ORPHA:673580
Classic pilocytic astrocytoma
Also known as: Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma
Publications
502
79.9th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
1,060
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:0003999
- UMLS:C0280783
- NCIT:C27081
Additional Mondo synonyms (1)
juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma
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
502 matched papers (217 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; 19 for broader category pilocytic astrocytoma
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?
502
502 papers have been published on this condition. That is a real research literature — still far smaller than common diseases (breast cancer: over 700,000 papers). Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.
502 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).
217 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 79.9th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 502 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
1,060
Distinct author names in 200 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.
- 01Crawford JR13 papers · 2024
Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. jrcrawford@ucsd.edu
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Levy ML5 papers · 2021
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Chintagumpala M4 papers · 2021
4Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04
- 05
- 06Chen DY3 papers · 2016
The Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California; The Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07
- 08
- 09
- 10Huang J3 papers · 2024
Johnnie K. Bass, Chia-Ho Hua, Jie Huang, Arzu Onar-Thomas, Kirsten K. Ness, Skye Jones, Stephanie White, Shaum P. Bhagat, and Thomas E. Merchant, St Jude Children's Research Hospital; Johnnie K. Bass and Shaum P. Bhagat, University of Memphis, Memphis TN; and Kay W. Chang, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
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). 19 trials are registered for pilocytic astrocytoma, 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.
19 interventional trials matched pilocytic astrocytoma, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.
Broader category: pilocytic astrocytoma
19
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
- NCT04065776·RECRUITING·Evaluation of Hippocampal-Avoidance Using Proton Therapy in Low-Grade Glioma
Conditions: Glioma · Pilocytic Astrocytoma · Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma · Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma·Matched via name phrase
- NCT04541082·RECRUITING·Phase I Study of Oral ONC206 in Recurrent and Rare Primary Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Conditions: Central Nervous System Neoplasms · Glioblastoma · Gliosarcoma, Adult · Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma·Matched via name phrase
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.
"Classic pilocytic astrocytoma" OR "Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Classic pilocytic astrocytoma" OR "Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Parent-category trials query:
"pilocytic astrocytoma"
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 2026-07-27T20:19:58.576Z