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Safety and Efficacy of Oral NXC-736 in Adult Participants With Moderate and Severe Alopecia Areata

A Phase 2 interventional study of NXC736 and Placebo in Alopecia Areata, sponsored by NEXTGEN Bioscience. Recruiting at 2 sites in South Korea. Open to participants aged 19 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-13.

Sponsored by NEXTGEN Bioscience · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2024; still recruiting 2 years 1 month later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
73
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
19 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of NXC-736 monotherapy in participants with severe alopecia areata (AA).

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Conditions studied

  • Alopecia Areata

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In context

Alopecia Areata

467 studies on the registry are indexed under Alopecia Areata; 92 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 73 is above the median of 50 across 380 interventional studies indexed under Alopecia Areata.

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Lead sponsor

NEXTGEN Bioscience is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
19 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Men or women between ≥19 and ≤65 years of age at the time of informed consent
  • Moderate and severe alopecia areata as assessed by a SALT score of 25% ≤ SALT \< 95% at Screening and Day 1/Baseline
  • Current episode of hair loss for ≥6 months but \<8 years
  • Stable disease condition (no significant growth of hair) in the last 6 months as assessed by the Investigator
  • Willing to keep the same hair style and color (eg, hair products, process, and timing for hair appointments) for the duration of the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants with the following medical history confirmed during screening:

    • ohter Types of alopecia other than alopecia areata (such as cicatricial/scarring alopecia [including central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia], traction alopecia, androgenic alopecia, telogen effluvium, etc.)
  • Active scalp inflammation, scalp infection, scalp psoriasis, or any other scalp condition that may interfere with the SALT assessment
  • Previous use of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor (oral or topical), including participation in clinical studies of JAK inhibitors
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
73 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    NXC736

    Drug: NXC736

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugNXC736

    oral administration

  • DrugPlacebo

    oral administration

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change(%) in SALT score from baseline at Week 12

    Time frame: 12 weeks

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Seoul National University Hospital.
    Seoul, 03080, South Korea
    Recruiting
  • Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong
    Seoul, 05278, South Korea
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 13, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06104839
Lead sponsor
NEXTGEN Bioscience
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 27, 2023
Start date
Sep 1, 2024
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 13, 2026

Study contacts

Heesun Kim
Contact
flower@nextgenbio.co.kr
82-31-606-3220
YangHye Park
Contact
yhpark@nextgenbio.co.kr

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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