ORPHA:48736
Embryonal carcinoma of the central nervous system
Also known as: Embryonal carcinoma of the CNS
Publications
13
24.4th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
90
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0018843
- UMLS:C1333377
- NCIT:C7010
Additional Mondo synonyms (4)
central nervous system embryonal carcinoma · embryonal carcinoma of CNS · embryonal carcinoma of the CNS · embryonal carcinoma of the central nervous system
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
No specific-condition interventional trial, but broader-category trials exist — discuss eligibility with a clinician.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
13 matched papers (7 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot found
No HPO disease–phenotype associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs
- Animal modelNot found
No Alliance genotype “model of” associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs
- Orphan designationNot found
No FDA or EMA orphan-drug designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name Source
- Interventional trialPartial
None under the specific name; 6 for broader category embryonal carcinoma
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?
13
13 papers have ever been indexed 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.
13 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).
7 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 24.4th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 13 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
90
Distinct author names in 13 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.
- 01Wang S2 papers · 2023
Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02
- 03Ahmad M1 paper · 2016
Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04
- 05Barton M1 paper · 2006Papers in Europe PMC
- 06Bernard-Gallon D1 paper · 2021
Department of Oncogenetics, Centre Jean Perrin, CBRV, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Bhansali A1 paper · 2016
Department of Endocrinology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Bignon YJ1 paper · 2021
Department of Oncogenetics, Centre Jean Perrin, CBRV, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Billups C1 paper · 2018
Eugene I. Hwang and Roger J. Packer, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; Marcel Kool, Lukas Chavez, Sebastian Brabetz, David T.W. Jones, and Stefan M. Pfister, German Cancer Research Center; David Capper, Andreas von Deimling, and Stefan M. Pfister, University Hospital Heidelberg; Stefan M. Pfister, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg; David Capper, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany; Peter C. Burger, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Chris Williams-Hughes, Children's Oncology Group, Littleton, CO; Catherine Billups, Yimei Li, and Amar Gajjar, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Linda Heier, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Alok Jaju, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Jeff Michalski, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Sarah Leary and James M. Olson, Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute; Sarah Leary and James M. Olson, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Tianni Zhou, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA; Maryam Fouladi, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; and Ian F. Pollack, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Brabetz S1 paper · 2018
Eugene I. Hwang and Roger J. Packer, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; Marcel Kool, Lukas Chavez, Sebastian Brabetz, David T.W. Jones, and Stefan M. Pfister, German Cancer Research Center; David Capper, Andreas von Deimling, and Stefan M. Pfister, University Hospital Heidelberg; Stefan M. Pfister, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg; David Capper, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany; Peter C. Burger, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Chris Williams-Hughes, Children's Oncology Group, Littleton, CO; Catherine Billups, Yimei Li, and Amar Gajjar, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Linda Heier, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Alok Jaju, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Jeff Michalski, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Sarah Leary and James M. Olson, Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute; Sarah Leary and James M. Olson, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Tianni Zhou, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA; Maryam Fouladi, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; and Ian F. Pollack, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
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). 6 trials are registered for embryonal carcinoma, the broader category — shown separately because they may or may not enrol this specific subtype.
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.
6 interventional trials matched embryonal carcinoma, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.
Broader category: embryonal carcinoma
6
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.
Recruiting under the broader category
- NCT03067181·RECRUITING·Active Surveillance, Bleomycin, Etoposide, Carboplatin or Cisplatin in Treating Pediatric and Adult Patients With Germ Cell Tumors
Conditions: Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor · Extragonadal Embryonal Carcinoma · Germ Cell Tumor · Malignant Germ Cell Tumor·Matched via name phrase
- NCT04684368·RECRUITING·A Study of a New Way to Treat Children and Young Adults With a Brain Tumor Called NGGCT
Conditions: Central Nervous System Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor · Choriocarcinoma · Embryonal Carcinoma · Immature Teratoma·Matched via name phrase
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 1 · after dedupe 1 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 1 · dropped 0 · fetched 2026-07-29
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 (1)
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 Embryonal carcinoma of the central nervous system — check Associations / patient organisations on that page.
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.
"Embryonal carcinoma of the central nervous system" OR "Embryonal carcinoma of central nervous system" OR "Embryonal carcinoma of the CNS" OR "Embryonal carcinoma of CNS" OR "central nervous system embryonal carcinoma"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Embryonal carcinoma of the central nervous system" OR "Embryonal carcinoma of central nervous system" OR "Embryonal carcinoma of the CNS" OR "Embryonal carcinoma of CNS" OR "central nervous system embryonal carcinoma"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Parent-category trials query:
"embryonal carcinoma"
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 2026-07-27T00:16:27.741Z