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: Kidney and urinary 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)
 66 IgA nephropathy [Kid] 💬
"IgA nephritis", "Berger disease", "IgA-IgG nephropathy"
 255 trials 
 33 / 81 / 93 / 30 💬 
 255 drugs 
 [ 79 drugs
 35 genes 
 137 pathways 
(1) About 33,000 patients (By the research group)
(2) 12,447 patients
Age distribution💬
 67 Polycystic kidney disease [Kid] 💬
"PKD", "PCKD", "Polycystic kidney", "Autosomal dominant PKD", "ADPKD", "Autosomal recessive PKD", "ARPKD"
 216 trials 
 94 / 77 / 108 / 27 💬 
 219 drugs 
 [ 50 drugs
 39 genes 
 151 pathways 
(1) About 31,000 patients (By the research group)
(2) 12,164 patients
Age distribution💬
 109 Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome [Kid] 💬
"aHUS"
 115 trials 
 80 / 40 / 54 / 19 💬 
 37 drugs 
 [ 7 drugs
 3 genes 
 10 pathways 
(1) Less than 200 patients (By the research group)
(2) 78 patients
Age distribution💬
 218 Alport syndrome [Kid] 💬
"X chromosome-linked Alport syndrome", "Autosomal recessive Alport syndrome"
 26 trials 
 11 / 17 / 8 / 2 💬 
 33 drugs 
 [ 13 drugs
 6 genes 
 29 pathways 
(1) About 1,200 patients
(2) 223 patients
Age distribution💬
 219 Galloway-Mowat syndrome [Kid] 💬
   (1) About 200 patients
(2) 1 patient
Age distribution💬
 220 Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis [Kid] 💬
 2 trials 
 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 💬 
 5 drugs 
 [ 2 drugs
 1 gene 
 1 pathway 
(1) About 3,800~5,800 patients in total estimated
(2) 1,147 patients
Age distribution💬
 221 Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease [Kid] 💬
 1 trial 
 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 💬 
 3 drugs 
 [ 1 drug
 (1) About 200~400 patients
(2) 343 patients
Age distribution💬
 222 Primary nephrotic syndrome [Kid] 💬
"Minimal change nephrotic syndrome", "MCNS", "Membranous nephropathy", "Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis", "FSGS", "Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis", "MPGN"
 285 trials 
 93 / 128 / 63 / 39 💬 
 285 drugs 
 [ 108 drugs
 62 genes 
 191 pathways 
(1) About 16,000 patients
(2) 12,221 patients
Age distribution💬
 223 Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis [Kid] 💬
"Primary MPGN", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I", "Primary MPGN I", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type III", "Primary MPGN III", "Mesangial proliferative primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I", "Mesangial proliferative primary MPGN I", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, chronic / nest-like type", "Primary MPGN I, chronic / nest-like type", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, acute / nest-like type", "Primary MPGN I, acute / nest-like type", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, chronic / diffuse type", "Primary MPGN I, chronic / diffuse type", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, non-lobed type", "Primary MPGN I, non-lobed type", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, acute / diffuse type", "Primary MPGN I, acute / diffuse type", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, intraductal proliferation type", "Primary MPGN I, intraductal proliferation type", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, lobation type", "Primary MPGN I, lobation type", "Primary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I, end-of-life type", "Primary MPGN I, end-of-life type"
   (1) About 1,000 patients
(2) 367 patients
Age distribution💬
 224 Purpura nephritis [Kid] 💬
 13 trials 
 2 / 3 / 0 / 2 💬 
 42 drugs 
 [ 20 drugs
 15 genes 
 57 pathways 
(1) 400~640 cases / year
(2) 1,023 patients
Age distribution💬
 225 Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus [Kid] 💬
"Hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus", "Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus"
 15 trials 
 7 / 5 / 1 / 3 💬 
 48 drugs 
 [ 18 drugs
 31 genes 
 65 pathways 
(1) About 200 patients
(2) 45 patients
Age distribution💬
 226 Interstitial cystitis with Hunners ulcer [Kid] 💬
"Interstitial cystitis"
 143 trials 
 50 / 55 / 25 / 17 💬 
 171 drugs 
 [ 56 drugs
 64 genes 
 145 pathways 
(1) About 2,000 patients
(2) 885 patients
Age distribution💬
 315 Nail-Patella syndrome [Kid] 💬
"LMX1B-associated nephropathy"
   (1) About 500 patients
(2) 7 patients
Age distribution💬
 335 Nephronophthisis [Kid] 💬
"NPHP", "NPH"
   (1) About 130-220 patients
(2) 3 patients
Age distribution💬