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 Nerandomilast, or Placebo. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This study is open to children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years with interstitial lung disease (ILD).
They plan to enroll about 35 people at 47 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill) plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
A Study to Evaluate the Dose-exposure, Safety, and Exploratory Efficacy of Nerandomilast in Children and Adolescents From 2 Years to Less Than 18 Years of Age With Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease (Part A: Double-blind, Placebo-controlled in Children From 6 to Less Than 18 Years of Age and Open-label Active Treatment in Children From 2 to Less Than 6 Years of Age), Followed by an Open-label Phase With Active Treatment (Part B)
Interventions: Nerandomilast, Placebo
Primary outcome (registry wording): Area under the concentration curve (AUC) T,SS based on sampling at steady state using rich sampling in participants from 6 years to less than 18 years and sparse sampling in participants younger than 6 years