Disease The intractable diseases designated by MHLW, Japan


Diseases : 348 - Clinical trials : 43,690 / Drugs : 27,527 - ( DrugBank : 2,441 ) / Drug target genes : 714 - Drug target pathways : 315

  
Disease group: Metabolic diseases  
ID Disease name [Group] Clinical trial
Phase 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Drug
[ DrugBank ]
Target gene
Target pathway
Domestic patients
Med expenses recipients, FY2024 (corrected)
19Lysosomal storage disease [Met] 💬
"Lysosomal disease", "Gaucher disease", "Niemann-Pick disease type A/B", "Niemann-Pick type A", "NPD-A", "NPA", "Niemann-Pick type B", "NPD-B", "NPB", "Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency", "ASMD", "Niemann-Pick disease type C", "Niemann-Pick type C", "NPD-C", "NPC", "GM1-gangliosidosis", "GM1-gangliosidoses", "GM2-gangliosidosis", "GM2-gangliosidoses", "Tay-Sachs disease", "Sandhoff disease", "Krabbe disease", "Krabbe syndrome", "Metachromatic leukodystrophy", "MLD", "Multiple-sulfatase deficiency", "Farber disease", "Mucopolysaccharidosis type I", "Mucopolysaccharidosis I", "MPS I", "Hurler syndrome", "Hurler-Scheie syndrome", "Scheie syndrome", "Mucopolysaccharidosis type II", "Mucopolysaccharidosis II", "MPS II", "Hunter syndrome", "Mucopolysaccharidosis type III", "Mucopolysaccharidosis III", "MPS III", "Sanfilippo syndrome", "Mucopolysaccharidosis type IV", "Mucopolysaccharidosis IV", "MPS IV", "MPS IVA", "Morquio syndrome", "Morquio A syndrome", "Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI", "Mucopolysaccharidosis VI", "MPS VI", "Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome", "Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII", "Mucopolysaccharidosis VII", "MPS VII", "Sly syndrome", "Mucopolysaccharidosis type IX", "Mucopolysaccharidosis IX", "MPS IX", "Hyaluronidase deficiency", "Sialidosis", "Galactosialidosis", "Mucolipidosis II", "Mucolipidosis type II", "I-cell disease", "Mucolipidosis III", "Mucolipidosis type III", "Alpha-Mannosidosis", "Alpha-Mannosidase Deficiency", "Beta-Mannosidosis", "Beta-Mannosidase Deficiency", "Fucosidosis", "Aspartylglucosaminuria", "Schindler disease", "Schindler syndrome", "Kanzaki disease", "Kanzaki syndrome", "Pompe disease", "Pompe syndrome", "Acid lipase deficiency", "Wolman disease", "Cholesterol ester storage disease", "Danon disease", "Danon syndrome", "Free sialic acid storage disease", "Infantile sialic acid storage disease", "ISSD", "Salla disease", "Salla syndrome", "Ceroid lipofuscinosis", "Fabry disease", "Cystinosis"
 1,038 trials 
  | 231 / 391 / 348 / 62 💬
 873 drugs 
 [ 121 drugs ] 
 63 genes 
 195 pathways 
1,837 patients
Age distribution💬
20Adrenoleukodystrophy [Met] 💬
"ALD", "Childhood cerebral ALD", "CCALD", "Adolescent cerebral ALD", "AdoCALD", "AdolCALD", "Adrenomyeloneuropathy", "AMN", "Adult cerebral ALD", "ACALD"
 71 trials 
  | 10 / 30 / 29 / 1 💬
 100 drugs 
 [ 29 drugs ] 
 22 genes 
 125 pathways 
260 patients
Age distribution💬
21Mitochondrial disease [Met] 💬
"Choronic progressive external ophthalmolegia", "CPEO", "Leigh syndrome", "Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episode", "MELAS", "Myoclonus epilepsy associated with ragged-red fibers", "MERRF", "Mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders", "Pearson syndrome"
 108 trials 
  | 13 / 50 / 33 / 2 💬
 107 drugs 
 [ 35 drugs ] 
 48 genes 
 110 pathways 
1,672 patients
Age distribution💬
28Systemic amyloidosis [Met] 💬
"Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis", "Amyloid light-chain amyloidosis", "AL amyloidosis", "Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis", "Immunoglobulin-related amyloidosis", "Amyloid heavy-chain amyloidosis", "Amyloid heavy-chain amyloidosis", "AH amyloidosis", "Systemic wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis", "Senile systemic amyloidosis", "SSA", "Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy", "ATTR-CM", "Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis", "Familial amyloidosis", "Familial amyloid polyneuropathy", "FAP", "Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy", "ATTR-CM", "Hereditary systemic amyloidosis"
 454 trials 
  | 56 / 155 / 203 / 11 💬
 430 drugs 
 [ 90 drugs ] 
