A Phase I Study to Evaluate Pharmacokinetics, Efficacy and Safety of CT-P13 Subcutaneous in Patients With Active Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

An Open-label, Randomized, Parallel-Group, Phase I Study to Evaluate Pharmacokinetics, Efficacy and Safety Between Subcutaneous CT-P13 and Intravenous CT-P13 in Patients With Active Crohn's Disease and Active Ulcerative Colitis

Phase 1 randomized, open-label, multicenter, parallel-group study designed to evaluate efficacy, pharmacokinetics and safety between CT-P13 subcutaneous (SC) and CT-P13 intravenous (IV) in patients with active Crohn's Disease (CD) and active Ulcerative Colitis (UC).

A new subcutaneous infliximab formulation is developed by Celltrion, Inc. as an alternative to the intravenous regimen where subcutaneous infliximab injection typically takes less than 2 minutes. The availability of a subcutaneous formulation of infliximab would increase the treatment options available to patients, particularly those wishing to self-administer their therapy. This Phase 1 randomized, open-label, multicenter, parallel-group study is designed to evaluate efficacy, pharmacokinetics and safety between CT-P13 SC and CT-P13 IV in patients with active CD and active UC.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient has active Crohn's disease with a score on the Crohn's disease activity index between 220 and 450 points.
• Patient has active Ulcerative colitis as defined by a total Mayo score between 6 and 12 points (Part 2 only).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient who has previously received a biological agent for the treatment of CD and UC and/or a tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) inhibitor for the treatment of other disease
• Patient who has allergies to any of the excipients of infliximab or any other murine and/or human proteins or patient with a hypersensitivity to immunoglobulin product
• Patient who has a current or past history of infection with HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C (carriers of hepatitis B and hepatitis C are not permitted to enrol into the study, but past hepatitis B resolved can be enrolled)
• Patient who has acute infection requiring oral antibiotics within 2 weeks or parenteral injection of antibiotics within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of the study drug, other serious infection within 6 months prior to the first administration of study drug or recurrent herpes zoster or other chronic or recurrent infection within 6 weeks prior to the first administration of the study drug
• Patient who has an indeterminate result for interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) or latent tuberculosis (TB) at Screening. For Part 2, if IGRA result is indeterminate at Screening, 1 retest will be possible during the screening. If the repeated IGRA result is negative, the patient can be included in the study.