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Infliximab

Drug

Infliximab is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocker monoclonal antibody marketed as Remicade. It is used across immune-mediated diseases including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and plaque psoriasis. The FDA first approved infliximab in 1998.

Trials
390
Recruiting
32
Completed
230
With results
108

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnUnknownTotal
Phase 1 113 14
Phase 1/2 21232 10
Phase 2 733251044 56
Phase 2/3 1411 7
Phase 3 21167927 89
Phase 4 10611499314 93
Not applicable 32211417 30
Unknown 613614115 91

Trials started per year

2021
5
2022
13
2023
9
2024
5
2025
11
2026
15

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionPhase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Crohn Disease 111216271133 92
Arthritis, Rheumatoid 262324426 85
Colitis, Ulcerative 211017619 55
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 111412715 41
Spondylitis, Ankylosing 311511212 35
Psoriasis 2104110 27
Arthritis, Psoriatic 1359 18
Arthritis 4111 7
COVID-19 2212 7
Inflammation 52 7

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC4616
2Centocor, Inc.2318
3Celltrion107
4Pfizer101
5Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University70
6Centocor Ortho Biotech Services, L.L.C.53
7Children's Hospital of Fudan University51
8Emory University50
9Groupe d'Etude Therapeutique des Affections Inflammatoires Digestives51
10Massachusetts General Hospital50

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Infliximab390
2Adalimumab66
3Etanercept45
4golimumab30
5Methotrexate30
6Azathioprine28
7Certolizumab Pegol22
8vedolizumab21
9CT-P1320
10Ustekinumab20

Evidence

Results reported
47%108 of 230 completed
Published
24.3%56 of 230 completed
Primary endpoint met
54.9%28 of 51 analyses
Median months to report
12

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
40
Statistical analysis plan
35
PubMed citations
99

Trial profile

Median enrollment
96
Median duration
36months
Countries
60
Study sites
2901

Who is enrolled

Adults
365
Children
94
Older adults
323
Healthy volunteers
27

Median enrollment by phase

Phase 1
90
Phase 1/2
12
Phase 2
37
Phase 2/3
50
Phase 3
199
Phase 4
86
Not applicable
60
Unknown
200

Where trials run

United States
96
Canada
33
France
31
China
30
Belgium
24
Germany
24
United Kingdom
24
Netherlands
21
South Korea
19
Italy
18

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1ParisFrance22
2BostonUnited States21
3New YorkUnited States20
4HoustonUnited States19
5Los AngelesUnited States19
6MontrealCanada18
7TorontoCanada18
8AtlantaUnited States17
9LilleFrance17
10BrusselsBelgium16

Terminations

Terminated
39
Withdrawn
15
Stopped for recruitment
6.2%24 of 390 trials

Stated reasons

Recruitment
24
Other / unclear
22
Funding
4
Regulatory
2
COVID-19
1
Safety
1

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT06646016 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study Withdrawn by Sponsor prior to Enrollment. 2027-02-19
NCT04118556 Terminated Terminated Too slow recruitment 2026-04-29
NCT03937609 Terminated Terminated Slow recruitment 2024-12-15
NCT04530877 Withdrawn Withdrawn no funding 2024-09-30
NCT03088293 Withdrawn Withdrawn recruiting difficulties 2024-07-31
NCT04438382 Terminated Terminated Slow accrual 2023-12-21
NCT05168475 Terminated Terminated NIHR withdrawal of funding 2023-11-29
NCT04535518 Withdrawn Withdrawn lack of funding 2022-09-30
NCT03100253 Terminated Terminated Slow recrutiment 2021-12-31
NCT03209232 Terminated Terminated Difficulty to recruit patients and as high dose infliximab for severe UC is now the rule rather than the exception 2021-09-01

Trial records