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 Usual Care, or HFrEF Polypill. The registry lists allocation as randomized. The aim of this study is to evaluate, in adults with HFrEF in Sri Lanka, the effects of an HFrEF polypill implementation strategy on the composite rate of cardiovascular disease mortality and recurrent heart failure hospitalizations, compared with usual care over a minimum of 12-months of follow-up.
They plan to enroll about 1,672 people at 12 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill) plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Polypill in Sri Lanka: A Multi-Center Type I Hybrid Randomized Controlled Trial
Interventions: Usual Care, HFrEF Polypill
Primary outcome (registry wording): Composite rate of cardiovascular disease mortality and recurrent heart failure hospitalizations over study duration