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 Biospecimen Collection, Carboplatin, or Cisplatin. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This phase III ALCHEMIST treatment trial tests the addition of pembrolizumab to usual chemotherapy for the treatment of stage IIA, IIB, IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer that has been removed by surgery.
They plan to enroll about 1,210 people at 1151 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill), an infusion or injection of a biologic, a procedure as part of the study plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
Integration of Immunotherapy Into Adjuvant Therapy for Resected NSCLC: ALCHEMIST Chemo-IO (ACCIO)
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Computed Tomography, Echocardiography Test, Gemcitabine Hydrochloride, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Observation Activity, Paclitaxel, Pembrolizumab, Pemetrexed Disodium, Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcome (registry wording): Disease free survival (DFS)