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. 2023 Jun 25;13(8):1817–1830. doi: 10.1007/s13555-023-00961-9

Table 4.

Incidence, severity, involvement, and morphology of acne events (up to the week 52 cutoff date)

Parameter UPA 15 mg + TCS, N = 133a UPA 30 mg + TCS, N = 136a
Patients with acne events, n (%) 23 (17.3) 44 (32.4)
 Severity
  Mild 11 (8.3) 27 (19.9)
  Moderate 12 (9.0) 17 (12.5)
  Severe 0 0
 Sex, n/N (%)
  Male 17/102 (16.7) 31/107 (29.0)
   Mild 8/17 (47.1) 17/31 (54.8)
   Moderate 9/17 (52.9) 14/31 (45.2)
  Female 6/31 (19.4) 13/29 (44.8)
   Mild 3/6 (50.0) 10/13 (76.9)
   Moderate 3/6 (50.0) 3/13 (23.1)
 Age, n/N (%)
  < 18 years 3/12 (25.0) 4/12 (33.3)
  18 to < 30 years 9/33 (27.3) 17/39 (43.6)
  30 to < 40 years 6/31 (19.4) 9/31 (29.0)
  40 to < 65 years 5/56 (8.9) 14/53 (26.4)
  ≥ 65 years 0/1 (0) 0/1 (0)
 Acne leading to discontinuation of study drug 0 0
 Areas of acne involvement, n (%)
  Face 20 (87.0) 43 (97.7)
  Trunk 5 (21.7) 11 (25.0)
  Extremities 2 (8.7) 4 (9.1)
 Morphology for acne, n (%)
  Inflammatory papules 20 (87.0) 39 (88.6)
  Pustules 10 (43.5) 25 (56.8)
  Comedones 8 (34.8) 18 (40.9)
  Inflammatory nodules and cysts 2 (8.7) 1 (2.3)
 Scarring 1 (4.3) 1 (2.3)

TCS topical corticosteroids, UPA upadacitinib

aIncludes patients who received placebo (UPA 15 mg, n = 42; UPA 30 mg, n = 45) during the double-blind period and switched to UPA during the blinded extension period