ORPHA:79136
Episodic ataxia type 4
Also known as: PATX · Periodic vestibulocerebellar ataxia
Query health: suspect — Only one of 2 strategies returned hits (phrase).
Publications
22
30.9th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
93
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare form of episodic characterized by late-onset episodic , recurrent attacks of vertigo, and diplopia.
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.
- MONDO:0011681
- MeSH:C564698
- OMIM:606552
- UMLS:C1847843
Additional Mondo synonyms (1)
periodic vestibulocerebellar ataxia
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
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
22 matched papers (13 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedPresent
19 HPO annotations (e.g. Ataxia; Abnormality of ocular smooth pursuit; Diplopia) Source
- 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 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)
19
Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0011681
- Ataxia
- Abnormality of ocular smooth pursuit
- Diplopia
- Vertigo
- Frequent falls
Showing 5 of 19 — open Monarch for the full list.
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 2026-07-27
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?
22
22 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=3967) is 59.
22 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).
13 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 30.9th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 22 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
93
Distinct author names in 22 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.
- 01Vance JM3 papers · 2021
Department of Human Genetics, Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02
- 03Gazulla J2 papers · 2021
Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Akaaboune SR1 paper · 2024
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Allingham RR1 paper · 1996Papers in Europe PMC
- 06Angeli S1 paper · 2021
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Bargary G1 paper · 2024
Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Benda J1 paper · 2021
Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Berciano J1 paper · 2021
Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), University of Cantabria, CIBERNED, Santander, Spain.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Bertini E1 paper · 2020
Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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 9 September 2026 · last trial check 9 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.
medium 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.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
General rare disease registries you may be eligible for
These studies enroll across many rare conditions. They are not counted as evidence that anyone is studying this specific disease.
- NCT01793168·RECRUITING·Rare Disease Patient Registry & Natural History Study - Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford
Conditions: Rare Disorders · Undiagnosed Disorders · Disorders of Unknown Prevalence · Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
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 0 · dropped 1 · fetched 2026-07-27
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).
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 Episodic ataxia type 4 — 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.
"Episodic ataxia type 4" OR "Periodic vestibulocerebellar ataxia"
MeSH descriptor terms unioned into the query: Episodic Ataxia, Type 4
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Episodic ataxia type 4" OR "Periodic vestibulocerebellar ataxia" OR "Episodic Ataxia, Type 4"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: suspect — strategies attempted: phrase, mesh; with hits: phrase
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Synonyms dropped by stoplist: PATX
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 2026-07-26T02:11:02.466Z