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Crohn's Disease and Colitis: patient access summary

A printable summary of what is publicly known about access to treatment for Crohn's Disease and Colitis in Australia: PBS subsidy, Australian trial recruitment, and where the gaps are. Nothing here is new information; it is the same reviewed data as the Crohn's Disease and Colitis page, laid out to print. Not medical advice.

Access in Australia

Can you access treatment for Crohn's Disease and Colitis in Australia right now? Here's what's publicly known.

Information on this site does not constitute medical advice. Data is sourced from publicly available government registries. Always consult your doctor before making any health decisions. Trial status should be verified directly with the trial site.

Clinical trial activity

Counted from the nightly snapshot of the full public trial registry data Voxsanity holds for Crohn's Disease and Colitis.
Trials on record 2,613 This is every trial tagged to this condition at any stage whose registry record agrees it is for this condition, except those withdrawn before starting or terminated early. Most are completed rather than ongoing, so this is a measure of research history, not of current activity. It is also smaller than the sitewide "trials tracked" figure, which does include withdrawn and terminated trials.
Recruiting now 439 This counts only trials whose registry status is "Recruiting" and whose registry record agrees they are for this condition. Trials listed as not yet recruiting or enrolling by invitation are excluded, so this understates how many may open to new participants soon.
Recruiting with an AU site 33 This counts trials counted under "Recruiting now" that list at least one Australian site. A site being listed does not mean it is currently enrolling, and Australian trials registered only on ANZCTR are not counted yet, so this understates local availability.
Phase 3 trials 44 This counts trials counted under "Recruiting now" that are at Phase 3.

The trial catalogue is checked nightly, but individual trial records are refreshed on a rolling basis rather than all at once, so a record may be up to several weeks old. Each trial page and trial card shows the date its own record was last synced. Where a record has lagged, its status, sites and enrolment can differ from the current registry state in either direction, so check the registry link on the trial page before acting on them.

Trials recruiting at Australian sites

Why this list is shorter than "Trials on record". Of the 2,613 trials on record for Crohn's Disease and Colitis, 674 are listed on Voxsanity. The list carries trials we can show a plain English summary for: every trial open or about to open to new participants, plus concluded trials that have published their results. The great majority of the difference is research that finished without publishing a results summary, so there is nothing to read and nothing to join. A smaller part is trials that are open now but whose plain English summary has not been written yet. Nothing is being withheld: the larger figure counts research history, this list counts what is useful to read today.

33 of them are recruiting and list at least one Australian site. A listed site is not proof it is enrolling today; confirm with the trial's own contacts before relying on it.

Registry ID Phase Sponsor Status
ISRCTN15911581 Phase 3 Janssen-Cilag International N.V. Recruiting
ISRCTN37514492 Phase 3 Janssen-Cilag International NV Recruiting
NCT01793168 Not Applicable Sanford Health Recruiting
NCT04779320 Phase 3 Takeda Recruiting
NCT04970446 Phase 2 St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Recruiting
NCT05076175 Phase 3 Bristol-Myers Squibb Recruiting
NCT05442567 Phase 3 Takeda Recruiting
NCT05469607 Not Applicable Austin Health Recruiting
NCT05923073 Phase 3 Janssen Research & Development, LLC Recruiting
NCT06029972 Phase 2 Gilead Sciences Recruiting
NCT06226883 Phase 2 Morphic Therapeutic, Inc. (A Wholly Owned Subsid... Recruiting
NCT06233461 Phase 2 Takeda Recruiting
NCT06257706 Phase 4 Alimentiv Inc. Recruiting
NCT06332534 Phase 3 AbbVie Recruiting
NCT06430801 Phase 3 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Recruiting
NCT06588855 Phase 3 Hoffmann-La Roche Recruiting
NCT06619990 Phase 2 Xencor, Inc. Recruiting
NCT06627556 Phase 1 Jiangsu Carephar Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Recruiting
NCT06637631 Phase 2 Sanofi Recruiting
NCT06819878 Phase 3 Hoffmann-La Roche Recruiting
NCT06819891 Phase 3 Hoffmann-La Roche Recruiting
NCT06850727 Phase 2 Odyssey Therapeutics Recruiting
NCT06867094 Phase 2 Sanofi Recruiting
NCT06958536 Phase 2 Sanofi Recruiting
NCT06975722 Phase 2 Sanofi Recruiting
NCT06979336 Phase 2 Genentech, Inc. Recruiting
NCT07012395 Phase 2 Spyre Therapeutics, Inc. Recruiting
NCT07158242 Phase 3 Hoffmann-La Roche Recruiting
NCT07184931 Phase 3 Sanofi Recruiting
NCT07196722 Phase 3 Janssen Research & Development, LLC Recruiting
NCT07196748 Phase 3 Janssen Research & Development, LLC Recruiting
NCT07298421 Phase 3 Hoffmann-La Roche Recruiting
NCT07577843 Phase 3 Janssen Research & Development, LLC Recruiting

Full eligibility for each trial is at voxsanity.com.au/trials/<registry ID>/, and on the registry itself: clinicaltrials.gov, or isrctn.com for an ISRCTN ID.

