ORPHA:1935
Early myoclonic encephalopathy
Also known as: Early myoclonic encephalopathy with suppression-bursts
Publications
526
76th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
1,033
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
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.”
1/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
526 matched papers (303 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 trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
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)
44 associated chemicals · 121 pathways. Therapeutic evidence is listed first when present — not a treatment recommendation.
- adrenocorticotropin zinc · therapeutic
- Amphetamine · therapeutic
- Apomorphine · therapeutic
- Atropine · therapeutic
- Cannabidiol · therapeutic
- Carbamazepine · therapeutic
- Clonazepam · therapeutic
- Diazepam · therapeutic
- Gabapentin · therapeutic
- Ketamine · therapeutic
- Lamotrigine · therapeutic
- Phenobarbital · therapeutic
Pathways: MAPK signaling pathway; Rap1 signaling pathway; Tight junction; Synaptic vesicle cycle; Dopaminergic synapse; Melanogenesis; Adipocytokine signaling pathway; Opioid Signalling
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
526
526 papers have been published on this condition. That is a real research literature — still far smaller than common diseases (breast cancer: over 700,000 papers). Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=3967) is 59.
526 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).
303 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 76th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 526 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
1,033
Distinct author names in 200 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.
- 01Zhang Y10 papers · 2026
Department of Neurology, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics , Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Li Y9 papers · 2025
School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Li J7 papers · 2026
Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Tan Y7 papers · 2026
Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Center for Biostatistics, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Biostatistics Resource at NCH (BRANCH), Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Wang S7 papers · 2026
Preventive Health Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Wang Y7 papers · 2026
Clinical Medical College, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Yang X6 papers · 2025
Department of Emergency, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China (mainland).
Papers in Europe PMC - 08
- 09Zhang X6 papers · 2025
Department of Neurology, Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Zhao L6 papers · 2025
School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
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).
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.
medium 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.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
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 2026-07-29
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 Early myoclonic encephalopathy — 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.
"Early myoclonic encephalopathy" OR "Early myoclonic encephalopathy with suppression-bursts"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Early myoclonic encephalopathy" OR "Early myoclonic encephalopathy with suppression-bursts"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
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
- "Early myoclonic encephalopathy" also appears on ORPHA:1934
- "Early myoclonic encephalopathy with suppression-bursts" also appears on ORPHA:1934
Ingested 2026-07-26T18:33:22.206Z