Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in adults and adolescents for treatment of non-segmental vitiligo (Viti-Up): results of two phase 3 randomised controlled studies.
Upadacitinib 15 mg once daily produced clinically meaningful repigmentation in non-segmental vitiligo, a disease with no approved systemic therapies. In two phase 3 placebo-controlled trials, T-VASI 50 at week 48 was reached by 19% and 21% of patients on upadacitinib versus 6% on placebo in each study, and F-VASI 75 by 25% and 23% versus 6% and 7%; both coprimary endpoints met p<0·001. Safety was consistent with the known upadacitinib profile, with no new signals.
Why it matters: First phase 3 data supporting a systemic therapy for non-segmental vitiligo, an approved-therapy gap.