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 Berobenatide, or Placebo. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This study is being done to learn about the safety and effects of a study medicine called berobenatide (bear-oh-BEN-uh-tide).
They plan to enroll about 258 people at 8 sites. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill) plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
A PHASE 3, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF ONCE-MONTHLY BEROBENATIDE IN ADULTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND OVERWEIGHT OR OBESITY RECEIVING POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE THERAPY (VESPER-OSA 1)
Interventions: Berobenatide, Placebo
Primary outcome (registry wording): Change From Baseline in Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI)