ORPHA:556985
Early-onset calcifying leukoencephalopathy-skeletal dysplasia
Also known as: BANDDOS · Brain abnormalities-neurodegeneration-dysosteosclerosis disease
Publications
43
47.5th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
365
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare genetic neurological disorder characterized by pediatric onset of calcifying leukoencephalopathy and skeletal . Reported structural brain abnormalities include agenesis of corpus callosum, ventriculomegaly, hydrocephalus, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, periventricular calcifications, Dandy-Walker and absence of microglia. Characteristic skeletal features include increased bone mineral density (reported in skull, pelvic bone and vertebrae), platyspondyly, and under-modeling of tubular bones with widened/radiolucent metaphysis and constricted/sclerotic diaphysis.
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.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
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
43 matched papers (36 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 trialPartial
None under the specific name; 1 for broader category skeletal dysplasia
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?
43
43 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.
43 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).
36 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 47.5th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 43 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
365
Distinct author names in 43 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.
- 01Wszolek ZK5 papers · 2024
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Dulski J4 papers · 2024
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Beerepoot S3 papers · 2025
Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04van der Knaap MS3 papers · 2025
Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Wolf NI3 papers · 2025
Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Chitu V2 papers · 2022
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. Electronic address: violeta.chitu@einsteinmed.org.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Hume DA2 papers · 2024
Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Stanley ER2 papers · 2022
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. Electronic address: richard.stanley@einsteinmed.org.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Abedi H1 paper · 2022
Department of Internal Medicine, Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Adegboyega G1 paper · 2022
Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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). 1 trial are registered for skeletal dysplasia, 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.
1 interventional trial matched skeletal dysplasia, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.
Broader category: skeletal dysplasia
1
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 2026-07-26Likely covered — the policy lists Osteopetrosis as a category (Group 1), and this condition is a form of it. Confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence.
Group 1 — one-time curative treatment
Up to ₹50 lakh per patient
Financial support for treatment at notified Centres of Excellence (figures evolved from the original ₹20 lakh Group-1 ceiling).
Policy figures change. Verify current MoHFW / CoE guidance before relying on any amount. Verify
Centres of Excellence (15)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — New Delhi, Delhi
- Maulana Azad Medical College — New Delhi, Delhi
- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) — Chandigarh, Chandigarh
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics with Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences — Hyderabad, Telangana
- King Edward Memorial Hospital — Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) — Kolkata, West Bengal
- Centre for Human Genetics with Indira Gandhi Hospital — Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children (ICH & HC) — Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital (SAT), Government Medical College — Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) — Imphal, Manipur
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — Patna, Bihar
- Assam Medical College & Hospital — Dibrugarh, Assam
Voluntary contributions / crowdfunding (separate from CoE funding): https://rarediseases.mohfw.gov.in/
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.
"Early-onset calcifying leukoencephalopathy-skeletal dysplasia" OR "BANDDOS" OR "Brain abnormalities-neurodegeneration-dysosteosclerosis disease"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Early-onset calcifying leukoencephalopathy-skeletal dysplasia" OR "BANDDOS" OR "Brain abnormalities-neurodegeneration-dysosteosclerosis disease"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Parent-category trials query:
"skeletal dysplasia"
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 2026-07-27T18:19:19.515Z