Disease The intractable diseases designated by MHLW, Japan


Diseases : 338 - Clinical trials : 34,520 / Drugs : 19,957 - ( DrugBank : 2,195 ) / Drug target genes : 613 - Drug target pathways : 297

  
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 (FY2022)
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"
 899 trials 
  | 549 / 383 / 342 / 126 💬 
 684 drugs 
 [ 99 drugs
 51 genes 
 182 pathways 
1,672 patients
Age distribution💬
20Adrenoleukodystrophy [Met] 💬
"ALD", "Childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy", "Childhood cerebral ALD", "CCALD", "Adolescent cerebral adrenomyeloneuropathy", "AdolCALD", "Adrenomyeloneuropathy", "AMN", "Adult cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy", "ACALD", "Cerebellum-brain stem type adrenoleukodystrophy", "Addison-only adrenoleukodystrophy", "AO ALD", "Adrenoleukodystrophy (Female onset)"
 61 trials 
  | 42 / 36 / 28 / 7 💬 
 90 drugs 
 [ 31 drugs
 23 genes 
 126 pathways 
253 patients
Age distribution💬
21Mitochondrial disease [Met] 💬
 39 trials 
  | 7 / 21 / 15 / 2 💬 
 42 drugs 
 [ 32 drugs
 47 genes 
 67 pathways 
1,630 patients
Age distribution💬
28Systemic amyloidosis [Met] 💬
"AL amyloidosis", "Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis", "Amyloid light-chain amyloidosis", "Immunoglobulin-related amyloidosis", "Reactive AA amyloidosis", "Senile transthyretin amyloidosis", "Senile TTR amyloidosis", "Senile systemic amyloidosis", "Familial amyloidosis", "Familial amyloid polyneuropathy", "FAP"
 267 trials 
  | 82 / 116 / 111 / 11 💬 
 241 drugs 
 [ 77 drugs
 68 genes 
 180 pathways 
5,587 patients
Age distribution💬
79Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia [Met] 💬
 145 trials 
  | 51 / 42 / 94 / 10 💬 
 114 drugs 
 [ 26 drugs
 8 genes 
 17 pathways 
398 patients
Age distribution💬
169Menkes disease [Met] 💬
 6 trials 
  | 2 / 2 / 1 / 0 💬 
 6 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs
 9 genes 
 14 pathways 
1 patient
Age distribution💬
171Wilson disease [Met] 💬
"WD"
 79 trials 
  | 42 / 24 / 32 / 15 💬 
 77 drugs 
 [ 17 drugs
 6 genes 
 30 pathways 
735 patients
Age distribution💬
234Peroxisomal disease (except Adrenoleukodystrophy) [Met] 💬
"Peroxisomal disease", "Peroxisomal disorder", "Peroxisome biogenesis disorder", "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", "Acatalasemia", "Acatalasia", "Takahara disease", "Contiguous ABCD1/DXS1357E deletion syndrome", "CADDS"
 39 trials 
  | 30 / 21 / 18 / 5 💬 
 35 drugs 
 [ 12 drugs
 13 genes 
 45 pathways 
1 patient
Age distribution💬
240Phenylketonuria [Met] 💬
"PKU", "Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency", "PAH deficiency", "Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency", "BH4 deficiency", "BH4 reactive hyper pheemia"
 143 trials 
  | 79 / 31 / 43 / 26 💬 
 90 drugs 
 [ 10 drugs
 1 gene 
 5 pathways 
280 patients
Age distribution💬
241Hypertyrosinemia type I [Met] 💬
"Tyrosinemia type I", "Tyrosinemia I", "Hereditary tyrosinemia, Type I", "Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase deficiency", "FAH deficiency", "Acute hypertyrosinemia type I", "Acute tyrosinemia type I", "Acute tyrosinemia I", "Subacute hypertyrosinemia type I", "Subacute tyrosinemia type I", "Subacute tyrosinemia I", "Chronic hypertyrosinemia type I", "Chronic tyrosinemia type I", "Chronic tyrosinemia I"
 14 trials 
  | 4 / 1 / 1 / 1 💬 
 7 drugs 
 [ 1 drug
 1 gene 
 5 pathways 
2 patients
Age distribution💬
242Hypertyrosinemia type II [Met] 💬
"Tyrosinemia type II", "Tyrosinemia II", "Hereditary tyrosinemia, Type II", "Acute hypertyrosinemia type II", "Acute tyrosinemia type II", "Acute tyrosinemia II", "Subacute hypertyrosinemia type II", "Subacute tyrosinemia type II", "Subacute tyrosinemia II", "Chronic hypertyrosinemia type II", "Chronic tyrosinemia type II", "Chronic tyrosinemia II"
   1 patient
Age distribution💬
243Hypertyrosinemia type III [Met] 💬
"Tyrosinemia type III", "Tyrosinemia III", "Hereditary tyrosinemia, Type III", "Acute hypertyrosinemia type III", "Acute tyrosinemia type III", "Acute tyrosinemia III", "Subacute hypertyrosinemia type III", "Subacute tyrosinemia type III", "Subacute tyrosinemia III", "Chronic hypertyrosinemia type III", "Chronic tyrosinemia type III", "Chronic tyrosinemia III"
   1 patient
Age distribution💬
244Maple syrup urine disease [Met] 💬
"MSUD"
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬 
 1 drug 
 [ 1 drug
 16 patients
Age distribution💬
245Propionic acidemia [Met] 💬
 13 trials 
  | 5 / 7 / 1 / 0 💬 
 16 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 1 gene 
 6 pathways 
16 patients
Age distribution💬
246Methylmalonic acidemia [Met] 💬
 23 trials 
  | 13 / 15 / 2 / 2 💬 
 31 drugs 
 [ 8 drugs
 17 genes 
 23 pathways 
33 patients
Age distribution💬
247Isovaleric acidemia [Met] 💬
"Isovaleric aciduria", "Isovaleric acid CoA dehydrogenase deficiency"
   4 patients
Age distribution💬
248Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency [Met] 💬
"GLUT1 deficiency"
 29 trials 
  | 43 / 20 / 9 / 8 💬 
 9 drugs 
 [ 1 drug
