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ORPHA:399293

Osteonecrosis of the jaw

low confidenceDisorder

Publications

10,752

Trials

20

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

1,216

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

—

Readiness

2/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

A rare osteonecrosis characterized by an exposed necrotic lesion in the mandible or maxilla present for more than eight weeks, arising as a complication of antiresorptive medication, dental interventions, or trauma and infections. Patients may present with pain, altered neurosensory functions, secondary infections, and (in advanced stages) pathological fractures, or fistulae.

Orphanet entry

Cross-references

Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.

Additional Mondo synonyms (3)

ONJ · jaw osteonecrosis · osteonecrosis of jaw

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

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

    10,752 matched papers (7,096 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 trialPresent

    20 matched on ClinicalTrials.gov (7 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)

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?

10,752

10,752 papers — among the better-studied rare conditions, though still a fraction of common-disease literature (breast cancer: over 700,000). Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.

10,752 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).

7,096 in the last 10 years · low confidence

Phrase hits: 10,752 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

1,216

Distinct author names in 200 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
    Li S5 papers · 2026

    Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Tianjin Medical University School and Hospital of Stomatology ＆ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Oral Soft and Hard Tissues Restoration and Regeneration, No.12 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin, 300070, PR China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Chaushu G4 papers · 2026

    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Fusco V4 papers · 2026

    Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine and Translational Medicine Unit, DAIRI - Department of Integration, Research and Innovation, "SS Antonio e Biagio e C. Arrigo" Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Ghanaiem O4 papers · 2026

    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Kim JY4 papers · 2026

    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Republic of Korea. JYOMFS@yuhs.ac.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Masri D4 papers · 2026

    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Campus Beilinson, Petah Tiqwa, Israel.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Kim JW3 papers · 2026

    Graduate School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. jinu600@gmail.com.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Kim RH3 papers · 2026

    The Shapiro Family Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Aging Research, Los Angeles, California, USA.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Park JH3 papers · 2026

    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Xue Y3 papers · 2026

    State Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. xueyangfmmu@163.com.

    Papers in Europe PMC

Clinical research

Is a treatment being tested?

20

interventional trials for this specific condition

20 interventional trials matched this specific condition name; 7 currently recruiting in our sample.

Data as of 27 July 2026

20 interventional trials — more than 73% of diseases in the trials denominator have none at all (5114 of 7003; this disease is at the 94.5th percentile).

low confidence · 94.5th percentile (trials denominator)

Recruiting interventional trials

From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set

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

Observational and natural-history studies

18 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

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.

"Osteonecrosis of the jaw" OR "Osteonecrosis of jaw" OR "jaw osteonecrosis"

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

"Osteonecrosis of the jaw" OR "Osteonecrosis of jaw" OR "jaw osteonecrosis"

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: 20 interventional · 18 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

Synonyms dropped by stoplist: ONJ

Confidence reasoning

  • Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
  • 1 synonym(s) dropped by stoplist (may under-count)
  • No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
  • Publication count (10752) is extremely high with unknown/missing prevalence — treat as possible over-matching, not proven research intensity

Ingested 2026-07-27T15:23:29.741Z