ORPHA:141107
Nasopharyngeal teratoma
Also known as: Teratoma of the nasopharynx
Publications
177
43.9th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
641
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0015391
- UMLS:C4531264
- NCIT:C202982
Additional Mondo synonyms (2)
nasopharynx teratoma · teratoma of the nasopharynx
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
2/6 stages with a signal
No specific-condition interventional trial, but broader-category trials exist — discuss eligibility with a clinician.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
177 matched papers (37 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot found
No HPO disease–phenotype associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs
- Animal modelNot found
No Alliance genotype “model of” associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs
- Orphan designationNot found
No FDA or EMA orphan-drug designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name Source
- Interventional trialPartial
None under the specific name; 27 for broader category teratoma
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
None returned for this Mondo ID. That often means “not linked under this ID,” not “no clinical features.”
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
None returned for this Mondo ID. Empty here is not proof that no model organism work exists under another name or gene.
Monarch fetch 2026-07-29
Therapies
Designations, candidates, and chemicals
FDA OOPD and EMA orphan designations, Open Targets clinical candidates, and CTD chemical associations via MyDisease.info. These never change the interventional-trial headline.
Orphan designation (FDA · EMA)
No designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name on the FDA OOPD mirror or EMA orphan register. Absence here is not proof that none exists under another wording.
Open Targets candidates
No drugs or clinical candidates returned for this Mondo ID on Open Targets.
CTD chemicals (MyDisease.info)
No CTD chemical associations returned for this Mondo ID.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
177
177 papers have ever been published on this condition (under this name). For scale, breast cancer has over 700,000. Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=3967) is 59.
177 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 59 (publications denominator n=3967).
37 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 43.9th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 177 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
641
Distinct author names in 177 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Raman EV3 papers · 2024
Department of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, Children's Airway and Swallowing Centre, Manipal Hospitals, 98, HAL Airport Road, Bengaluru, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Brito VN2 papers · 2023
Discipline of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01246 903, Brazil.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Chatterjee U2 papers · 2022
Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Kim JH2 papers · 2014Papers in Europe PMC
- 05Lee KS2 papers · 2014
Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Mandelia A2 papers · 2021
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Mukherjee S2 papers · 2022
Department of Neonatology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Pandey V2 papers · 2022
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences , Suraram, Hyderabad, Telangana, India .
Papers in Europe PMC - 09PIRRO A2 papers · 1951Papers in Europe PMC
- 10Prescott CA2 papers · 1995
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, University NHS Trust.
Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present). 27 trials are registered for teratoma, the broader category — shown separately because they may or may not enrol this specific subtype.
Data as of 11 September 2026 · last trial check 11 September 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 77.2% of diseases in the trials denominator (5501 of 7126). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
high confidence · 38.6th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
27 interventional trials matched teratoma, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.
Broader category: teratoma
27
Interventional trials for the parent category, exclusive of NCT IDs already counted above. Eligibility for this subtype is not guaranteed.
Worth raising with a clinician. How we count trials.
Recruiting under the broader category
- NCT07199699·NOT YET RECRUITING·Subxiphoid VATS for Giant Mediastinal Teratoma
Conditions: Teratomas · Mediastinal ( Chest) Masses · VATS·Matched via name phrase
- NCT03067181·RECRUITING·Active Surveillance, Bleomycin, Etoposide, Carboplatin or Cisplatin in Treating Pediatric and Adult Patients With Germ Cell Tumors
Conditions: Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor · Extragonadal Embryonal Carcinoma · Germ Cell Tumor · Malignant Germ Cell Tumor·Matched via name phrase
- NCT04684368·RECRUITING·A Study of a New Way to Treat Children and Young Adults With a Brain Tumor Called NGGCT
Conditions: Central Nervous System Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor · Choriocarcinoma · Embryonal Carcinoma · Immature Teratoma·Matched via name phrase
Other registries (secondary)
Broader net from EU CTIS, ISRCTN, and ICTRP when available — deduped against ClinicalTrials.gov IDs already counted above. Dual-model LLM relevance gates what we keep. These rows are not added to the interventional headline.
raw 0 · after dedupe 0 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 0 · dropped 0 · fetched 2026-07-30
Source notes: ictrp: Error: ICTRP public search unavailable (WHO portal is SPA-only; SOAP needs partnership). Tried: https://apps.who.int/tri
No secondary-registry studies passed dual-model relevance for this condition name (after dedupe).
Where to find support
Condition-specific patient organisations, when Orphanet lists them, are on the disease’s Orphanet page. We also link umbrella groups that support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families.
Orphanet entry for Nasopharyngeal teratoma — check Associations / patient organisations on that page.
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"Nasopharyngeal teratoma" OR "Teratoma of the nasopharynx" OR "Teratoma of nasopharynx" OR "nasopharynx teratoma"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Nasopharyngeal teratoma" OR "Teratoma of the nasopharynx" OR "Teratoma of nasopharynx" OR "nasopharynx teratoma"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Parent-category trials query:
"teratoma"
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
Ingested 2026-07-27T07:52:33.074Z