregnancy during the period of their trial participation
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Vitiligo are added.
By submitting, you agree to our Terms of use
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Department of Dermatology and Allergy Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte
Gentofte Municipality, Denmark
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Skin markers may reveal how light therapy fights vitiligo
- Can Real-World data unlock better skin disease care?
- New ointment aims to restore skin color in vitiligo
- Skin microbes linked to vitiligo and immunotherapy reactions in melanoma patients
- New vitiligo registry aims to uncover disease trends in 2,500 patients
- Scientists probe immune secrets of four skin diseases