1% Clascoterone Cream for the Treatment Acne Vulgaris

Exclusion Criteria

• •Participants have more than 2 facial nodules at screening or randomization;
• •Participants have facial cysts at screening or randomization;
• •Participants have conditions at screening or randomization, which may interfere with the investigator's clinical assessments, including but not limited to: 1) Other facial dermatoses: specific types of acne (e.g., nodulocystic acne, acne conglobata, acne fulminans, etc.), secondary acne (e.g., drug-induced acne, mechanical acne, occupational acne, chloracne, etc.), or other facial rashes due to different conditions (e.g., rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis, solar dermatitis, lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei, psoriasis, eczema, etc.); 2) Facial skin or hair conditions that may interfere with clinical assessments (e.g., prominent beard, sideburns, whiskers, etc.);
• •Participants have systemic diseases with associated skin lesions: e.g., inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), SAHA syndrome (seborrhea-acne-hirsutism-androgenetic alopecia syndrome), PCOS syndrome (polycystic ovary syndrome), SAPHO syndrome (synovitis-acne-pustulosis-hyperostosis-osteomyelitis), PAPA syndrome (pyogenic sterile arthritis-pyoderma gangrenosum-acne syndrome), hyperandrogenism-insulin resistance-acanthosis nigricans syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, etc.;
• •Prior use of the topical acne medications or therapies or Use of the systemic medications；
• •Use of skin care products with anti-acne efficacy within 2 weeks prior to randomization;
• •Participants have any serious or unstable medical condition that, in the investigator's judgment, may affect the participant's safety during the study and/or impede study completion, including but not limited to cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, neurological, musculoskeletal, infectious, endocrine, metabolic, hematological, or psychiatric disorders.