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 KarXT, Lithium, or Valproate. The registry lists allocation as na. This is a phase 3, open-label extension study to assess the long-term safety of KarXT for the treatment of mania or mania with mixed features in Bipolar-I disorder (BP-I) The primary objective of the study is to measure the long-term whether it is safe and how hard side effects are to live with of KarXT in the treatment of participants with mania or mania with mixed features associated with BP-I.
They plan to enroll about 450 people at 177 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill) plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
A Phase 3, Open-label Extension Study to Assess the Long-term Safety of KarXT for the Treatment of Mania or Mania With Mixed Features in Bipolar-I Disorder (BALSAM-3)
Interventions: KarXT, Lithium, Valproate, Lamotrigine
Primary outcome (registry wording): Number of participants with treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs)