Disease The intractable diseases designated by MHLW, Japan


Diseases : 348 - Clinical trials : 39,610 / Drugs : 18,765 - ( DrugBank : 2,435 ) / Drug target genes : 703 - Drug target pathways : 305

  
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 (FY2023)
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", "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", "Kanzaki disease", "Pompe disease", "Acid lipase deficiency", "Wolman disease", "Cholesterol ester storage disease", "Danon disease", "Free sialic acid storage disease", "Infantile sialic acid storage disease", "ISSD", "Salla disease", "Ceroid lipofuscinosis", "Fabry disease", "Cystinosis"
 990 trials 
  | 222 / 383 / 340 / 62 💬
 584 drugs 
 [ 126 drugs
 62 genes 
 192 pathways 
1,756 patients
Age distribution💬
20Adrenoleukodystrophy [Met] 💬
"ALD", "Childhood cerebral ALD", "CCALD", "Adolescent cerebral ALD", "AdoCALD", "AdolCALD", "Adrenomyeloneuropathy", "AMN", "Adult cerebral ALD", "ACALD"
 68 trials 
  | 10 / 29 / 29 / 1 💬
 74 drugs 
 [ 32 drugs
 25 genes 
 131 pathways 
268 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"
 94 trials 
  | 13 / 44 / 31 / 1 💬
 75 drugs 
 [ 31 drugs
 51 genes 
 106 pathways 
1,671 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", "Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis", "Familial amyloidosis", "Familial amyloid polyneuropathy", "FAP", "Hereditary systemic amyloidosis"
 335 trials 
  | 47 / 129 / 139 / 4 💬
 274 drugs 
 [ 86 drugs
 47 genes 
 165 pathways 
6,817 patients
Age distribution💬
79Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia [Met] 💬
"Familial hypercholesterolaemia"
 192 trials 
  | 7 / 36 / 119 / 4 💬
 98 drugs 
 [ 33 drugs
 12 genes 
 21 pathways 
413 patients
Age distribution💬
169Menkes disease [Met] 💬
 7 trials 
  | 2 / 2 / 1 / 0 💬
 7 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs
 9 genes 
 16 pathways 
2 patients
Age distribution💬
171Wilson disease [Met] 💬
"WD"
 86 trials 
  | 13 / 22 / 30 / 9 💬
 68 drugs 
 [ 16 drugs
 7 genes 
 33 pathways 
779 patients
Age distribution💬
234Peroxisomal disease (except Adrenoleukodystrophy) [Met] 💬
"Peroxisomal disease", "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", "Primary hyperoxaluria type 1", "PH1", "Primary hyperoxaluria", "Acatalasemia", "Acatalasia", "Takahara disease"
 115 trials 
  | 20 / 42 / 44 / 0 💬
 59 drugs 
 [ 20 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"
 173 trials 
  | 19 / 26 / 50 / 17 💬
 95 drugs 
 [ 13 drugs
 1 gene 
 3 pathways 
298 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 💬
 6 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"
 3 trials 
  | 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬
 4 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 16 patients
Age distribution💬
245Propionic acidemia [Met] 💬
 15 trials 
  | 5 / 8 / 1 / 0 💬
 13 drugs 
 [ 6 drugs
 1 gene 
 3 pathways 
17 patients
Age distribution💬
246Methylmalonic acidemia [Met] 💬
"MMA"
 28 trials 
  | 10 / 14 / 0 / 1 💬
 25 drugs 
 [ 9 drugs
 18 genes 
 26 pathways 
33 patients
Age distribution💬
247Isovaleric acidemia [Met] 💬
"Isovaleric aciduria", "Isovaleric acid CoA dehydrogenase deficiency"
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 1 drug 
 [ 1 drug
 4 patients
Age distribution💬
248Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency [Met] 💬
"GLUT1 deficiency"
 29 trials 
  | 3 / 17 / 5 / 0 💬
 8 drugs 
 [ 1 drug
 23 patients
Age distribution💬
249Glutaric acidemia type 1 [Met] 💬
 -  7 patients
Age distribution💬
250Glutaric acidemia type 2 [Met] 💬
"Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency", "Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency", "MADD"
 -  12 patients
Age distribution💬
251Urea cycle disorder [Met] 💬
"N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency", "NAGS deficiency", "Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency", "CPS1 deficiency", "Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency", "OTC deficiency", "Classic citrullinemia", "Citrullinemia type I", "Argininosuccinic aciduria", "Argininemia", "Hiperornitinemia-hiperamonemia-homocitrulinuria syndrome", "HHH syndrome"
