New drug helps people with hair loss grow up to 80% of their hair

Patchy hair loss is a condition in which the immune system attacks healthy hair follicles, causing hair to fall out in small patches. Currently, there is no method that can completely treat hair loss in patches New York Post (America).

New drug can help people with alopecia areata regrow 80% of their hair SHUTTERSTOCK

Current treatments can only stimulate hair to grow back faster, more often. In addition, some medications also help prevent the risk of recurrent hair loss.

The new drug is a pill form manufactured by the American pharmaceutical company Concert Pharmaceuticals. The drug was clinically tested on 706 adults.

All of these people had alopecia areata, aged 18 to 65 in the US, Canada and Europe. The trial duration was 24 weeks. Before the test, the percentage of hair left on their scalp was on average 16% and none more than 50%.

The volunteers were divided into 3 groups. The first group stopped the placebo. The second group took a dose of 8 mg/tablet. The third group took 12 mg/tablet. All were taken 2 pills/day.

Results showed that about 40% of people in the group taking a dose of 12 mg / pill had more than 80% hair regrowth. This is proof that the drug has worked.

The principle of action of the drug is to inhibit the enzymes JAK1 and JAK2, which activate the immune response. As a result, the drug helps prevent the immune response from being active and attacking the hair follicles. This will help prevent hair lossand stimulates hair growth faster.

The new drug is evaluated by scientists as being well tolerated, with less than 5% of users experiencing side effects such as headaches, Acne or infection.

Concert Pharmaceuticals said it still has to go through another phase of clinical trials before it can apply for approval with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If completed, the drug could be marketed. This whole process takes at least 10 months, according to New York Post.