Hair loss hope: daily pill trial for kids with severe alopecia

NCT ID NCT07029711

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 13, 2026 · Updated 22 times

Summary

This study tests a daily pill called ritlecitinib for children aged 6 to 12 with severe alopecia areata, a condition causing significant hair loss. About 225 kids will receive either a high dose, low dose, or placebo for 6 months. The goal is to see if the medicine can safely regrow hair and improve quality of life.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • 3A Research - West Location

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    El Paso, Texas, 79902, United States

  • Asst Spedali Civili Di Brescia

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Brescia, 25123, Italy

  • Austin Institute for Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Pflugerville, Texas, 78660, United States

  • Beijing Children's hospital, Capital Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100045, China

  • Beijing Tongren Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100730, China

  • CaRe Clinic

    RECRUITING

    Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 1K4, Canada

  • California Dermatology & Clinical Research Institute

    RECRUITING

    Encinitas, California, 92024, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice - Hopital l'Archet 2

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nice, 06200, France

  • Centre Hospitalier de Dijon Bourgogne - Hôpital François Mitterrand

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Dijon, 21000, France

  • Centrum Medyczne Angelius Provita

    RECRUITING

    Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, 40-611, Poland

  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    London, Greater London, SW10 9NH, United Kingdom

  • Chengdu Women and Children Center Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Chengdu, Sichuan, 610091, China

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Children's National Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • China-Japan Friendship Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100029, China

  • Cityclinic Przychodnia Lekarsko-Psychologiczna Matusiak Spółka Partnerska

    RECRUITING

    Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, 50-566, Poland

  • Complete Behavior Health (Dr. Brittany Marshall, Licensed Psychologist)

    RECRUITING

    Papillion, Nebraska, 68046, United States

  • D&H Tamarac Research Center

    RECRUITING

    Tamarac, Florida, 33321, United States

  • DERMEDIC Iwona Zdybska

    RECRUITING

    Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, 20-607, Poland

  • Dawes Fretzin Clinical Research Group, LLC

    RECRUITING

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46250, United States

  • Dermoklinika - Centrum Medyczne spółka cywilna M. Kierstan, J. Narbutt, A. Lesiak

    RECRUITING

    Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, 90-436, Poland

  • Driscoll Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411, United States

  • Ear, Nose and Throat Consultants, LLC

    RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68144, United States

  • Endeavor Health Clinical Operations

    RECRUITING

    Skokie, Illinois, 60077, United States

  • Equity Medical

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10455, United States

  • Equity Medical - Bowling Green

    RECRUITING

    Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42104, United States

  • Fakultni Nemocnice Plzen

    RECRUITING

    Pilsen, 305 99, Czechia

  • Fakultni nemocnice Bulovka

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Prague, 180 81, Czechia

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Kunming, Yunnan, 650032, China

  • GHICL - Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lille, 59020, France

  • GHICL - Service d'investigation - Recherche clinique

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lille, 59000, France

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    London, Greater London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

  • Hamamatsu University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan

  • Hangzhou Third Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China

  • Hopital Enfants Malades Necker

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Paris, 75015, France

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon - CIC - Hopital Louis Pradel

    RECRUITING

    Bron, 69500, France

  • Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet

    RECRUITING

    Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

  • Huashan Hospital, Fudan University

    RECRUITING

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200040, China

  • Hunan Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Changsha, Hunan, 410007, China

  • Hôpitaux Drôme Nord - Romans

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Romans-sur-Isère, 26100, France

  • Investigational Drug Service - Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

    RECRUITING

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • Kindred Hair and Skin Center

    RECRUITING

    Marriottsville, Maryland, 21104, United States

  • Klinika Ambroziak Dermatologia

    RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-953, Poland

  • Klinika Osipowicz & Turkowski

    RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 00-716, Poland

  • Kunming Children's hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kunming, Yunnan, 650103, China

  • Kyorin University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan

  • Labderm Essence Sp. Z o.o.

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ossy, Silesian Voivodeship, 42-624, Poland

  • Laser Rejuvenation Clinics Edmonton D.T. Inc

    RECRUITING

    Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 3S9, Canada

  • Medical University of South Carolina Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery

    RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Medicine Professional Corporation

    RECRUITING

    Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 5K2, Canada

  • Michigan Dermatology Institute

    RECRUITING

    Waterford, Michigan, 48328, United States

  • Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Niigata, Niigata, 951-8520, Japan

  • Northwest Dermatology Institute

    RECRUITING

    Portland, Oregon, 97210, United States

  • Nzoz Specjalistyczny Ośrodek Dermatologiczny "Dermal"

    RECRUITING

    Bialystok, Podlaskie Voivodeship, 15-453, Poland

  • Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Osaka, 545-8586, Japan

  • Państwowy Instytut Medyczny MSWiA

    RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-507, Poland

  • Pediatric Skin Research

    RECRUITING

    Miami, Florida, 33156, United States

  • Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Prof. MUDr. Petr Arenberger, DrSc., MBA

    RECRUITING

    Prague, 11000, Czechia

  • Provita Poliklinika

    RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-647, Poland

  • Regents of the University of New Mexico

    RECRUITING

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

  • Research Toronto

    RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M4W 2N4, Canada

  • Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Brighton, EAST Sussex, BN2 5BE, United Kingdom

  • Royalderm Agnieszka Nawrocka

    RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-962, Poland

  • Shanghai Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Shanghai, 200062, China

  • Skin Specialists, PC dba Schlessinger MD

    RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68144, United States

  • Southern California Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Santa Ana, California, 92701, United States

  • Specjalistyczny Gabinet Dermatologiczny Aplikacyjno-Badawczy, Marek Brzewski, Paweł Brzewski s.c.

    RECRUITING

    Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 30-002, Poland

  • Texas Dermatology and Laser Specialists

    RECRUITING

    San Antonio, Texas, 78218, United States

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510140, China

  • The First People's Hospital of Hangzhou

    RECRUITING

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China

  • The Second Affiliated Hospital Chongqing Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400010, China

  • Tohoku University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan

  • University of California - Irvine

    RECRUITING

    Irvine, California, 92617, United States

  • University of California, San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego;

    RECRUITING

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • University of Minnesota Health Clinical Research Unit (M Health CRU)

    RECRUITING

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

    RECRUITING

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102, United States

  • University of New Mexico-IDS Pharmacy

    RECRUITING

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87106, United States

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital kliniczny im. F. Chopina w Rzeszowie

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rzeszów, 35-055, Poland

  • Xiangya Hospital Central South University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China

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