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Optimizing Vitiligo Treatment With JAK Inhibitors: Patient Eligibility, Therapeutic Strategies, and Setting Expectations

Clinical Thought

Vitiligo treatment decisions increasingly require clinicians to consider disease activity, lesion location, treatment goals, access barriers, and realistic timelines for response. This ClinicalThought examines the role of JAK inhibitors in stabilizing vitiligo, supporting repigmentation, and maintaining pigment, with attention to how topical vs systemic approaches may fit different clinical scenarios. Learners will consider how factors such as facial involvement, disease spread, phototherapy feasibility, and patient expectations can inform individualized treatment planning and counseling.

Nurse Practitioners/Nurses: 0.25 Nursing contact hours, includes 0.25 hour of pharmacotherapy credit

Physician Assistants/Physician Associates: 0.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credit

Released: July 09, 2026

Expiration: July 08, 2027

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Provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners), in partnership with Decera Clinical Education and Smart Patients.

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Supported by an independent educational grant from AbbVie.

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Target Audience

This activity is intended for nurse practitioners and physician associates who are involved in the management of patients with alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, and vitiligo.

Program Learning Goal

The goal of this educational activity is to improve learners’ knowledge and competence in evidence-based use of JAK inhibitor therapies for patients with alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, and vitiligo.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify patients with vitiligo most likely to benefit from JAK inhibitor therapies based on emerging clinical trial evidence

Financial Disclosures

Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners) requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to Partners policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.

Primary Author

David Rosmarin, MD: consultant: AbbVie, Abcuro, Ability Biologics, Aclaris, Almirall, AltruBio, Arena, Astria, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, Concert, CSL Behring, Dermavant, Dermira, Dualitas, Edesa Biotech, EMD Serono, Forte Biosciences, Incyte, InmageneBio, Janssen, Kymera, Kyowa Kirin, Lilly, Nektar, North Immunology, Novartis, Pfizer, Phothera, RAPT, Recludix, Regeneron, Revolo, Sanofi, Sun, Takeda, Triveni Bio, UCB, VielaBio, Zura Bio; researcher: AbbVie, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, Dermira, Galderma, Incyte, Janssen, Lilly, Merck, Nektar, Novartis, Pfizer, RAPT, Regeneron; data and safety monitoring boards: Sun, Triveni Bio.

Katie Smiley, PA-C: consultant/advisor/speaker: ADMA Biologics, Novartis.

Instructions for Credit

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 0.25 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, participants must follow these steps during the period from July 09, 2026, through July 08, 2027:

  1. Login or Sign Up for an account by clicking at the top of this page.

  2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.

  3. View and study the content in its entirety.

  4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 65 and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "My Certificates" page. There are no costs/fees for this activity.

Format

This program has been made available online.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Additional Disclosures

Learners have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Accreditation

Joint Accreditation Statement 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners) and Smart Patients. Partners is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Nursing Continuing Professional Development

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 0.25 contact hours, including 0.25 hours of pharmacotherapy credits.

Physician Associate Continuing Medical Education

Partners has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 0.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until July 08, 2027. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

IPCE Credit Designation

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.