RARE DISEASERESEARCH ATLAS

ORPHA:391397

Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 7

high confidenceDisorder

Also known as: CIP with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction · Congenital insensitivity to pain with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction · HSAN with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction · HSAN7 · Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type VII · Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction

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

Publications

111

63.5th percentile

Trials

0

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

756

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

SCN11A

Definitive

Readiness

3/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

A rare, genetic, periphery characterized by a insensitivity to pain, muscular and gastrointestinal disturbances. Patients present with delayed motor milestones achievement, self-mutilations, skin ulcers, poor wound healing, painless fractures, hyperhidrosis, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea and/or constipation. Cognitive development is normal.

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 (7)

SCN11A autosomal dominant hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy · SCN11A-CIP · autosomal dominant hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy caused by mutation in SCN11A · congenital insensitivity to pain with gastrointestinal dysfunction · congenital insensitivity to pain with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction · hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type VII · hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction

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

No specific-condition interventional trial, but broader-category trials exist — discuss eligibility with a clinician.

  1. Gene identifiedPresent

    Definitive — SCN11A

  2. LiteraturePresent

    111 matched papers (84 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO

  4. Animal modelNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance

  5. Orphan designationNot checked

    FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet

  6. Interventional trialPartial

    None under the specific name; 2 for broader category hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy

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?

Yes — we know a specific gene responsible (SCN11A).

GenCC classification: Definitive.

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?

111

111 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.

111 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).

84 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 63.5th percentile (publications denominator)

Phrase hits: 111 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

756

Distinct author names in 111 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
    Reilly MM8 papers · 2024

    National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Cortese A7 papers · 2025

    Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Houlden H5 papers · 2024

    Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Currò R3 papers · 2024

    Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Strupp M3 papers · 2026

    Department of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo, Hospital of the LMU Munich, Germany.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Szmulewicz DJ3 papers · 2026

    University of Melbourne (DJS), Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Neuroscience (LR), St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Anatomical Pathology (CAL), Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Vestibular Research Laboratory (HGM), School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia; Department of Neuroscience (GMH), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; and Department of Neurology (ES), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Abati E2 papers · 2023

    Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Anheim M2 papers · 2024

    Service de Neurologie, Département de Neurologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, 1, Avenue Molière, 67098, Strasbourg Cedex, France. mathieu.anheim@chru-strasbourg.fr.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Baskan GN2 papers · 2024

    Department of Neurology, Ege University Medical School Bornova, Izmir, 35100, Turkey.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Becker-Bense S2 papers · 2026

    German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.

    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 hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, the broader category — shown separately because they may or may not enrol this specific subtype.

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.

2 interventional trials matched hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.

Broader category: hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy

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.

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 2026-07-26

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.

"Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 7" OR "CIP with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "Congenital insensitivity to pain with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "HSAN with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "HSAN7" OR "Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type VII" OR "Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "SCN11A autosomal dominant hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy" OR "SCN11A-CIP" OR "autosomal dominant hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy caused by mutation in SCN11A" OR "congenital insensitivity to pain with gastrointestinal dysfunction"

Run this search on Europe PMC

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

"Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 7" OR "CIP with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "Congenital insensitivity to pain with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "HSAN with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "HSAN7" OR "Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type VII" OR "Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "SCN11A autosomal dominant hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy" OR "SCN11A-CIP" OR "autosomal dominant hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy caused by mutation in SCN11A" OR "congenital insensitivity to pain with gastrointestinal dysfunction" OR "SCN11A"

Recall-expansion terms: SCN11A

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

Parent-category trials query:

"hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy"

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 2026-07-27T15:04:24.283Z