PBS-subsidised medicines

Updated nightly, except PBS listing data, which is updated monthly because the PBS publishes a new Schedule once a month.

These medicines are listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the specific indications shown. A listing does not mean a medicine is right for you; your doctor decides what is appropriate. The Government price column is the PBS-determined price the Government pays the pharmacy for the item — it is not what you pay at the counter. Most patients pay only the standard co-payment, up to AU$25.00 per script (general) or AU$7.70 (concession or Safety Net) in 2026, with the Australian Government subsidising the rest. Confirm the current amount with your pharmacist.

Medicine Brand(s) Listed for Government pricenot what you pay Authority
Adalimumab Amgevita, Hadlima, Humira +1 more ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$272.84 Authority required
etrasimod Velsipity ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$1303.58 Authority required
Golimumab Simponi ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$939.99 Authority required
Infliximab Inflectra, Remsima SC ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$186.16 Authority required
Ozanimod Zeposia ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$488.84 Authority required
Tofacitinib Xeljanz ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$1037.85 Authority required
Upadacitinib Rinvoq ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$1092.47 Authority required
Ustekinumab Stelara, Steqeyma ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$560.73 Authority required
Vedolizumab Entyvio ulcerative colitis Moderate to severe AU$1522.23 Authority required
Adalimumab Amgevita, Hadlima, Humira +2 more Crohn disease Severe AU$272.84 Authority required
Infliximab Inflectra, Remsima SC Crohn disease Severe AU$186.16 Authority required
Upadacitinib Rinvoq Crohn disease Severe AU$1092.47 Authority required
Ustekinumab Stelara, Steqeyma, Wezlana Crohn disease Severe AU$560.73 Authority required
Vedolizumab Entyvio Crohn disease Severe AU$1522.23 Authority required
Balsalazide Colazide Ulcerative colitis AU$132.84 Streamlined authority
Mesalazine Asacol, Mesalazine 1.2 TAKEDA, MESALZ +3 more Ulcerative colitis AU$29.43 Restricted benefit
Olsalazine Dipentum Ulcerative colitis AU$29.38 Streamlined authority
prednisolone sodium phosphate Predsol Ulcerative colitis AU$8.46 Restricted benefit
Adalimumab Hadlima, Humira, Hyrimoz +1 more Fistulising Crohn disease Complex refractory AU$444.17 Authority required
Infliximab Inflectra, Remsima SC Fistulising Crohn disease Complex refractory AU$186.16 Authority required
Ustekinumab Stelara, Steqeyma Fistulising Crohn disease Complex refractory AU$560.73 Authority required
Mesalazine Mesasal, Pentasa, Salofalk Crohn disease AU$29.43 Restricted benefit
Budesonide Budenofalk, Entocort Crohn disease Mild to moderate AU$25.18 Streamlined authority
Infliximab Inflectra Crohn disease Moderate to severe AU$186.16 Authority required
Infliximab Inflectra ulcerative colitis severe AU$186.16 Streamlined authority
Mesalazine Pentasa, Salofalk ulcerative colitis Mild to moderate AU$45.8 Streamlined authority

Source: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), © Commonwealth of Australia. Data used and redistributed under permission; not modified from its original wording where displayed verbatim.

What this summary does not cover

  • Australian registration dates. Voxsanity holds no TGA registration record for any medicine, so no Australian registration date appears here or anywhere on this site. The TGA's own Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (tga.gov.au/resources/artg) is the authoritative place to check. Where a medicine is on the PBS it must already be registered for supply in Australia, because a PBS listing cannot happen before that: that is read from the PBS, not from the TGA.
  • Access outside the PBS and outside a trial. Where a medicine is not registered or not available through a trial, the TGA Special Access Scheme may allow a doctor to apply for access for an individual patient. A plain English explainer is at voxsanity.com.au/sas-navigator/.
  • Whether any of it is appropriate. Nothing on this sheet is a recommendation. A medicine being subsidised, or a trial recruiting nearby, says nothing about whether either suits a particular person. That is a clinical judgement this sheet cannot make.

Not medical advice. Voxsanity republishes public government health data in plain English and does not provide medical advice. Always consult a qualified health professional before making any health decision. Trial status should be verified directly with the trial site. Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov and other public trial registries, and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.