Drugs / CRAVACITINIB
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CRAVACITINIB

Small molecule targets TYK2 via inhibition

Developed for
psoriasis · systemic lupus erythematosus · psoriatic arthritis · ulcerative colitis · Crohn disease · palmoplantar pustulosis · alopecia areata · atopic eczema
+20 more · central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia · dermatomyositis · discoid lupus erythematosus · epidermolysis bullosa simplex · frontal fibrosing alopecia · generalized vitiligo · granuloma annulare · hidradenitis suppurativa · inherited ichthyosis · lichen planopilaris · lupus nephritis · pityriasis rubra pilaris · prostate cancer · psoriasis-related juvenile idiopathic arthritis · pyoderma gangrenosum · sarcoidosis · Sjogren syndrome · subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus · Takayasu arteritis · rosacea
Investigated by
Bristol-Myers Squibb · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice · Mayo Clinic · University of California, San Francisco · AbbVie · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
+13 more · Brigham and Women's Hospital · Chinese SLE Treatment And Research Group · Covance · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) · Peking University First Hospital · Psoriasis Treatment Center of Central New Jersey · University of Alabama at Birmingham · University of Pennsylvania · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Yale University

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 3 recorded

MilestoneJurisdictionBrandIndicationDateSentence it was read from
Label expansion US (FDA) SOTYKTU 2026-03-06 fda.gov
Approved EU (EMA) Sotyktu 2023-03-24 europa.eu
Approved US (FDA) SOTYKTU 2022-09-09 fda.gov

Trials 76 · started per year

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US approved 2022
EU approved 2023
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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 02 trials
Phase 0 NCT05821374 Apr 2024 pyoderma gangrenosum Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 0 NCT05124080 Mar 2024 → Dec 2025 psoriasis University of Alabama at Birmingham Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 128 trials
Phase 1 NCT06566768 Oct 2024 → Jun 2025 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04949269 Jul 2021 → Jan 2022 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04671953 Dec 2020 → Mar 2021 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04536961 Sep → Dec 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04305899 Aug → Nov 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04249284 Feb → Mar 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04209699 Dec 2019 → Feb 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04113668 Oct → Nov 2019 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04086719 Sep → Oct 2019 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04065932 Aug → Dec 2019 lupus erythematosus Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 220 trials
Phase 2 NCT07508488 May 2026 → Jun 2028 expected central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, frontal fibrosing alopecia Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT07335796 Jan 2026 → Jan 2030 expected prostate cancer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT07012057 Nov 2025 dermatomyositis National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06725264 Mar 2025 → Jun 2026 granuloma annulare, sarcoidosis Yale University Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06444399 Jul 2024 → Sep 2025 pityriasis rubra pilaris Mayo Clinic Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06327321 May 2024 → Nov 2026 expected generalized vitiligo Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06136403 Mar 2024 → Sep 2025 overdue epidermolysis bullosa simplex, inherited ichthyosis Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05997277 Nov 2023 → Feb 2025 hidradenitis suppurativa Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06091956 Nov 2023 → May 2024 lichen planopilaris Mayo Clinic Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05556265 Nov 2022 → Jan 2024 alopecia areata Bristol-Myers Squibb Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 313 trials
Phase 3 NCT07116967 Sep 2025 → Jan 2031 expected psoriasis Bristol-Myers Squibb Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT06869551 Mar 2025 → Mar 2030 expected psoriasis-related juvenile idiopathic arthritis Bristol-Myers Squibb Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT05946941 Sep 2023 → Nov 2026 expected Sjogren syndrome Bristol-Myers Squibb Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT05617677 Jan 2023 → Oct 2026 expected systemic lupus erythematosus Bristol-Myers Squibb Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT05620407 Jan 2023 → Oct 2026 expected systemic lupus erythematosus Bristol-Myers Squibb Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04908189 Jul 2021 → Feb 2024 overdue psoriatic arthritis Bristol-Myers Squibb Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04908202 Jul 2021 → Sep 2024 overdue psoriatic arthritis Bristol-Myers Squibb Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04772079 Mar 2021 → Jan 2029 expected psoriasis Bristol-Myers Squibb Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04167462 Nov 2019 → Mar 2021 psoriasis Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04036435 Aug 2019 → Jul 2026 overdue psoriasis Bristol-Myers Squibb Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 412 trials
Phase 4 NCT07352566 Aug 2026 → Jun 2030 expected atopic eczema, psoriasis University of California, San Francisco Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT07280702 Apr 2026 → Dec 2027 expected psoriatic arthritis University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06875960 Feb → Dec 2026 expected systemic lupus erythematosus Bristol-Myers Squibb Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT07013838 Jun 2025 → Dec 2027 expected Takayasu arteritis Chinese SLE Treatment And Research Group Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06476834 Jun → Nov 2024 Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06333860 May 2024 → Mar 2026 psoriasis AbbVie Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06042920 Oct 2023 → Apr 2025 psoriasis Bristol-Myers Squibb Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05858645 Oct 2023 → Jun 2028 expected psoriasis University of California, San Francisco Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05710185 Jul 2023 → Dec 2024 palmoplantar pustulosis Brigham and Women's Hospital Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05701995 Jan 2023 → Aug 2024 psoriasis Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable1 trial
NCT07000630 Jun → Nov 2025 palmoplantar pustulosis Peking University First Hospital Terminated No outcome recorded
Also used as a comparator or background therapy in 7 trials
PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 21 trial
Phase 2 NCT06532136 Comparator Nov 2024 → Jan 2026 rosacea Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 2/31 trial
Phase 2/3 NCT06281106 Comparator Jun 2024 → Mar 2025 psoriasis Prof Curdin Conrad Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 35 trials
Phase 3 NCT07326813 Comparator Jan 2026 → Jul 2027 expected psoriasis InventisBio Co., Ltd Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT06979453 Comparator Dec 2025 → Oct 2029 expected psoriasis Bristol-Myers Squibb Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT06973291 Comparator Jul 2025 → Apr 2026 psoriasis Takeda Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT06220604 Comparator Mar → Nov 2024 overdue psoriasis Janssen Research & Development, LLC Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT06143878 Comparator Feb → Sep 2024 overdue psoriasis Janssen Research & Development, LLC Active not recruiting No outcome recorded

