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: Bone and joint 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)
 68 Ossification of the ligamentum flavum [Bone] 💬
"Ossification of ligamentum flavum", "OLF"
 2 trials 
 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬 
 4 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs
 1 gene 
 3 pathways 
(1) 2,360 patients
(2) 6,104 patients
Age distribution💬
 69 Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament [Bone] 💬
 2 trials 
 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬 
 2 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 (1) 33,346 patients
(2) 32,406 patients
Age distribution💬
 70 Spinal stenosis [Bone] 💬
"Extensive spinal canal stenosis"
 95 trials 
 14 / 13 / 8 / 29 💬 
 169 drugs 
 [ 61 drugs
 68 genes 
 90 pathways 
(1) 5,944 patients
(2) 5,000 patients
Age distribution💬
 71 Idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head [Bone] 💬
"Idiopathic femoral head necrosis"
 2 trials 
 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 💬 
 3 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 3 genes 
 7 pathways 
(1) 15,388 patients
(2) 18,817 patients
Age distribution💬
 172 Hypophosphatasia [Bone] 💬
 34 trials 
 13 / 20 / 4 / 5 💬 
 17 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs
 3 genes 
 6 pathways 
(1) About 100~200 patients
(2) 26 patients
Age distribution💬
 238 Vitamin D-resistant rickets [Bone] 💬
"VDRR", "Vitamin D-resistant osteomalacia", "VDRO", "FGF23-related hypophosphatemic disease", "FGF23-related hypophosphatemia", "Hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia", "Hypophosphatemic rickets", "Hypophosphatemic osteomalacia", "Acquired vitamin D-resistant osteomalacia", "Acquired VDRO", "Tumor-induced osteomalacia", "TIO"
 28 trials 
 5 / 5 / 8 / 4 💬 
 20 drugs 
 [ 9 drugs
 3 genes 
 16 pathways 
(1) 117 cases per year in Japan (95% CI 75-160) estimated by the national survey of the MHLW research group of abnormalities in hormonal signaling mechanisms
(2) 396 patients
Age distribution💬
 270 Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis [Bone] 💬
 1 trial 
 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 💬 
 10 drugs 
 [ 9 drugs
 6 genes 
 73 pathways 
(1) Less than 100 patients
(2) 102 patients
Age distribution💬
 271 Ankylosing spondylitis [Bone] 💬
"Spondylarthritis ankylopoietica"
 574 trials 
 236 / 145 / 234 / 113 💬 
 359 drugs 
 [ 68 drugs
 41 genes 
 146 pathways 
(1) About 4,500 patients
(2) 4,552 patients
Age distribution💬
 272 Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva [Bone] 💬
"FOP"
 39 trials 
 17 / 26 / 15 / 3 💬 
 38 drugs 
 [ 7 drugs
 27 genes 
 95 pathways 
(1) Less than 100 patients
(2) 25 patients
Age distribution💬
 273 Congenital scoliosis with rib anomaly [Bone] 💬
"Congenital scoliosis"
   (1) Less than about 2,000 patients (Children under 11)
(2) 21 patients
Age distribution💬
 274 Osteogenesis Imperfecta [Bone] 💬
 91 trials 
 24 / 23 / 32 / 11 💬 
 101 drugs 
 [ 20 drugs
 11 genes 
 48 pathways 
(1) About 6,000 patients
(2) 121 patients
Age distribution💬
 275 Thanatophoric dysplasia [Bone] 💬
   (1) Less than 100 patients
(2) 5 patients
Age distribution💬
 276 Achondroplasia [Bone] 💬
 51 trials 
 27 / 39 / 13 / 6 💬 
 34 drugs 
 [ 6 drugs
 4 genes 
 26 pathways 
(1) 6,000 patients nationwide (estimated by frequency of occurrence)
(2) 88 patients
Age distribution💬