Exosome hair loss study halted early – what we know
NCT ID NCT06932393
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether exosomes from donated stem cells could help people with hair loss. It was a small, early-phase trial with 16 participants, comparing treated areas to untreated ones. The study was terminated early, so results are limited. The goal was to see if the treatment was safe and could increase hair density.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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16 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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18 to 75 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects are able to read documents and can sign informed consent. 2. 18\~75 years old (including the threshold), gender is not limited. 3. The subject's "hair loss grade" meets the following criteria: 1\) BASP grade: Basic type (M2 to M3, or C2 to C3, or U1 to U3) or special type (V1 to V3, or F1 to F3); 2) For female: Ludwig Grade I to II. Or for male: Hamilton-Norwood Grade III to IV; 3) Hair density by phototrichogram: ≤ 190 hair/cm² ; 4. Hair dryness ≥ 5%; 5. Until withdrawal/completion of the study, subjects agree not to undergo any topical treatment for hair loss and agree to use a neutral shampoo. Exclusion Criteria: 1. People with patchy or diffuse baldness, syphilitic alopecia, scarring alopecia, malnutrition, chemotherapy/radiotherapy-induced hair loss. 2. Those with a combination of diseases that have an impact on hair growth. 3. Use of medications, medicated shampoos, or hair care products that may interfere with efficacy evaluation within 3 months prior to screening (oral administration of therapeutic agents for androgenetic alopecia must be discontinued for at least 6 months). 4. Have received scalp radiation and/or laser or surgical therapy within 3 months prior to screening. 5. Participated or are participating in a interventional clinical trial within 3 months. 6. Persons with a history of hereditary alopecia areata. 7. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or male/female subjects whose own/partner's pregnancy is planned within 6 months. 8. Have undergone hair transplantation in the previous 24 months. 9. Individuals testing positive for active infectious diseases or carriers of communicable pathogens. 10. Those with keloid, keloid-prone or hyperplastic scarring. 11. Those who, in the opinion of the investigator, are otherwise unfit to participate in this clinical study.
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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
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Shenzhen Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Zone Hospital
Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518067, China
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