Found something in the Follica patent description
WO2012078649A1
A part of their claim. Which also explains why the phase III is so short, they claim there is some short of result at 3 months.
4. A method for treating baldness in a human subject, wherein the method comprises:
a) integumental perturbation of an area of the bald scalp of the human subject;
b) administering a hair growth promoting agent, wherein, at 3 months after the integumental perturbation, the area of the scalp of the subject has at least 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, or at least 100% more vellus hair compared to immediately before the integumental perturbation.
Here is how the procedure is
0065] In certain aspects, the invention provides a method for inducing hair growth on the scalp of a male or female subject with androgenetic alopecia, wherein the method comprises:
(i) Dermabrasion (estimated depth 100 - 150 microns) at Day 0;
(ii) Commencing at Day 0, topical administration of hydrogel for about 1 1 days;
(iii) Immediately following step (ii), topical administration of minoxidil 2-5% solution and/or minoxidil 2-5% gel and/or minoxidil 2-5% foam for at least 3 months, or in another embodiment, at least 6 months.
(iv) In certain specific embodiments, the dermabrasion tip described in Section 5.1 infra is used in step (i)
(v) In certain specific embodiments, the subject receives an additional treatment with topically administered 0.005% or 0.01% or 0.1% latanoprost.
(vi) In certain specific embodiments, the subject receives an additional treatment with topically administered 0.01% or 0.03% bimatoprost.
(vii) In certain specific embodiments, the subject receives a treatment with topically administered 0.005% or 0.01 % or 0.1 % latanoprost after step(ii) instead of minoxidil, (vi) In certain specific embodiments, the subject receives a treatment with topically administered 0.01% or 0.03% bimatoprost after step(ii) instead of minoxidil. [0066] In certain aspects, the invention provides a treatment regimen that starts minoxidil as soon as re-epithelialization is complete. In one embodiment, re-epithelialization is complete between 11 days and 14 days after post integumental perturbation.
. Not tryna derail the good news, but is there anything that actually states that this is for the pivotal trial, and not just an optimization study?
