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ORPHA:364033

Systemic Epstein-Barr virus-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood

high confidenceDisorder

Also known as: Systemic EBV+ T-cell LPD of childhood · Systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood

Publications

129

56.8th percentile

Trials

0

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

801

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

Readiness

1/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

A rare and very aggressive neoplastic disease emerging after a primary acute or chronic active EBV infection. It presents with persisting fever and malaise, with or without lymphadenopathy, liver failure, severe pancytopenia and a rapid progression towards multi-organ failure and hemophagocytic syndrome with a fatal issue. It is characterized by clonal proliferation of EBV-infected T cells with an activated cytotoxic .

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 (4)

systemic EBV+ T-cell LPD of childhood · systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma of childhood · systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood · systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of childhood

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.

  1. Gene identifiedNot found

    No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build

  2. LiteraturePresent

    129 matched papers (99 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedNot found

    No HPO disease–phenotype associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs

  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)

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 2026-07-29

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?

129

129 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.

129 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).

99 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 56.8th percentile (publications denominator)

Phrase hits: 129 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

801

Distinct author names in 129 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
    Jaffe ES10 papers · 2023

    Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: elainejaffe@nih.gov.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Quintanilla-Martinez L10 papers · 2025

    Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Kimura H9 papers · 2026

    Department of Virology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Fend F6 papers · 2026

    Institute of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Chen Z5 papers · 2026

    Key Laboratory of Artificial Organs and Computational Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, 8 Shuren St, Gongshu District, Hangzhou, 310015, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Fujiwara S5 papers · 2020

    Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Ng SB5 papers · 2023

    Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Pittaluga S5 papers · 2021

    Hematopathology Section, Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Wang M5 papers · 2026

    Department of Dermatology and Venerology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu , China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Zhao S5 papers · 2026

    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 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 Systemic Epstein-Barr virus-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood — 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.

"Systemic Epstein-Barr virus-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood" OR "Systemic Epstein-Barr virus-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of the childhood" OR "Systemic EBV+ T-cell LPD of childhood" OR "Systemic EBV+ T-cell LPD of the childhood" OR "Systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood" OR "Systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of the childhood" OR "systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma of childhood" OR "systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma of the childhood" OR "systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of childhood" OR "systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the childhood"

Run this search on Europe PMC

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

"Systemic Epstein-Barr virus-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood" OR "Systemic Epstein-Barr virus-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of the childhood" OR "Systemic EBV+ T-cell LPD of childhood" OR "Systemic EBV+ T-cell LPD of the childhood" OR "Systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of childhood" OR "Systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disease of the childhood" OR "systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma of childhood" OR "systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma of the childhood" OR "systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of childhood" OR "systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the childhood"

Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 1 observational · 0 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 2026-07-27T14:46:27.034Z