What this phase means
Phase 3: this treatment already looked useful in smaller studies. Now it is tested in a large group, often against standard care or a dummy treatment, to see if it should be approved.
Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.
What the registry says happens
If you join, the listed intervention(s) are Biospecimen Collection, Distal Pancreatectomy, or Lanreotide. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This phase III trial compares the effect of using lanreotide before surgery to surgery alone in preventing pancreatic fistulas in patients with pancreatic cancer or a pancreatic lesion that could become cancerous.
They plan to enroll about 274 people at 118 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill), a procedure as part of the study plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
A Randomized Phase III Blinded Trial of Lanreotide for the Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Distal Pancreatectomy, Lanreotide, Questionnaire Administration, Saline
Primary outcome (registry wording): Incidence of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF)