ORPHA:2596
Myopathy and diabetes mellitus
Query health: suspect — Only one of 2 strategies returned hits (phrase).
Publications
107
52th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
641
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare, genetic, DNA-related disorder characterized by slowly muscular weakness (proximal greater than distal), predominantly involving the facial muscles and scapular girdle, associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Neurological involvement and may be variably observed.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0010773
- MeSH:C564026
- OMIM:500002
- UMLS:C1839028
Additional Mondo synonyms (3)
mitochondrial myopathy with diabetes · mitochondrial myopathy, lipid type · myopathy and diabetes mellitus
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
107 matched papers (46 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- 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)
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?
107
107 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=5449) is 41.
107 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).
46 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 52th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 107 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
641
Distinct author names in 107 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.
- 01Chinnery PF6 papers · 2023
Department of Neurology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02DiMauro S4 papers · 2010Papers in Europe PMC
- 03Hanna MG4 papers · 1999
Department of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London, UK. mhanna@ion.ucl.ac.uk
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Bonilla E3 papers · 2008Papers in Europe PMC
- 05Turnbull DM3 papers · 2012Papers in Europe PMC
- 06Bennett MJ2 papers · 1999Papers in Europe PMC
- 07Brooke MH2 papers · 1986Papers in Europe PMC
- 08Carroll JE2 papers · 1986Papers in Europe PMC
- 09Cicero AFG2 papers · 2021
Italian Nutraceutical Society (SINut), Via Guelfa 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Colletti A2 papers · 2021
Department of Science and Drug Technology, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy.
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 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.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
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 2026-07-26This 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.
"Myopathy and diabetes mellitus" OR "mitochondrial myopathy with diabetes" OR "mitochondrial myopathy, lipid type"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Myopathy and diabetes mellitus" OR "mitochondrial myopathy with diabetes" OR "mitochondrial myopathy, lipid type" OR "inborn mitochondrial myopathy" OR "congenital structural myopathy"
Recall-expansion terms: inborn mitochondrial myopathy, congenital structural myopathy
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: suspect — strategies attempted: phrase, recall-expansion; 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 2026-07-26T20:38:43.192Z