ORPHA:268820
Cranial meningocele
Publications
1,316
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
1,099
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare central nervous system characterized by herniation of meninges through a permanent defect in the skull. It is lined by arachnoid and contains cerebrospinal fluid, but no brain tissue. Signs and symptoms depend on the location of the lesion and are related to mass effect, skull deformities, or leaking of cerebrospinal fluid.
How rare: How common this is has not been clearly measured.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0017079
- UMLS:C0266456
- NCIT:C124517
Additional Mondo synonyms (3)
brain meninx cephalocele (disease) · cephalocele (disease) of brain meninx · meningoencephalocele
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
1,316 matched papers (684 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; 2 for broader category meningocele
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 2026-07-27
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?
1,316
1,316 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.
1,316 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).
684 in the last 10 years · low confidence
Phrase hits: 1,316 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
1,099
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.
- 01Liu L5 papers · 2026
Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Xianglin Road, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China. liulst@163.com.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02
- 03Anand VK3 papers · 2024
4Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Tabaee A3 papers · 2024
4Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Ashurst J2 papers · 2026
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Barnett-Trapp D2 papers · 2026
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Cao J2 papers · 2024
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, 264000, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Cui SJ2 papers · 2026
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing100730, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Dallan I2 papers · 2025
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10De Decker S2 papers · 2021
Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hawkshead lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK.
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 trials are registered for meningocele, the broader category — shown separately because they may or may not enrol this specific subtype.
Data as of 9 September 2026 · last trial check 9 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.
low 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.
2 interventional trials matched meningocele, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.
Broader category: meningocele
2
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.
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 2026-07-27
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 Cranial meningocele — 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.
"Cranial meningocele" OR "brain meninx cephalocele (disease)" OR "cephalocele (disease) of brain meninx" OR "meningoencephalocele"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Cranial meningocele" OR "brain meninx cephalocele (disease)" OR "cephalocele (disease) of brain meninx" OR "cephalocele (disease) of the brain meninx" OR "meningoencephalocele"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Parent-category trials query:
"meningocele"
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
- Publication count (1316) is extremely high with unknown/missing prevalence — treat as possible over-matching, not proven research intensity
Ingested 2026-07-26T02:04:22.243Z