 68 trials 
  | 27 / 36 / 8 / 3 💬
 50 drugs 
 [ 19 drugs
 2 genes 
 4 pathways 
104 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"
 79 trials 
  | 11 / 20 / 39 / 1 💬
 44 drugs 
 [ 17 drugs
 19 genes 
 35 pathways 
47 patients
Age distribution💬
255Multiple carboxylase deficiency [Met] 💬
"Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency", "HCS deficiency", "Biotinidase deficiency"
 1 trial 
  | 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 💬
 1 drug 
 [ - ] 
 6 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", "Alpha-1,4-glucosidase acid deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type III", "GSDIII", "Cori disease", "Forbes disease", "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", "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"
 193 trials 
  | 28 / 53 / 63 / 28 💬
 97 drugs 
 [ 28 drugs
 19 genes 
 93 pathways 
28 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", "Forbes disease", "Glycogen debranching enzyme deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type VI", "GSDVI", "Hers disease", "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"
 16 trials 
  | 4 / 7 / 0 / 0 💬
 22 drugs 
 [ 9 drugs
 2 genes 
 7 pathways 
116 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"
 2 trials 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 2 drugs 
 [ - ] 
 4 patients
Age distribution💬
260Sitosterolemia [Met] 💬
 13 trials 
  | 0 / 1 / 4 / 0 💬
 7 drugs 
 [ 1 drug
 1 gene 
 1 pathway 
19 patients
Age distribution💬
261Tangier disease [Met] 💬
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 1 drug 
 [ - ] 
 10 patients
Age distribution💬
262Primary hyperchylomicronemia [Met] 💬
 -  62 patients
Age distribution💬
264Abetalipoproteinemia [Met] 💬
"Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein deficiency", "MTP deficiency"
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 1 drug 
 [ - ] 
 4 patients
Age distribution💬
316Carnitine cycle disorder [Met] 💬
"Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I deficiency", "CPT1 deficiency", "Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency", "CPT2 deficiency", "Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency", "CACT deficiency", "Carnitine transporter deficiency", "OCTN-2 deficiency"
 4 trials 
  | 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬
 5 drugs 
 [ 2 drugs
 1 gene 
 10 pathways 
20 patients
Age distribution💬
317Trifunctional protein deficiency [Met] 💬
"TFP deficiency"
 4 trials 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 6 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 3 patients
Age distribution💬
318Citrin deficiency [Met] 💬
"Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency", "NICCD", "Adult-onset type II citrullinemia", "CTLN2"
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 💬
 1 drug 
 [ 1 drug
 70 patients
Age distribution💬
319Sepiapterin reductase deficiency [Met] 💬
 -  2 patients
Age distribution💬
321Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia [Met] 💬
"NKH"
 -  2 patients
Age distribution💬
322Beta-ketothiolase deficiency [Met] 💬
 -  -
323Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency [Met] 💬
 1 trial 
  | 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬
 1 drug 
 [ - ] 
 5 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"
 4 trials 
  | 0 / 2 / 1 / 0 💬
 3 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 💬
 37 drugs 
 [ 16 drugs
 25 genes 
 93 pathways 
18 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"
 21 trials 
  | 6 / 9 / 2 / 0 💬
 22 drugs 
 [ 10 drugs
 4 genes 
 32 pathways 
29 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"
 6 trials 
  | 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 💬
 10 drugs 
 [ 2 drugs
 1 gene 
 10 pathways 
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