Could a new drug help kids regrow hair? major trial underway
NCT ID NCT05866562
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 03, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests if dupilumab can help children aged 6 to 17 with moderate to severe alopecia areata regrow hair. About 76 participants will receive either the drug or a placebo for 48 weeks, followed by an open-label extension. The main goal is to measure changes in scalp hair loss using the SALT score.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 76 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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6 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female participants who are at least 6 years old and under 18 years old, who can provide assent (if appropriate), and for whom signed informed consent can be provided by parent or legal guardian prior to participation in any study assessments or procedures \-- Participant is able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements. * Females of childbearing potential (FCBP) must have a negative pregnancy test at Screening and Baseline. While on investigational product and for at least 28 days after taking the last dose of investigational product (IP), FCBP who engage in activity in which conception is possible must use one of the approved contraceptive options described below: * Option 1: Any one of the following highly effective methods: hormonal contraception (oral, injection, implant, transdermal patch, vaginal ring); intrauterine device (IUD); tubal ligation; or partner's vasectomy; OR * Option 2: Male or female condom (latex condom or non-latex condom NOT made out of natural \[animal\] membrane \[for example, polyurethane\]); * Participant has a history of at least 6 months of moderate to severe AA (≥ 50% scalp involvement) as measured using the SALT score. * Participant has a screening IgE ≥ 200 and/or personal and/or familial history of atopy (including asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, food allergy, or eosinophilic esophagitis) * Participant is judged to be in otherwise good overall health following a detailed medical and medication history, physical examination, and laboratory testing. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability or unwillingness of a participant to give written informed consent or comply with study protocol * Participant is pregnant or breastfeeding. * Participant's cause of hair loss is indeterminable and/or they have concomitant causes of alopecia, such traction, cicatricial, pregnancy-related, drug-induced, telogen effluvium, or advanced androgenetic alopecia (i.e. Ludwig Type III or Norwood-Hamilton Stage ≥ V). * Participant has a history of AA with no evidence of hair regrowth for ≥ 7 years since their last episode of hair loss. * Severe, uncontrolled asthma (having 2 or exacerbations in the last 12 months that require systemic steroids and/or hospitalization) or a history of life-threatening asthma exacerbations while on appropriate anti-asthmatic medications. * Participant has an active bacterial, viral, or helminth parasitic infections; OR a history of ongoing, recurrent severe infections requiring systemic antibiotics * Participant with a known or suspected underlying immunodeficiency or immune-compromised state as determined by the investigator. * Participant has a concurrent or recent history of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematological, intestinal, metabolic, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiovascular, or neurological disease. * Known active hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or positive HIV serology at the time of screening for subjects determined by the investigators to be at high-risk for this disease. * Participant has a suspected or active lymphoproliferative disorder or malignancy; OR a history of malignancy within 5 years before the Baseline assessment, except for completely treated in situ non-melanoma skin and cervical cancers without evidence of metastasis. * Participant has received a live attenuated vaccine ≤ 28 days prior to study randomization. * Past or current medical problems or findings from physical examination or laboratory testing that are not listed above, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements or that may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study. * History of adverse systemic or allergic reactions to any component of the study drug. * Use of systemic immunosuppressive medications, including, but not limited to, cyclosporine, systemic or intralesional corticosteroids, mycophenolate mofetil, azathioprine, methotrexate, tacrolimus, oral JAK inhibitor (tofacitinib, ruxolitinib, baricitinib, ritlecitinib, or investigational oral JAK Inhibitors) or ultraviolet (UV) phototherapy with/without Psoralen Ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy, within 4 weeks prior to the Week 0/Baseline visit * Participant has been previously treated with dupilumab * Participant has used topical corticosteroids, and/or tacrolimus, and/or pimecrolimus within 1 week before the Baseline visit.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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University of California San Diego
RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92093, United States
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University of California, Irvine
RECRUITINGIrvine, California, 92697, United States
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