 66 genes 
 183 pathways 
8,169 patients
Age distribution💬
79Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia [Met] 💬
"Familial hypercholesterolemia", "Familial hypercholesterolaemia"
 525 trials 
  | 18 / 85 / 285 / 19 💬
 330 drugs 
 [ 49 drugs ] 
 20 genes 
 59 pathways 
488 patients
Age distribution💬
169Menkes disease [Met] 💬
"Menkes syndrome"
 9 trials 
  | 3 / 3 / 1 / 0 💬
 8 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs ] 
 9 genes 
 16 pathways 
2 patients
Age distribution💬
171Wilson disease [Met] 💬
"WD"
 93 trials 
  | 15 / 25 / 31 / 9 💬
 104 drugs 
 [ 18 drugs ] 
 7 genes 
 33 pathways 
789 patients
Age distribution💬
234Peroxisomal disease (except Adrenoleukodystrophy) [Met] 💬
"Peroxisomal disease", "Peroxisomal syndrome", "Peroxisomal disorder", "Peroxisome biogenesis disorder", "Contiguous ABCD1/DXS1357E deletion syndrome", "CADDS", "Peroxisome biogenesis disorder", "PBD", "PEX gene disorder", "Zellweger syndrome", "Neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy", "Infantile Refsum disease", "Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 1", "RCDP type 1", "RCDP1", "Peroxisomal beta-oxidation enzyme deficiency", "Acyl-CoA oxidase deficiency", "AOX deficiency", "D-Bifunctional protein deficiency", "DBP deficiency", "Sterol carrier protein X deficiency", "SCPx deficiency", "2-methylacyl-CoA racemase deficiency", "Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase deficiency", "AMACR deficiency", "Plasmalogen biosynthesis enzyme deficiency", "Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 2", "RCDP type 2", "RCDP2", "Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 3", "RCDP type 3", "RCDP3", "Refsum disease", "Refsum syndrome", "Primary hyperoxaluria type 1", "PH1", "Primary hyperoxaluria", "Acatalasemia", "Acatalasia", "Takahara disease", "Takahara syndrome"
 118 trials 
  | 20 / 43 / 44 / 0 💬
 85 drugs 
 [ 18 drugs ] 
 15 genes 
 50 pathways 
3 patients
Age distribution💬
240Phenylketonuria [Met] 💬
"PKU", "Hyperphenylalaninemia", "HPA", "Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency", "PAH deficiency", "Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency", "BH4 deficiency", "BH4 reactive hyper pheemia"
 182 trials 
  | 20 / 27 / 51 / 18 💬
 144 drugs 
 [ 12 drugs ] 
 3 genes 
 5 pathways 
314 patients
Age distribution💬
241Hypertyrosinemia type I [Met] 💬
"Tyrosinemia type I", "Tyrosinemia I", "Hereditary tyrosinemia, Type I", "Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase deficiency", "FAH deficiency"
 15 trials 
  | 4 / 1 / 1 / 1 💬
 7 drugs 
 [ 1 drug ] 
 1 gene 
 3 pathways 
3 patients
Age distribution💬
242Hypertyrosinemia type II [Met] 💬
"Tyrosinemia type II", "Tyrosinemia II", "Hereditary tyrosinemia, Type II"
 - -  - 1 patient
Age distribution💬
243Hypertyrosinemia type III [Met] 💬
"Tyrosinemia type III", "Tyrosinemia III", "Hereditary tyrosinemia, Type III"
 - -  - 1 patient
Age distribution💬
244Maple syrup urine disease [Met] 💬
"MSUD"
 5 trials 
  | 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬
 12 drugs 
 [ 2 drugs ] 
 - 18 patients
Age distribution💬
245Propionic acidemia [Met] 💬
 17 trials 
  | 7 / 9 / 1 / 0 💬
 20 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs ] 
 1 gene 
 3 pathways 
20 patients
Age distribution💬
246Methylmalonic acidemia [Met] 💬
"MMA"
 29 trials 
  | 10 / 14 / 1 / 1 💬
 31 drugs 
 [ 8 drugs ] 
 17 genes 
 20 pathways 
32 patients
Age distribution💬
247Isovaleric acidemia [Met] 💬
"Isovaleric aciduria", "Isovaleric acid CoA dehydrogenase deficiency"
 2 trials 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 7 drugs 
 [ 1 drug ] 
 - 4 patients
Age distribution💬
248Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency [Met] 💬
"GLUT1 deficiency"
 31 trials 
  | 3 / 18 / 5 / 0 💬
 12 drugs 
 [ 2 drugs ] 
 - 25 patients
Age distribution💬
249Glutaric acidemia type 1 [Met] 💬
 - -  - 9 patients
Age distribution💬
250Glutaric acidemia type 2 [Met] 💬
"Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency", "Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency", "MADD"
 - -  - 14 patients
Age distribution💬
251Urea cycle disorder [Met] 💬