 21 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", "Glutaric acidemia type 2, neonatal onset type", "Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, neonatal onset type", "Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency, neonatal onset type", "MADD, neonatal onset type", "Glutaric acidemia type 2, infant/school child onset type", "Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, infant/school child onset type", "Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency, infant/school child onset type", "MADD, infant/school child onset type", "Glutaric acidemia type 2, adult-onset type", "Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, adult-onset type", "Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency, adult-onset type", "MADD, adult-onset type"
   8 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"
 54 trials 
  | 31 / 31 / 6 / 5 💬 
 61 drugs 
 [ 15 drugs
 3 genes 
 28 pathways 
102 patients
Age distribution💬
252Lysinuric protein intolerance [Met] 💬
   25 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"
 72 trials 
  | 19 / 17 / 38 / 3 💬 
 53 drugs 
 [ 16 drugs
 19 genes 
 35 pathways 
48 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"
 180 trials 
  | 81 / 57 / 68 / 34 💬 
 133 drugs 
 [ 29 drugs
 25 genes 
 105 pathways 
26 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 IV", "GSDIV", "Andersen disease", "Glycogen-branching enzyme deficiency", "GBED", "Adult polyglucosan body disease", "Glycogen storage disease type VI", "GSDVI", "Hers disease", "Hepatic phosphorylase deficiency", "Liver phosphorylase deficiency", "Glycogen storage disease type IX", "GSDIX", "Phosphorylase kinase deficiency"
 14 trials 
  | 4 / 7 / 0 / 0 💬 
 27 drugs 
 [ 7 drugs
 3 genes 
 8 pathways 
105 patients
Age distribution💬
258Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase deficiency [Met] 💬
"Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency", "Galactosemia type 1", "GALT deficiency"
   2 patients
Age distribution💬
259Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency [Met] 💬
"LCAT deficiency", "Classical lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency", "Classical LCAT deficiency", "Partial lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency", "Partial LCAT deficiency", "Fish-eye disease"
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬 
 1 drug 
 [ - ] 
 3 patients
Age distribution💬
260Sitosterolemia [Met] 💬
 12 trials 
  | 0 / 1 / 5 / 0 💬 
 11 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 1 gene 
 1 pathway 
22 patients
Age distribution💬
261Tangier disease [Met] 💬
   9 patients
Age distribution💬
262Primary hyperchylomicronemia [Met] 💬
   55 patients
Age distribution💬
264Abetalipoproteinemia [Met] 💬
"Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein deficiency", "MTP deficiency"
   3 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 💬 
 10 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs
 2 genes 
 11 pathways 
20 patients
Age distribution💬
317Trifunctional protein deficiency [Met] 💬
"TFP deficiency", "Trifunctional protein deficiency, neonatal onset", "TFP deficiency, neonatal onset", "Trifunctional protein deficiency, infant onset", "TFP deficiency, infant onset", "Trifunctional protein deficiency, delayed onset", "TFP deficiency, delayed onset", "Trifunctional protein deficiency, pre onset", "TFP deficiency, pre onset"
 4 trials 
  | 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬 
 9 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs
 1 gene 
 1 pathway 
4 patients
Age distribution💬
318Citrin deficiency [Met] 💬
"Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency", "NICCD", "Adult-onset type II citrullinemia", "CTLN2"
 2 trials 
  | 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 💬 
 2 drugs 
 [ 2 drugs
 64 patients
Age distribution💬
319Sepiapterin reductase deficiency [Met] 💬
   2 patients
Age distribution💬
321Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia [Met] 💬
"NKH", "Neonatal non-ketotic hyperglycinemia", "Neonatal NKH", "Infantile non-ketotic hyperglycinemia", "Infantile NKH"
 1 trial 
  | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬 
 2 drugs 
 [ 2 drugs
 3 patients
Age distribution💬
322Beta-ketothiolase deficiency [Met] 💬
   -
323Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency [Met] 💬
   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", "Mitochondrial respiratory chain disorder", "3-MGA type IV", "Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome", "DCMA syndrome", "3-MGA type V"
 4 trials 
  | 5 / 2 / 2 / 1 💬 
 4 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 1 gene 
 10 pathways 
1 patient
Age distribution💬
326Osteopetrosis [Met] 💬
"Neonatal / infantile osteopetrosis", "Intermediate osteopetrosis", "Delayed-onset osteopetrosis"
 18 trials 
  | 4 / 12 / 4 / 0 💬 
 43 drugs 
 [ 14 drugs
 17 genes 
 82 pathways 
21 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"
 16 trials 
  | 6 / 9 / 0 / 1 💬 
 19 drugs 
 [ 7 drugs
 2 genes 
 23 pathways 
24 patients
Age distribution💬