ORPHA:595109
Atypical Timothy syndrome
Also known as: ATS · Atypical LQT8
Publications
14
28.7th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
98
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:0021172
- UMLS:C5575746
Additional Mondo synonyms (2)
Timothy syndrome type 2 (disorder) · atypical Timothy syndrome
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
14 matched papers (11 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 Timothy syndrome
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?
14
14 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=5449) is 41.
14 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).
11 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 28.7th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 14 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
98
Distinct author names in 14 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.
- 01Bauer R3 papers · 2026
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Timothy KW3 papers · 2026
Timothy Syndrome Alliance, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Abrams D2 papers · 2026
Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Baban A2 papers · 2026
The European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Dick IE2 papers · 2026
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Hall J2 papers · 2026
Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Hall NAL2 papers · 2026
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Horie M2 papers · 2022
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu, Shiga, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Levy RJ2 papers · 2026
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Pitt GS2 papers · 2026
Cardiovascular Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 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). 1 trial are registered for Timothy syndrome, 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.
medium 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 Timothy syndrome, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.
Broader category: Timothy syndrome
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.
Recruiting under the broader category
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.
"Atypical Timothy syndrome" OR "Atypical LQT8" OR "Timothy syndrome type 2 (disorder)"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Atypical Timothy syndrome" OR "Atypical LQT8" OR "Timothy syndrome type 2 (disorder)"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Parent-category trials query:
"Timothy syndrome"
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Synonyms dropped by stoplist: ATS
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
Ingested 2026-07-27T18:50:12.174Z