What this phase means
Phase 2: researchers already know a roughly safe dose (from phase 1). This stage asks whether the treatment actually helps the condition, and watches side effects more closely.
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 Praliciguat (Part A), Placebo (Part A), or Praliciguat (Part B). The registry lists allocation as randomized. This is a Phase 2, randomly assigned, neither you nor the study doctors know who gets the real treatment, compared with a dummy treatment, multicenter study designed to measure the how well it works and safety of praliciguat in adults with biopsy-confirmed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).
They plan to enroll about 60 people at 32 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill) plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Praliciguat in Patients With Biopsy-Confirmed Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Interventions: Praliciguat (Part A), Placebo (Part A), Praliciguat (Part B)
Primary outcome (registry wording): Change from Baseline in urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR) (Part A)