Efficacy and safety of ruxolitinib cream combined with narrow-band UVB phototherapy for treatment of vitiligo

Ruxolitinib cream and narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy independently promote repigmentation in patients with vitiligo. This exploratory phase 2 study evaluated the efficacy and safety of adding NB-UVB to ruxolitinib cream therapy. Patients (aged ≥12 years) with nonsegmental vitiligo and depigmented areas ≤10% total body surface area applied 1.5% ruxolitinib cream monotherapy twice daily to depigmented areas. At week 12, patients achieving <25% improvement from baseline in total Vitiligo Area Scoring Index (T-VASI) (denoted as