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 ASP2138, Pembrolizumab, or Oxaliplatin. The registry lists allocation as randomized. Claudin 18.2 or CLDN18.2 is a protein found on cells in the digestive system.
They plan to enroll about 570 people at 12 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill) plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
A Phase 3, Global, Multi-center, Double-blind, Randomized Study of ASP2138 Plus Chemotherapy (CAPOX or mFOLFOX6) With Pembrolizumab vs Placebo Plus Chemotherapy With or Without Pembrolizumab in First-line Treatment of Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Adenocarcinoma in Participants Whose Tumors Are HER2-negative and Claudin (CLDN) 18.2-positive
Interventions: ASP2138, Pembrolizumab, Oxaliplatin, Capecitabine, Folinic acid, 5-FU, Placebo for ASP2138, Placebo for Pembrolizumab
Primary outcome (registry wording): Overall Survival (OS)