RARE DISEASERESEARCH ATLAS

ORPHA:807

Sebastian syndrome

low confidenceSubtype of disorder

Also known as: Macrothrombocytopenia with leukocyte inclusions

Publications

153

Trials

0

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

813

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

Readiness

1/6

Stages with a signal

Orphanet entry

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.”

1/6 stages with a signal

Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.

  1. Gene identifiedNot found

    No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build

  2. LiteraturePresent

    153 matched papers (65 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO

  4. Animal modelNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance

  5. Orphan designationNot checked

    FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet

  6. 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)

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?

153

153 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.

153 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).

65 in the last 10 years · low confidence

Phrase hits: 153 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

813

Distinct author names in 153 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.

  1. 01
    Kunishima S12 papers · 2025

    Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis, Department of Advanced Diagnosis, Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya 460-0001, Japan. kunishis@nnh.hosp.go.jp

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Pecci A12 papers · 2018

    Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Savoia A11 papers · 2018

    Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, via Dell'Istria, 65/1, I-34137 Trieste, Italy; IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, via Dell'Istria, 65/1, I-34137 Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: savoia@burlo.trieste.it.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Balduini CL8 papers · 2014
    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Seri M7 papers · 2014

    Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Noris P6 papers · 2014
    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    White JG6 papers · 2001
    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Martignetti JA5 papers · 2011

    Departments of Human Genetics and Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029. jam@msvax.mssm.edu

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Bizzaro N4 papers · 2003
    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Bozzi V4 papers · 2016

    Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, 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 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.

low 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.

See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.

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 2026-07-26

This 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.

"Sebastian syndrome" OR "Macrothrombocytopenia with leukocyte inclusions"

Run this search on Europe PMC

ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):

"Sebastian syndrome" OR "Macrothrombocytopenia with leukocyte inclusions"

Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.

Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase

Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov

Confidence reasoning

  • Preferred label is short or not clearly distinctive
  • No synonyms dropped by stoplist
  • "Sebastian syndrome" also appears on ORPHA:182050
  • No Orphanet definition and no Mondo IDs — likely taxonomy scaffolding

Ingested 2026-07-26T15:26:00.693Z