RARE DISEASERESEARCH ATLAS

ORPHA:308552

Glycogen storage disease due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset

high confidenceSubtype of disorder

Also known as: Alpha-1,4-glucosidase acid deficiency, infantile onset · GSD due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset · GSD type 2, infantile onset · GSD type II, infantile onset · Glycogen storage disease type 2, infantile onset · Glycogen storage disease type II, infantile onset · Glycogenosis due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset · Glycogenosis type 2, infantile onset · Glycogenosis type II, infantile onset · Pompe disease, infantile onset

Publications

81

49.2th percentile

Trials

8

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

606

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

Readiness

3/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

Glycogen storage disease due to acid maltase deficiency, onset is the most severe form of glycogen storage disease due to acid maltase deficiency, characterized by cardiomegaly with respiratory distress, muscle weakness and feeding difficulties. It is often fatal.

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 (6)

alpha-1,4-glucosidase acid deficiency, infantile onset · glycogen storage disease type 2, infantile onset · glycogen storage disease type II, infantile onset · glycogenosis due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset · glycogenosis type 2, infantile onset · glycogenosis type II, infantile onset

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.”

3/6 stages with a signal

An interventional trial matched this condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov — see trials below.

  1. Gene identifiedNot found

    No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build

  2. LiteraturePresent

    81 matched papers (57 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedPresent

    74 HPO annotations (e.g. Feeding difficulties in infancy; Oligosacchariduria; Delayed ability to sit) 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 trialPresent

    8 matched on ClinicalTrials.gov (4 recruiting in sample)

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)

74

Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0017694

  • Feeding difficulties in infancy
  • Oligosacchariduria
  • Delayed ability to sit
  • Macroglossia
  • Facial hypotonia

Showing 5 of 74 — 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?

81

81 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.

81 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).

57 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 49.2th percentile (publications denominator)

Phrase hits: 81 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

606

Distinct author names in 81 sampled papers — named people below.

Who's working on it?

People publishing on this condition (sampled Europe PMC records). Affiliation is the most recent found in that sample.

  1. 01
    Kishnani PS5 papers · 2025

    Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Byrne BJ4 papers · 2020

    Department of Pediatrics and Powell Gene Therapy Center, Gainesville, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Fiumara A4 papers · 2025

    Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Metabolic Diseases, Pediatric Clinic, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Kobayashi K4 papers · 2009
    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Musumeci O4 papers · 2025

    Unit of Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, 98125, ME, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Parini R4 papers · 2025

    Pediatric Rare Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, MBBM Foundation, ATS Monza e Brianza, Via Pergolesi 33, 20900, Monza, Italy. rossella.parini@unimib.it.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Ravaglia S4 papers · 2025

    IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C.Mondino, Via Mondino, 2, Pavia, 27100, PV, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Toscano A4 papers · 2025

    Full Professor of Neurology, ERN-NMD Center of Messina for Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, AOU Policlinico "G. Martino", Via Consolare Valeria, 1, Messina, 98125, Italy. antonio.toscano@unime.it.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Bembi B3 papers · 2023

    Centre for Rare Diseases, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Crescimanno G3 papers · 2025

    Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council (CNR), Via La Malfa 153, Palermo, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC

Clinical research

Is a treatment being tested?

8

interventional trials for this specific condition

8 interventional trials matched this specific condition name; 4 currently recruiting in our sample.

Data as of 11 September 2026

8 interventional trials — more than 77.2% of diseases in the trials denominator have none at all (5501 of 7126; this disease is at the 91.5th percentile).

high confidence · 91.5th percentile (trials denominator)

Recruiting interventional trials

From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set

8 interventional trials matched after quoted-phrase search and title/condition post-filter.

Observational and natural-history studies

2 observational studies match 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 28 · after dedupe 28 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 28 · 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).

Uncertain / not reviewed (28)

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 Glycogen storage disease due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset — check Associations / patient organisations on that page.

India — NPRD

Last verified 2026-07-26

Likely covered — the policy lists Pompe disease as a category (Group 3), and this condition is a form of it. Confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence.

Group 3 — high-cost / lifelong therapy with careful selection

Up to ₹50 lakh per patient

Financial support at notified Centres of Excellence is the figure commonly cited in recent MoHFW/PIB statements. Many Group 3 patients also use the MoHFW voluntary-contribution / crowdfunding portal.

Eligibility and patient selection rules change. Verify with a CoE; the crowdfunding portal is a separate mechanism from CoE funding. Verify

Centres of Excellence (15)
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)New Delhi, Delhi
  • Maulana Azad Medical CollegeNew Delhi, Delhi
  • Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesLucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)Chandigarh, Chandigarh
  • Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics with Nizam’s Institute of Medical SciencesHyderabad, Telangana
  • King Edward Memorial HospitalMumbai, Maharashtra
  • Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER)Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Centre for Human Genetics with Indira Gandhi HospitalBengaluru, Karnataka
  • Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children (ICH & HC)Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Jodhpur, Rajasthan
  • Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital (SAT), Government Medical CollegeThiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
  • Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS)Imphal, Manipur
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Patna, Bihar
  • Assam Medical College & HospitalDibrugarh, Assam

Voluntary contributions / crowdfunding (separate from CoE funding): https://rarediseases.mohfw.gov.in/

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.

"Glycogen storage disease due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset" OR "Alpha-1,4-glucosidase acid deficiency, infantile onset" OR "GSD due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset" OR "GSD type 2, infantile onset" OR "GSD type II, infantile onset" OR "Glycogen storage disease type 2, infantile onset" OR "Glycogen storage disease type II, infantile onset" OR "Glycogenosis due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset" OR "Glycogenosis type 2, infantile onset" OR "Glycogenosis type II, infantile onset" OR "Pompe disease, infantile onset"

Run this search on Europe PMC

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

"Glycogen storage disease due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset" OR "Alpha-1,4-glucosidase acid deficiency, infantile onset" OR "GSD due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset" OR "GSD type 2, infantile onset" OR "GSD type II, infantile onset" OR "Glycogen storage disease type 2, infantile onset" OR "Glycogen storage disease type II, infantile onset" OR "Glycogenosis due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset" OR "Glycogenosis type 2, infantile onset" OR "Glycogenosis type II, infantile onset" OR "Pompe disease, infantile onset"

Interventional trials matched via: phrase (mesh = registered under a MeSH descriptor no name phrase would catch; recall-expansion = gene / selected parent terms used only for trials).

Study-type breakdown: 8 interventional · 2 observational · 1 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
  • No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus

Ingested 2026-07-27T12:52:45.824Z