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ORPHA:228157

Marburg acute multiple sclerosis

high confidenceDisorder

Also known as: Acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg type · Acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg variant

Publications

17

23.5th percentile

Trials

0

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

82

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

—

Readiness

2/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

Marburg acute multiple sclerosis is a rare variant of multiple sclerosis characterized by a rapidly , aggressive form of multiple sclerosis with numerous large multifocal demyelinating lesions in deep white matter on cerebral MRI that usually leads to severe disability or death within weeks to months without remission. A relapsing form of multiple sclerosis is observed in surviving patients.

How rare: How common this is has not been clearly measured.

Orphanet entry

Cross-references

Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.

Additional Mondo synonyms (2)

acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg type · acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg variant

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.

  1. Gene identifiedNot found

    No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build

  2. LiteraturePresent

    17 matched papers (7 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO

  4. Animal modelNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance

  5. Orphan designationNot checked

    FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet

  6. Interventional trialPartial

    None under the specific name; 2516 for broader category multiple sclerosis

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)

Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.

Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)

Not enriched in this build.

Literature

Is anyone studying this?

17

17 papers have ever been indexed 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=5449) is 41.

17 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).

7 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 23.5th percentile (publications denominator)

Phrase hits: 17 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

82

Distinct author names in 17 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.

  1. 01
    Al-Shenqiti AM2 papers · 2021

    Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawwarah, KSA.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Abe Y1 paper · 2023

    Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicinen, Tokyo, Japan.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Alessandrini F1 paper · 2017

    Unit of Neuroradiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Armutlu K1 paper · 2003

    Hacettepe University, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, 06100, Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey. karmutlu@hacettepe.edu.tr

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Ashizawa T1 paper · 2023

    Department of Urology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Benedetti MD1 paper · 2017

    Unit of Neurology B, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Bilbao JM1 paper · 1996
    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Bilek F1 paper · 2021

    Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey. Electronic address: fzt.furkanbilek@gmail.com.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Boggs JM1 paper · 2006

    Department of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. jmboggs@sickkids.ca

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Boziki M1 paper · 2020

    2nd Neurological University Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA General Hospital, 54634 Thessaloniki, Greece.

    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). 2,516 trials are registered for multiple sclerosis, the broader category — shown separately because they may or may not enrol this specific subtype.

Data as of 27 July 2026

No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.

high confidence · 36.5th 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.

2,516 interventional trials matched multiple sclerosis, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.

Broader category: multiple sclerosis

2,516

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

Where to find support

We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:

India — NPRD

Last verified 2026-07-26

This 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.

"Marburg acute multiple sclerosis" OR "Acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg type" OR "Acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg variant"

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ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):

"Marburg acute multiple sclerosis" OR "Acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg type" OR "Acute multiple sclerosis, Marburg variant"

Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.

Parent-category trials query:

"multiple sclerosis"

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 2026-07-27T10:03:26.293Z