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 ELV001 25 mg, ELV001 75 mg, or ELV001 125 mg. 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 study with a total duration of 32 weeks from Screening to End-of-Study (EOS) Visit.
They plan to enroll about 180 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 Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of ELV001 as Add-on Therapy in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inadequate Response to Methotrexate and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibition (START SYNERGY)
Interventions: ELV001 25 mg, ELV001 75 mg, ELV001 125 mg, Placebo
Primary outcome (registry wording): Change in Disease activity score 28- C-reactive protein between Baseline and Week 12.