Press releases naming this drug 2 releases

DateIssuerRelease
2026-06-11 Takeda Takeda’s Zasocitinib Significantly Outperforms Deucravacitinib in Head-to-Head Phase 3 Psoriasis Study, Promising to Redefine Oral Treatment Expectations takeda.com
2026-05-08 Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol Myers Squibb Receives European Commission Approval of Sotyktu (deucravacitinib) for the Treatment of Active Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults bms.com

Evidence & citations 12 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 88 sources stand behind the page.

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Known as CRAVACITINIB ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL4596392
Known as 6-CYCLOPROPANEAMIDO-4-{[2-METHOXY-3-(1-METHYL-1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-3-YL)PHENYL]AMINO}-N-(?H?)METHYLPYRIDAZINE-3-CARBOXAMIDE ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL4596392
Known as BMS-986165 “A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Efficacy and Safety of Deucravacitinib (BMS-986165) in Pediatric...” NCT04772079
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“A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Deucravacitinib (BMS-986165) in Participants With Active Discoid and/or Subacute...” NCT04857034

“A Study to Evaluate Effectiveness and Safety of Deucravacitinib (BMS-986165) Compared With Placebo in Participants With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” NCT05620407

“A Study to Evaluate the Drug Levels, Efficacy, and Safety of Deucravacitinib (BMS-986165) in Pediatric Participants With Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis” NCT06869551

“Deucravacitinib (BMS-986165) for Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris” NCT06444399

NCT02931838

NCT03920267

NCT03252587

NCT04065932

NCT03402087

NCT04167462

NCT03924427

NCT03930602

NCT03660436

NCT04209699

NCT04086719

NCT03624127

NCT03890770

NCT03254784

NCT03044873

NCT04613518

NCT04671953

NCT04055506

NCT03419910

NCT03979248

NCT04036435

NCT03873415

NCT07335796

NCT03262727

NCT03004768

NCT03956953

NCT03739788

NCT03943147

NCT03890809

NCT03599622

NCT04305899

NCT02534636

NCT04113668

NCT03541564

NCT03751228

NCT03934216

NCT03611751

NCT04536961

NCT07326813

NCT04249284

Known as DEU “Risankizumab (RZB) and deucravacitinib (DEU) are both approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis.” PMID 42143644 May 2026
Known as deucravacitinib “This randomized, double-blind, single- and multiple-ascending dose study assessed the pharmacokinetics (PKs), pharmacodynamics, and safety of deucravacitinib (Sotyktu™), a...” PMID 36325947 Nov 2022
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Deucravacitinib, an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor, is approved in Japan for adults with plaque, generalized pustular, and erythrodermic psoriasis who...” PMID 40304108 Apr 2025

“A Study to Continue the Administration of Deucravacitinib in Participants With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) or Discoid and/or Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus...” NCT06875960

Deucravacitinib is an oral, selective tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor that demonstrated therapeutic benefit in a Phase 2 clinical trial of adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.” PMID 35025062 Jan 2022

“To evaluate the efficacy and safety of an oral selective tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, deucravacitinib, in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).” PMID 35241426 Mar 2022

“The main goal of this study is to see if the study drug called "Deucravacitinib" is safe and effective in treating people with pyoderma gangrenosum (PG).” NCT05821374

“FDA has approved a drug called deucravacitinib to treat people with plaque psoriasis.” NCT07012057

NCT07116967

NCT06725264

NCT05556265

NCT05478499

NCT07508488

NCT06444399

NCT07352566

NCT04908202

NCT05997277

NCT06333860

NCT06476834

NCT07013838

NCT06091956

NCT06979453

NCT04908189

NCT05620407

NCT05124080

NCT04857034

NCT05946941

NCT07000630

NCT04877990

NCT04772079

NCT06532136

NCT06220604

NCT06566768

NCT06281106

NCT06042920

NCT06973291

NCT05858645

NCT06869551

NCT05710185

NCT04949269

NCT07280702

NCT06327321

NCT06329258

NCT05701995

NCT06143878

NCT06136403

NCT05617677

Known as DEUCRAVACITINIB (BMS-986165) ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL4596392
Known as Sotyktu “This randomized, double-blind, single- and multiple-ascending dose study assessed the pharmacokinetics (PKs), pharmacodynamics, and safety of deucravacitinib (Sotyktu™), a...” PMID 36325947 Nov 2022
Known as TYK2-IN-4 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL4596392
Action Inhibit “a selective and potent small-molecule inhibitor of tyrosine kinase 2” PMID 36325947 Nov 2022
Modality Small molecule “a selective and potent small-molecule inhibitor of tyrosine kinase 2” PMID 36325947 Nov 2022
Route Oral “Part A will investigate single oral doses of drug” NCT02534636
Target TYK2 “inhibitor of tyrosine kinase 2” PMID 36325947 Nov 2022