RARE DISEASERESEARCH ATLAS

ORPHA:250994

1q21.1 microduplication syndrome

high confidenceDisorder

Also known as: Dup(1)(q21.1) · Trisomy 1q21.1

Query health: suspect — Only one of 2 strategies returned hits (phrase).

Publications

46

45th percentile

Trials

0

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

490

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

Readiness

2/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

1q21.1 microduplication syndrome is a rare partial trisomy/tetrasomy with incomplete penetrance and variable expression characterized by macrocephaly, , , psychiatric disturbances (autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, mood disorders) and mild facial dysmorphism (high forehead, hypertelorism). Other associated features include heart defects, , short stature, scoliosis.

How rare: <1 / 1 000 000 — fewer than one in a million. In a city the size of Kolkata, that might mean on the order of fifteen people.

Orphanet entry

Cross-references

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

Additional Mondo synonyms (5)

1q21.1 recurrent microduplication (possible susceptibility locus for neurodevelopmental disorders) · chromosome 1q21.1 duplication syndrome · chromosome 1q21.1 duplication syndrome, isolated cases · dup(1)(q21.1) · trisomy 1q21.1

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

Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.

  1. Gene identifiedNot found

    No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build

  2. LiteraturePresent

    46 matched papers (40 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedPresent

    35 HPO annotations (e.g. Hypotonia; Cryptorchidism; Hypertelorism) Source

  4. Animal modelNot found

    No Alliance genotype “model of” associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs

  5. Orphan designationNot found

    No FDA or EMA orphan-drug designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name Source

  6. 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)

35

Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0012915

  • Hypotonia
  • Cryptorchidism
  • Hypertelorism
  • Autism
  • Hip dysplasia

Showing 5 of 35 — open Monarch for the full list.

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?

46

46 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.

46 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).

40 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 45th percentile (publications denominator)

Phrase hits: 46 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

490

Distinct author names in 46 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
    Li H3 papers · 2025

    BGI-Anhui Clinical Laboratory, BGI-Shenzhen, 236000, Fuyang, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Li W3 papers · 2023

    BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, 518083, Shenzhen, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Liu Y3 papers · 2023

    Department of Genetics, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, 330006, Nanchang, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Wang C3 papers · 2023

    Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Anhui Province, Hefei, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Wang Y3 papers · 2024

    Pediatric Research Institute, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250022, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Zhang H3 papers · 2023

    Pediatric Research Institute, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250022, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Chen L2 papers · 2024

    Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Hu T2 papers · 2021

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Huang H2 papers · 2023

    BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, 518083, Shenzhen, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Li Q2 papers · 2021

    Beijing Genomics Institute, Beijing, 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. 1 observational study did — shown below because natural-history and cohort work can be an important step toward a trial.

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.

See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.

Observational and natural-history studies

1 observational study matches this condition. These do not test a treatment and are not counted in the interventional-trial headline, but they are genuine research: natural-history work often defines the endpoints needed for a future rare-disease trial, and families may be able to enroll.

Recruiting or not-yet-recruiting

Open the complete matched search on ClinicalTrials.gov

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 1q21.1 microduplication syndrome — check Associations / patient organisations on that page.

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.

"1q21.1 microduplication syndrome" OR "Dup(1)(q21.1)" OR "Trisomy 1q21.1" OR "1q21.1 recurrent microduplication (possible susceptibility locus for neurodevelopmental disorders)" OR "chromosome 1q21.1 duplication syndrome" OR "chromosome 1q21.1 duplication syndrome, isolated cases"

Run this search on Europe PMC

MeSH descriptor terms unioned into the query: Chromosome 1q21.1 Duplication Syndrome

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

"1q21.1 microduplication syndrome" OR "Dup(1)(q21.1)" OR "Trisomy 1q21.1" OR "1q21.1 recurrent microduplication (possible susceptibility locus for neurodevelopmental disorders)" OR "chromosome 1q21.1 duplication syndrome" OR "chromosome 1q21.1 duplication syndrome, isolated cases"

Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 1 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.

Query health: suspect — strategies attempted: phrase, mesh; 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 2026-07-27T10:40:38.195Z