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Condition (MeSH)

Vitiligo

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 291 trials for Vitiligo or a narrower condition beneath it. Incyte Corporation has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 7.

MeSH D014820 Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases C17 Listed by Orphanet as a rare disease
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Phase 1 Phase 1 21 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 6 Phase 2 Phase 2 48 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 12 Phase 3 Phase 3 16 Phase 4 Phase 4 22 Not applicable Not applicable 101 Observational Observational 65 Phase 1 Phase 1 21 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 6 Phase 2 Phase 2 48 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 12 Phase 3 Phase 3 16 Phase 4 Phase 4 22 Not applicable Not applicable 101 Observational Observational 65

Trials per phase

291 of the 291 trials are tagged with Vitiligo itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Vitiligo trials start? (26)

Shown in this order: most recent first, 1990 onwards. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year.

Trials over time, by phase

  • Phase 1
  • Phase 1/2
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 2/3
  • Phase 3
  • Phase 4
  • Not applicable
  • Observational

Top of scale: 31

1995: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2002: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2003: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 2004: 2 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 2 1) 2005: 3 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 2006: 4 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 2, Phase 2 1) 2007: 1 trials (Phase 3 1) 2008: 4 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2) 2009: 8 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 3, Phase 1 1) 2010: 8 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 2, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2011: 8 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2012: 3 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2013: 6 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 4) 2014: 7 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2) 2015: 13 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2016: 10 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2017: 17 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2018: 15 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 7, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2019: 14 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 7, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2020: 13 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 5, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2) 2021: 26 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 3) 2022: 18 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 1) 2023: 23 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 8, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 1) 2024: 31 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 2025: 26 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 4, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 5)

Trials registered with a start date in each year, 1990 onward, stacked by phase (complete years only; the current partial year is in the table's notes). The table below lists the same counts, most recent years first.

Trials started per year
Year Trials started
2026 (partial year) 27
2025 26
2024 31
2023 23
2022 18
2021 26
2020 13
2019 14
2018 15
2017 17

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 34 trials starting in 2026 and about 29 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward, with about 0.7 times the starts already registered for the rest of 2026 added. The rows of this table count trials registered so far with a start date in the year, planned starts included; the forecast looks ahead to the count for the whole year, so it is not the same measure. In backtests on conditions of this size, forecasts made part-way through the year were typically off by about 15 percent and ran about 1 percent high against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 26 percent and ran about 20 percent low against the count later registered. The part-way figures are from forecasts that used a multiple fitted only on earlier years. These figures rest on a few years of history (target years from 2018 to 2025, varying by figure), place each condition as it is mapped today rather than as it was then, and score against a count for the newest year that was still being revised. Only condition series were scored.

Prediction, not a registry value: median of 26 months from start to primary completion across 33 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 14 months across 135 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Vitiligo trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 21
Phase 1/2 6
Phase 2 48
Phase 2/3 12
Phase 3 16
Phase 4 22
Not applicable 101
Observational 65

How many Vitiligo trials are recruiting? (9)

Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.

Trials by recruitment status
Status Trials
Not yet recruiting 23
Recruiting 28
Enrolling by invitation 3
Active, not recruiting 17
Completed 119

Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.

Which lead sponsors run the most Vitiligo trials? (3)

Shown in this order: most trials first. Lead sponsors the registry classes as industry, NIH, US federal, other government or network. A hospital or university the registry files as government can appear here. Sponsors it classes as academic or other are shown on the full page, because that class cannot separate an institution from a named investigator.

Lead sponsors
Sponsor Trials
Incyte Corporation 7
Momentum Data 4
Avita Medical 3

Which drugs are being tested for Vitiligo? (2)

Shown in this order: most trials first. One row per drug, matched to a single molecule under all its names, ranked by number of trials.

Drugs tested
Drug Trials
Afamelanotide 4
(CP-6890,550) Tofacitinib 3

Interventions as named in the registry (13)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Ruxolitinib 1.5% Cream 8
Tacrolimus ointment 4
IR Tacrolimus 4
NB-UVB 4
Oral mini pulse 3

These are the names sponsors entered on ClinicalTrials.gov that we have not matched to a single molecule. Some are drugs under a brand or code name; others are procedures, doses or arm labels.

Which serious adverse events do Vitiligo trials report? (10)

Shown in this order: most subjects affected first. Subjects affected summed across trials, a cross-trial signal, not a rate.

Serious adverse events in this condition's trials
Adverse event Subjects affected Trials
Acute respiratory failure 2 1
Angina pectoris 2 1
Bipolar I disorder 2 1
COVID-19 pneumonia 2 1
Cholelithiasis 2 1

Which publications cover Vitiligo? (274)

Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.

Not on this page

Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: prevalence, rare-disease identity, and sub-conditions in mesh.

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