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Hurler syndrome

medium confidenceSubtype of disorder

Also known as: Hurler disease · MPS1H · MPSIH · Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1H · Mucopolysaccharidosis type IH

Publications

3,116

94.4th percentile

Trials

17

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

1,331

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

IDUA

Strong

Readiness

3/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

Hurler syndrome is the most severe form of mucopolysaccharidosis type 1 (MPS1), a rare lysosomal storage disease, characterized by skeletal abnormalities, cognitive impairment, heart disease, respiratory problems, enlarged liver and spleen, characteristic facies and reduced life expectancy.

How rare: 1-9 / 1 000 000 — roughly one to nine people per million. In a city the size of Kolkata, perhaps a few dozen.

Orphanet entry

Cross-references

Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.

Additional Mondo synonyms (3)

MPS I H · mucopolysaccharidosis type 1H · mucopolysaccharidosis type IH

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.”

3/6 stages with a signal

An interventional trial matched this condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov — see trials below.

  1. Gene identifiedPresent

    Strong — IDUA

  2. LiteraturePresent

    3,116 matched papers (1,424 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 trialPresent

    17 matched on ClinicalTrials.gov

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?

Yes — we know a specific gene responsible (IDUA).

GenCC classification: Strong.

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?

3,116

3,116 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.

3,116 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).

1,424 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 94.4th percentile (publications denominator)

Phrase hits: 3,116 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

1,331

Distinct author names in 200 sampled papers — named people below.

Who's working on it?

People publishing on this condition (sampled Europe PMC records). Affiliation is the most recent found in that sample.

  1. 01
    Bernardo ME10 papers · 2026

    San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Consiglieri G9 papers · 2026

    Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, 41121 Milan, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Tucci F9 papers · 2026

    Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, 41121 Milan, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Lund TC8 papers · 2026

    Division of Paediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Orchard PJ8 papers · 2026

    Division of Paediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Wynn R8 papers · 2026

    Department of Paediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Electronic address: robert.wynn@mft.nhs.uk.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Aiuti A7 papers · 2026

    San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Huang S7 papers · 2025

    From the Department of Neurosurgery (S.H.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Gasperini S6 papers · 2026

    Department of Pediatrics, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza, (MB), Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Gentner B6 papers · 2026

    San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

    Papers in Europe PMC

Clinical research

Is a treatment being tested?

17

interventional trials for this specific condition

17 interventional trials matched this specific condition name; none in our sample are currently recruiting.

Data as of 27 July 2026

17 interventional trials — more than 73% of diseases in the trials denominator have none at all (5114 of 7003; this disease is at the 93.9th percentile).

medium confidence · 93.9th percentile (trials denominator)

Recruiting interventional trials

From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set

17 interventional trials matched after quoted-phrase search and title/condition post-filter.

No currently recruiting studies in the matched set. Open the same search on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Observational and natural-history studies

4 observational studies match this condition. These do not test a treatment and are not counted in the interventional-trial headline, but they are genuine research: natural-history work often defines the endpoints needed for a future rare-disease trial, and families may be able to enroll.

None of the matched observational studies is currently listed as recruiting.

Open the complete matched search on ClinicalTrials.gov

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

Directly listed under NPRD Groups 1 and 3.

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

Group 3 — high-cost / lifelong therapy with careful selection

Up to ₹50 lakh per patient

Financial support at notified Centres of Excellence is the figure commonly cited in recent MoHFW/PIB statements. Many Group 3 patients also use the MoHFW voluntary-contribution / crowdfunding portal.

Eligibility and patient selection rules change. Verify with a CoE; the crowdfunding portal is a separate mechanism from CoE funding. 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.

"Hurler syndrome" OR "Hurler disease" OR "MPS1H" OR "MPSIH" OR "Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1H" OR "Mucopolysaccharidosis type IH" OR "MPS I H"

Run this search on Europe PMC

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

"Hurler syndrome" OR "Hurler disease" OR "MPS1H" OR "MPSIH" OR "Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1H" OR "Mucopolysaccharidosis type IH" OR "MPS I H" OR "IDUA"

Recall-expansion terms: IDUA

Interventional trials matched via: phrase, recall-expansion (mesh = registered under a MeSH descriptor no name phrase would catch; recall-expansion = gene / selected parent terms used only for trials).

Study-type breakdown: 17 interventional · 4 observational · 1 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.

Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase, recall-expansion; with hits: phrase, recall-expansion

Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov

Confidence reasoning

  • Preferred label is short or not clearly distinctive
  • No synonyms dropped by stoplist
  • No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus

Ingested 2026-07-27T04:22:09.886Z