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Table 1 Patient, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcome (PICO) criteria concerning Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors for the treatment of vitiligo

From: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis on Janus kinase inhibitors in the management of vitiligo

Patient

Intervention (mode of administration)

Intervention (dose and dose frequency studied)

Intervention (duration of therapy)

Comparator

Outcome measures*

Study type

Children and adults with vitiligo

Topical or systemic Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors

Various doses and frequencies

Within 1 year or longer

Standard therapy

Quality of life

Observational or interventional

     

Percentage of repigmentation

 
     

Cosmetic acceptability of repigmentation

 
     

Decreased spreading of the disease

 
     

Lasting repigmentation due to treatment after a 2-year follow-up

 
     

Tolerability or burden of treatment

 
     

Adverse events

 
  1. *Core outcome set for vitiligo clinical trials obtained from Eleftheriadou et al. [27]