Updated Integrated Safety Analysis of Ritlecitinib up to ~ 5 Years in Patients with Alopecia Areata from the ALLEGRO Clinical Trial Program.

In the ritlecitinib 50-mg ± 200-mg (N = 1228) and any-ritlecitinib (N = 1294) groups, median duration of exposure was 1197 days (3261.5 PYs) and 1204 days (3539.5 PYs), respectively.

Adverse events occurred in 1070 patients (87.1%; 148.1/100 PYs) in the 50-mg ± 200-mg group and 1158 patients (89.5%; 167.9/100 PYs) in the any-ritlecitinib group.

The most common adverse events included headache, positive SARS-CoV-2 test, and nasopharyngitis.

Overall, 8.1% of patients (3.0/100 PYs) and 8.4% of patients (3.0/100 PYs) in the 50-mg ± 200-mg and any-ritlecitinib groups, respectively, had an adverse events that led to discontinuation from the study or study drug.