What this phase means
Phase 2/3: earlier tests looked promising enough to expand. This stage asks, in a larger group, whether the treatment really works and is safe enough to seek approval.
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, Computed Tomography, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This phase II/III trial compares the addition of nivolumab to the usual treatment of paclitaxel and ramucirumab to paclitaxel and ramucirumab alone in treating patients with gastric or esophageal adenocarcinoma that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced).
They plan to enroll about 224 people at 378 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)
Randomized Phase II/III Trial of 2nd Line Nivolumab + Paclitaxel + Ramucirumab Versus Paclitaxel + Ramucirumab in Patients With PD-L1 CPS >/= 1 Advanced Gastric and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma (PARAMUNE)
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nivolumab, Paclitaxel, Questionnaire Administration, Ramucirumab
Primary outcome (registry wording): Progression free survival (PFS) (Phase II)