CT-P13 (Infliximab) Subcutaneous Administration in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease (LIBERTY-CD)

Summary

This is Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-controlled study to demonstrate superiority of CT-P13 SC over Placebo SC in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Timeline

Start

2019-10-28

Primary completion

2022-08-23

Completion

2023-08-22

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper statistically significant higher proportions of CT-P13 SC-treated patients vs placebo-treated patients achieved clinical remission (62.3% vs 32.1%; P < .0001) PMID 38788861 ↗

paper endoscopic response (51.1% vs 17.9%; P < .0001). PMID 38788861 ↗

release “Based on the results of the LIBERTY UC and LIBERTY CD studies, ZYMFENTRA demonstrated superiority in the primary endpoints of clinical remission (UC and CD)” celltrion.com ↗

Publications

• Colombel JF, Danese S, Schreiber S, Sands BE, Yarur AJ, Kang A, Kim DH, Lee YN, Hanauer SB. Impact of Immunogenicity on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Inflammatory Bowel Disease Receiving Subcutaneous Infliximab: A Post Hoc Analysis of the LIBERTY Trials. United European Gastroenterol J. 2026 Apr;14(3):e70205. doi: 10.1002/ueg2.70205.
• Schreiber S, Sands BE, Danese S, Loftus EV Jr, Jeong AL, Kim DH, Lee YN, Colombel JF. Symptom Response Dynamics for Personalised Therapy with Subcutaneous Infliximab in Crohn's Disease: Insights from the Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 LIBERTY-CD Trial. Adv Ther. 2026 Jun;43(6):2510-2526. doi: 10.1007/s12325-026-03533-3. Epub 2026 Mar 30.
• Dubinsky MC, Schreiber S, Yarur AJ, Sands BE, Hanauer SB, Danese S, Yu H, Kim DH, Lee YN, Colombel JF. Recovery of response and long-term outcomes following loss of response and dose escalation of subcutaneous infliximab: a post hoc analysis of the LIBERTY-CD & LIBERTY-UC trials. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2026 Jul 1;32(7):1235-1247. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izag017.
• Colombel JF, Sandborn WJ, Schreiber S, Danese S, Klopocka M, Kierkus J, Kulynych R, Gonciarz M, Soltysiak A, Smolinski P, Sreckovic S, Valuyskikh E, Lahat A, Horynski M, Gasbarrini A, Osipenko M, Borzan V, Kowalski M, Saenko D, Sardinov R, Lee SJ, Kim S, Bae Y, Lee S, Lee S, Lee JH, Kim JM, Park G, Lee J, Lee J, Ryu JY, Sands BE, Hanauer SB. Subcutaneous infliximab (CT-P13 SC) as maintenance therapy for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: 2-year results from open-label extensions of two randomized controlled trials (LIBERTY). J Crohns Colitis. 2025 Jun 4;19(6):jjaf060. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaf060.
• Hanauer SB, Sands BE, Schreiber S, Danese S, Klopocka M, Kierkus J, Kulynych R, Gonciarz M, Soltysiak A, Smolinski P, Sreckovic S, Valuyskikh E, Lahat A, Horynski M, Gasbarrini A, Osipenko M, Borzan V, Kowalski M, Saenko D, Sardinov R, Lee SJ, Kim S, Bae Y, Lee S, Lee S, Lee JH, Yang S, Lee J, Lee J, Kim JM, Park G, Sandborn WJ, Colombel JF. Subcutaneous Infliximab (CT-P13 SC) as Maintenance Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Two Randomized Phase 3 Trials (LIBERTY). Gastroenterology. 2024 Oct;167(5):919-933. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.05.006. Epub 2024 May 23.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Infliximab	Monoclonal antibody	120 mg	Subcutaneous

Indications