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 Vicadrostat, Empagliflozin, or Placebo matching Vicadrostat. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This study is open to adults with type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease.
They plan to enroll about 11,800 people at 1137 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill) plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
EASi-PROTKT™ - A Phase III Double-blind, Randomised, Parallel-group Superiority Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of the Combined Use of Oral Vicadrostat (BI 690517) and Empagliflozin Compared With Placebo and Empagliflozin in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Established Cardiovascular Disease
Interventions: Vicadrostat, Empagliflozin, Placebo matching Vicadrostat
Primary outcome (registry wording): Time to first event of cardiovascular (CV) death or heart failure event (HFE)