Disease The intractable diseases designated by MHLW, Japan


Diseases : 338 - Clinical trials : 33,695 / Drugs : 21,110 - ( DrugBank : 2,155 ) / Drug target genes : 623 - Drug target pathways : 291

Disease group: Immune diseases  
ID Disease name [Group] Clinical trial
Phase 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Drug
[ DrugBank ]
Target gene
Target pathway
Domestic patients (1) MHLW,
(2) Med expenses recipients (FY2021)
 40 Takayasu arteritis [Imm] 💬
"Aortitis syndrome", "Pulseless disease"
 25 trials 
 1 / 4 / 8 / 3 💬 
 50 drugs 
 [ 21 drugs
 25 genes 
 114 pathways 
(1) About 7,000 patients
(2) 4,587 patients
Age distribution💬
 41 Giant cell arteritis [Imm] 💬
"Temporal arteritis"
 128 trials 
 65 / 42 / 77 / 16 💬 
 139 drugs 
 [ 36 drugs
 33 genes 
 124 pathways 
(1) About 700 patients (By the research group)
(2) 2,066 patients
Age distribution💬
 42 Polyarteritis nodosa [Imm] 💬
"PAN"
 14 trials 
 0 / 5 / 6 / 2 💬 
 27 drugs 
 [ 16 drugs
 26 genes 
 104 pathways 
(1) [Disease ID 42-43 total] 9,610 patients
(2) 2,186 patients
Age distribution💬
 43 Microscopic polyangiitis [Imm] 💬
"MPA"
 87 trials 
 61 / 41 / 41 / 22 💬 
 84 drugs 
 [ 20 drugs
 15 genes 
 88 pathways 
(1) [Disease ID 42-43 total] 9,610 patients
(2) 10,626 patients
Age distribution💬
 44 Wegener granulomatosis [Imm] 💬
"Multiple vasculitis granulomatous disease", "Granulomatosis with polyangiitis"
 92 trials 
 66 / 37 / 50 / 22 💬 
 106 drugs 
 [ 27 drugs
 22 genes 
 78 pathways 
(1) 1,942 patients
(2) 3,223 patients
Age distribution💬
 45 Eosinophilic granulomatosis with Polyangiitis [Imm] 💬
"EGPA", "Eosinophilic multiple vasculitis granulomatous disease", "Allergic granulomatous angiitis", "AGA", "Churg-Strauss syndrome", "CSS"
 28 trials 
 8 / 7 / 13 / 5 💬 
 42 drugs 
 [ 18 drugs
 18 genes 
 100 pathways 
(1) About 1,800 patients (By the research group)
(2) 5,839 patients
Age distribution💬
 46 Malignant rheumatoid arthritis [Imm] 💬
"MRA", "Rheumatoid vasculitis", "RV", "Rheumatoid arthritis", "RA", "Systemic rheumatoid vasculitis", "SRV", "Malignant rheumatoid arthritis with peripheral arteritis"
 4,325 trials 
 1377 / 993 / 1220 / 660 💬 
 2,671 drugs 
 [ 417 drugs
 187 genes 
 224 pathways 
(1) 6,255 patients
(2) 5,075 patients
Age distribution💬
 47 Buerger disease [Imm] 💬
"Thromboangiitis obliterans"
 9 trials 
 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 💬 
 13 drugs 
 [ 7 drugs
 6 genes 
 15 pathways 
(1) 7,109 patients
(2) 1,858 patients
Age distribution💬
 48 Primary antiphospholipid syndrome [Imm] 💬
"Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome", "Primary APS", "PAPS"
 4 trials 
 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬 
 5 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 (1) About 10,000 patients (By the research group)
(2) 892 patients
Age distribution💬
 49 Systemic lupus erythematosus [Imm] 💬
"SLE"
 946 trials 
 437 / 391 / 263 / 114 💬 
 722 drugs 
 [ 186 drugs
 117 genes 
 199 pathways 
(1) 60,122 patients
(2) 64,304 patients
Age distribution💬
 50 Dermatomyositis [Imm] 💬
"Polymyositis"
 182 trials 
 64 / 77 / 58 / 17 💬 
 229 drugs 
 [ 88 drugs
 48 genes 
 147 pathways 
(1) About 19,500 patients
(2) 25,259 patients
Age distribution💬
 52 Mixed connective tissue disease [Skin] 💬 [Imm] 💬
 8 trials 
 0 / 5 / 1 / 0 💬 
 7 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 1 gene 
 1 pathway 
(1) 11,005 patients
(2) 10,009 patients
Age distribution💬
 53 Sjogren syndrome [Imm] 💬
"Sjögren syndrome", "Syndrome Sjogren's", "SS", "Autoimmune exocrinopathy", "Primary Sjogren syndrome", "Primary Sjögren syndrome", "pSS", "Secondary Sjogren syndrome", "Secondary Sjögren syndrome", "sSS"
 283 trials 
 82 / 179 / 34 / 29 💬 
 320 drugs 
 [ 101 drugs
 56 genes 
 181 pathways 
(1) About 66,300 patients (By the research group)
(2) 18,118 patients
Age distribution💬
 54 Adult still disease [Imm] 💬
"Adult-onset Stills disease"
 2 trials 
 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬 
 1 drug 
 [ 1 drug
 1 gene 
 12 pathways 
(1) About 4,800 patients (By the research group)
(2) 4,206 patients
Age distribution💬
 55 Relapsing polychondritis [Imm] 💬
 7 trials 
 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 💬 
 10 drugs 
 [ 9 drugs
 12 genes 
 100 pathways 
(1) About 500 patients (By the research group)
