Q32 Bio Presents Results from Part B of the SIGNAL-AA Clinical Trial of Bempikibart in Alopecia Areata in a Late-Breaker at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress 2026
PR Newswire•30/09/2026•09:15 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Week 36 SALT score reduction reached 35.3% in mITT analysis
- ➤SALT-20 response reached 40.0% of mITT patients at Week 36
- ➤Off-drug follow-up showed 44% SALT-20 response at Week 52
- ➤No treatment-related serious or Grade 3+ adverse events were reported
- ➤Q32 Bio (QTTB) plans registration-directed program in first half of 2027
Expert Statements
Jodie Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Q32 Bio
“Bempikibart's robust efficacy data and durability observed across the 36-week treatment period and 16-week off-drug period in both JAK inhibitor-experienced and JAK inhibitor-naïve patients, changes on biomarkers supportive of its bifunctional mechanism, and its favorable safety and tolerability profile support its continued development in a registration-directed program in patients with severe or very severe alopecia areata as well as in expanded alopecia areata populations and other autoimmune and inflammatory indications.”
Arash Mostaghimi, Associate Professor of Dermatology and Vice Chair of Clinical Trials and Innovation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
“The SIGNAL-AA Part B results support the potential of bempikibart to address this unmet need and become a standard of care, first-line option for patients with alopecia areata, and I look forward to results from future clinical trials.”
José Trevejo, Chief Medical Officer of Q32 Bio
“We believe these data support a less frequent, chronic maintenance dosing regimen once patients respond. We look forward to exploring a potential maintenance regimen in our open-label extensions as we move rapidly into registrational studies in the first half of 2027.”
Shelia Violette, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Q32 Bio
“These results strengthen our conviction in the potential to deliver a meaningful treatment option to patients with alopecia areata and provide strong rationale for advancing bempikibart development in other autoimmune and inflammatory conditions where IL-7 and TSLP play a role.”
Q32 Bio Presents Results from Part B of the SIGNAL-AA Clinical Trial of Bempikibart in Alopecia Areata in a Late-Breaker at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress 2026 PR Newswire
-- Clinically meaningful efficacy data observed on primary and key secondary endpoints at Week 36 --
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