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, Brachytherapy, or Carboplatin. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This phase III trial compares the addition of induction chemotherapy, with carboplatin, paclitaxel and pembrolizumab, to chemotherapy and radiation, with cisplatin and pembrolizumab followed by pembrolizumab maintenance for the treatment of patients with cervical cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced).
They plan to enroll about 336 people at 347 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill), an infusion or injection of a biologic, a procedure as part of the study plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
A Phase III Study of Induction Pembrolizumab and Chemotherapy Followed by Chemoradiation and Pembrolizumab vs Chemoradiation and Pembrolizumab Both Followed by Pembrolizumab for High Risk Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Brachytherapy, Carboplatin, Chest Radiography, Cisplatin, Computed Tomography, External Beam Radiation Therapy, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Paclitaxel, Pembrolizumab, Positron Emission Tomography
Primary outcome (registry wording): Progression free survival (PFS)