ORPHA:422
Idiopathic/heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension
Also known as: Idiopathic and/or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension
Publications
44
46.9th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
277
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A form of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial resistance leading to right heart failure; it is and potentially fatal. The majority cases have an identifiable genetic cause, but a significant proportion are .
How rare: 1-9 / 1 000 000 — roughly one to nine people per million. In a city the size of Kolkata, perhaps a few dozen.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
Additional Mondo synonyms (3)
IFPAH · idiopathic and/or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension · pulmonary hypertension, primary, type 1
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.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
44 matched papers (35 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- 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)
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?
44
44 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.
44 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).
35 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 46.9th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 44 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
277
Distinct author names in 44 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.
- 01Matsubara H5 papers · 2018
1 Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Ogawa A5 papers · 2018
2 Department of Clinical Science, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Beghetti M4 papers · 2023
Pediatric Cardiology Unit and Centre Universitaire de Cardiologie et Chirurgie Cardiaque Pédiatrique, University Hospitals of Geneva and Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Tamura Y3 papers · 2023
Pulmonary Hypertension Center, International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Alehan D2 papers · 2020
Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Hacettepe University,Sihhiye,Ankara,Turkey.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Aypar E2 papers · 2020
Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Hacettepe University,Sihhiye,Ankara,Turkey.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Channick R2 papers · 2024
Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, David Geffen School of Medicine University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Chin KM2 papers · 2024
Department of Internal Medicine UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Ertugrul İ2 papers · 2020
Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Hacettepe University,Sihhiye,Ankara,Turkey.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Ivy DD2 papers · 2019
University of Colorado, Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO, USA.
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).
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.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
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 2026-07-26This 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.
"Idiopathic/heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension" OR "Idiopathic and/or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension" OR "IFPAH" OR "pulmonary hypertension, primary, type 1"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Idiopathic/heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension" OR "Idiopathic and/or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension" OR "IFPAH" OR "pulmonary hypertension, primary, type 1"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 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 2026-07-26T13:47:48.190Z