"Primary hyperammonemia", "Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency", "CPSI deficiency", "Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency", "OTC deficiency", "Classic citrullinemia", "Citrullinemia type I", "Argininosuccinic aciduria", "Argininemia", "N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency", "NAGS deficiency"
 70 trials 
  | 28 / 36 / 8 / 3 💬
 76 drugs 
 [ 18 drugs ] 
 2 genes 
 4 pathways 
117 patients
Age distribution💬
252Lysinuric protein intolerance [Met] 💬
 - -  - 26 patients
Age distribution💬
253Congenital folate malabsorption [Met] 💬
"Hereditary folate malabsorption", "Folate malabsorption"
 - -  - -
254Porphyria [Met] 💬
"Acute intermittent porphyria", "AIP", "Hereditary coproporphyria", "HCP", "Variegate porphyria", "VP", "Erythropoietic protoporphyria", "EPP", "Porphyria cutanea tarda", "PCT", "Congenital erythropoietic porphyria", "CEP", "X-linked dominant protoporphyria", "XLDP", "Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria", "HEP"
 85 trials 
  | 13 / 22 / 40 / 1 💬
 67 drugs 
 [ 18 drugs ] 
 18 genes 
 28 pathways 
50 patients
Age distribution💬
255Multiple carboxylase deficiency [Met] 💬
"Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency", "HCS deficiency", "Biotinidase deficiency"
 2 trials 
  | 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 💬
 7 drugs 
 [ - ] 
 - 7 patients
Age distribution💬
256Muscle glycogenosis [Met] 💬
"Muscular glycogenosis", "Muscle glycogen storage disease", "Muscular glycogen storage disease", "Glycogen storage disease type 0", "GSD0", "Glycogen synthase deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type II", "GSDII", "Pompe disease", "Pompe syndrome", "Alpha-1,4-glucosidase acid deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type III", "GSDIII", "Cori disease", "Cori syndrome", "Forbes disease", "Forbes syndrome", "Glycogen debranching enzyme deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type IV", "GSDIV", "Andersen disease", "Glycogen-branching enzyme deficiency", "GBED", "Glycogen storage disease type V", "GSDV", "McArdle disease", "Muscle phosphorylase deficiency", "Muscular phosphorylase deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type VII", "GSDVII", "Tarui disease", "Tarui syndrome", "Phosphofructokinase deficiency", "PFK deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type IXd", "GSDIXd", "Phosphorylase kinase deficiency", "Phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency", "PGK deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type X", "GSDX", "Phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency", "Glycogen storage diseass type XI", "GSDXI", "Kanno disease", "Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency", "Glycogen storage diseass type XII", "GSDXII", "Aldolase A deficiency", "Glycogen storage diseass type XIII", "GSDXIII", "Beta-enolase deficiency", "Glycogen storage diseass type XIV", "GSDXIV", "Phosphoglucomutase deficiency", "Glycogen storage diseass type XV", "GSDXV", "Glycogenin 1 deficiency"
 204 trials 
  | 30 / 56 / 63 / 29 💬
 153 drugs 
 [ 29 drugs ] 
 19 genes 
 59 pathways 
30 patients
Age distribution💬
257Hepatic glycogenosis [Met] 💬
"Liver glycogenosis", "Hepatic glycogen storage disease", "Liver glycogen storage disease", "Glycogen storage disease type I", "GSDI", "von Gierke disease", "Glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency", "G6Pase deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type III", "GSDIII", "Cori disease", "Cori syndrome", "Forbes disease", "Forbes syndrome", "Glycogen debranching enzyme deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type VI", "GSDVI", "Hers disease", "Hers syndrome", "Hepatic phosphorylase deficiency", "Liver phosphorylase deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type IX", "GSDIX", "Phosphorylase kinase deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type IV", "GSDIV", "Andersen disease", "Glycogen-branching enzyme deficiency", "GBED", "Adult polyglucosan body disease"
 17 trials 
  | 4 / 7 / 0 / 0 💬
 32 drugs 
 [ 8 drugs ] 
 2 genes 
 7 pathways 
120 patients
Age distribution💬
258Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase deficiency [Met] 💬
"Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency", "Galactosemia type 1", "GALT deficiency"
 - -  - 1 patient
Age distribution💬
259Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency [Met] 💬
"LCAT deficiency", "Fish-eye disease", "FED"
 2 trials 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 3 drugs 
 [ 1 drug ] 
 - 4 patients
Age distribution💬
260Sitosterolemia [Met] 💬
 13 trials 
  | 0 / 1 / 4 / 0 💬
 12 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs ] 
 1 gene 
 1 pathway 
21 patients
Age distribution💬
261Tangier disease [Met] 💬
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 2 drugs 
 [ 1 drug ] 
 - 9 patients
Age distribution💬
262Primary hyperchylomicronemia [Met] 💬
 - -  - 65 patients
Age distribution💬
264Abetalipoproteinemia [Met] 💬
"Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein deficiency", "MTP deficiency"
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 2 drugs 
 [ - ] 
 - 5 patients
Age distribution💬
316Carnitine cycle disorder [Met] 💬
"Disorders of carnitine transport and the carnitine cycle", "Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I deficiency", "CPT1 deficiency", "Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency", "CPT2 deficiency", "LC-FAOD", "Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency", "CACT deficiency", "Primary Carnitine deficiency", "OCTN2 deficiency"
 4 trials 
  | 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬
 12 drugs 
 [ 2 drugs ] 
 2 genes 
 11 pathways 
22 patients
Age distribution💬
317Trifunctional protein deficiency [Met] 💬
"TFP deficiency", "LC-FAOD"
 4 trials 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 8 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs ] 
 1 gene 
 1 pathway 
3 patients
Age distribution💬
318Citrin deficiency [Met] 💬
"Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency", "NICCD", "Adult-onset type II citrullinemia", "CTLN2"
 5 trials 
  | 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 💬
 3 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs ] 
 - 81 patients
Age distribution💬
319Sepiapterin reductase deficiency [Met] 💬
 - -  - 2 patients
Age distribution💬
321Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia [Met] 💬
"Nonketotic hyperglycinemia", "NKH"
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 6 drugs 
 [ - ] 
 - 3 patients
Age distribution💬
322Beta-ketothiolase deficiency [Met] 💬
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 6 drugs 
 [ - ] 
 - -
323Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency [Met] 💬
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬
 1 drug 
 [ - ] 
 - 4 patients
Age distribution💬
324Methylglutaconic aciduria [Met] 💬
"3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase deficiency", "3-methylglutaconic aciduria", "3-MGA", "3-MGA type I", "Barth syndrome", "3-MGA type II", "Costeff syndrome", "3-MGA type III"
 6 trials 
  | 0 / 2 / 1 / 1 💬
 10 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs ] 
 1 gene 
 10 pathways 
1 patient
Age distribution💬
326Osteopetrosis [Met] 💬
"Neonatal/infantile osteopetrosis", "Intermediate osteopetrosis", "Delayed-onset osteopetrosis"
 18 trials 
  | 1 / 5 / 3 / 0 💬
 47 drugs 
 [ 12 drugs ] 
 9 genes 
 58 pathways 
22 patients
Age distribution💬
336Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia 1 [Met] 💬
"FHBL1"
 - -  - 1 patient
Age distribution💬
337Homocystinuria [Met] 💬
"Homocystinuria type I", "Cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency", "CBS deficiency", "Homocystinuria type II", "Homocystinuria cblC type", "Cobalamin C deficiency", "cblC deficiency", "Homocystinuria type III", "Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency", "MTHFR deficiency"
 23 trials 
  | 6 / 9 / 2 / 0 💬
 31 drugs 
 [ 11 drugs ] 
 3 genes 
 26 pathways 
33 patients
Age distribution💬
344Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency [Met] 💬
"Very long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency", "Very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency", "VLCAD deficiency", "VLCADD", "LC-FAOD"
 15 trials 
  | 0 / 4 / 6 / 0 💬
 25 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs ] 
 2 genes 
 11 pathways 
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