(2) 936 patients
Age distribution💬
 56 Behcet disease [Imm] 💬
"Behçet disease", "BD", "Complete Behcet disease", "Complete Behçet disease", "CBD", "Incomplete Behcet disease", "Incomplete Behçet disease", "Special-type Behcet disease", "Special-type Behçet disease", "Special-type BD"
 76 trials 
 10 / 20 / 24 / 6 💬 
 110 drugs 
 [ 32 drugs
 36 genes 
 116 pathways 
(1) 20,035 patients
(2) 15,122 patients
Age distribution💬
 106 Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome [Imm] 💬
"Cryopyrin associated periodic fever syndrome", "Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome", "FCAS", "Mucke-Wells syndrome", "MWS", "Chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous, and articular syndrome", "CINCA syndrome", "Neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease", "NOMID"
 42 trials 
 29 / 14 / 13 / 5 💬 
 24 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs
 4 genes 
 48 pathways 
(1) About 100 patients (By the research group)
(2) 83 patients
Age distribution💬
 107 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis [Imm] 💬
"JIA", "Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis", "Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis", "sJIA", "Joint-type juvenile idiopathic arthritis", "Joint-type JIA"
 441 trials 
 181 / 77 / 201 / 68 💬 
 282 drugs 
 [ 56 drugs
 52 genes 
 142 pathways 
(1) About 8,000 patients
(2) 918 patients
Age distribution💬
 108 TNF receptor-associated periodic syndrome [Imm] 💬
 4 trials 
 5 / 1 / 2 / 1 💬 
 7 drugs 
 [ 1 drug
 1 gene 
 44 pathways 
(1) Less than 100 patients (By the research group)
(2) 33 patients
Age distribution💬
 110 Blau syndrome [Imm] 💬
"Early-onset sarcoidosis", "Systemic granulomatous diseases", "Systemic inflammatory granulomatous disease", "Juvenile onset sarcoidosis", "Early-onset childhood sarcoidosis", "Childhood sarcoidosis", "Early onset sarcoidosis", "EOS"
   (1) Less than 100 patients (By the research group)
(2) 22 patients
Age distribution💬
 266 Familial mediterranean fever [Imm] 💬
 28 trials 
 1 / 8 / 10 / 1 💬 
 24 drugs 
 [ 6 drugs
 14 genes 
 59 pathways 
(1) About 300 patients
(2) 530 patients
Age distribution💬
 267 Hyper-IgD syndrome [Imm] 💬
"HIDS", "Mevalonate kinase deffiency", "Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome"
 11 trials 
 0 / 2 / 9 / 0 💬 
 6 drugs 
 [ 1 drug
 1 gene 
 44 pathways 
(1) Less than 100 patients
(2) 2 patients
Age distribution💬
 268 Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome [Imm] 💬
"Autoinflammation, lipodystrophy, and dermatosis syndrome", "CANDLE syndrome", "JMP syndrome", "Nakajo syndrome"
 1 trial 
 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬 
 1 drug 
 [ 1 drug
 2 genes 
 35 pathways 
(1) Less than 100 patients
(2) 7 patients
Age distribution💬
 269 Pyogenic arthritis [Imm] 💬
"Pyoderma gangrenosum", "Acne syndrome", "PAPA syndrome"
 24 trials 
 7 / 14 / 7 / 2 💬 
 30 drugs 
 [ 12 drugs
 15 genes 
 105 pathways 
(1) Less than 100 patients
(2) 7 patients
Age distribution💬
 288 Autoimmune acquired coagulation factor deficiency [Imm] 💬
"Coagulation factor deficiency", "Factor XIII deficiency", "Factor VIII deficiency", "Acquired hemophilia A", "VWF deficiency", "von Willebrand Disease", "VWD", "Factor V deficiency", "Factor X deficiency"
 205 trials 
 54 / 31 / 93 / 29 💬 
 238 drugs 
 [ 31 drugs
 18 genes 
 26 pathways 
(1) About 700 patients
(2) 414 patients
Age distribution💬
 300 IgG4-related disease [Imm] 💬
"Autoimmune pancreatitis", "IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis", "IgG4-related lacrimal gland, orbital, and salivary gland lesions", "IgG4-related kidney disease"
 36 trials 
 4 / 8 / 14 / 4 💬 
 49 drugs 
 [ 22 drugs
 16 genes 
 98 pathways 
(1) About 8,000 patients
(2) 3,371 patients
Age distribution💬
 306 Eosinophilic sinusitis [Imm] 💬 [Ear] 💬
   (1) About 20,000 patients
(2) 17,525 patients
Age distribution💬
 325 Hereditary autoinflammatory syndrome [Imm] 💬
"NLRC4 abnormality", "Adenosine deaminase 2 deficiency", "ADA2 deficiency", "DADA2", "Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome", "AGS", "A20 haploinsufficiency", "HA20"
 7 trials 
 1 / 6 / 1 / 0 💬 
 16 drugs 
 [ 6 drugs
 2 genes 
 35 pathways 
(1) Less than 100 patients (Adult patients reported in all cases)
(2) 13 patients
Age distribution💬