ORPHA:98767
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 11
Also known as: SCA11
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare neurologic disease that is characterized by the early-onset of cerebellar signs, eye movement abnormalities and pyramidal signs.
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.
Is anyone studying this?
257
257 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=183) is 38.
257 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 38 (publications denominator n=183).
154 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 77.3th percentile (publications denominator)
Is a treatment being tested?
0
trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name. 1 observational study did — shown below because natural-history and cohort work can be an important step toward a trial.
Data as of 26 July 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 59.2% of diseases in the trials denominator (151 of 255). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
medium confidence · 29.6th percentile (trials denominator)
Do we know what causes it?
Yes — we know a specific gene responsible (TTBK2).
GenCC classification: Strong.
Who's working on it?
1,401
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.
- 01Houlden H7 papers · 2023
From the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.P., M.-J.D., J.A.S., R.L., R. Sakalla, R.R., X.A.-C., R.M., C.H.C., A.-L.L., R.L.P., B.B.) and Pathology (J.A.S.), Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill Genome Centre, Department of Human Genetics (S.J.R., J.R.), and the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (R.L.P.) and Human Genetics (K.C., R.R., X.A.-C., B.B.), McGill University, Montreal Heart Institute (S.P., M.-P.D.), the Departments of Neurosciences (M.T., A.D.) and Medicine (M.P.D.), Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Center (S.P.), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (M.T., A.D.), and Centre de Réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau (A.D., B.B.), Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC (J.M., F.E., M.-F.R.), and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa (K.M.B.) - all in Canada; the Department of Neuromuscular Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.P., C.R., S.N., H.H.), the Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences and Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (Z.J.) and the Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (Z.C.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, and the Division of Neuropathology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London NHS Foundation Trust (Z.J.) - all in London; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.C.D., S.F., C.Y., D.B., A.R., S.Z.), and the Department of Neurology (C.Y., M.A.S.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami; the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases - both in Tübingen, Germany (C.W., R. Schüle, L.S., M.S.); Service de Génétique Clinique et de Neurologie, Hôpital Brabois Enfants, and INSERM Unité 1256 N-GERE (Nutrition-Genetics and Environmental Risk Exposure), Université de Lorraine - both in Nancy, France (M.R.); Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (C.K.S., G.R., N.G.L.), the Department of Diagnostic Genomics, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, West Australian Department of Health (C.K.S.), and the Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital (C.A., P.J.L.) - all in Perth, WA, Australia; the Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Unit, Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitari de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta and Hospital Santa Caterina IAS, Girona (D.G.), and the Alzheimer's Disease and other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, and the Neurologic Tissue Brain Bank, Biobanc-Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona (L.M.P.) - all in Spain; the Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston (K.C.); the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland (S.N.); and the Department of Neurology (V.N., S.V., M.B., A.N.) and the Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry (M.P.), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Goetz SC6 papers · 2023
Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Kraemer BC5 papers · 2020
Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA. kraemerb@u.washington.edu.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Synofzik M5 papers · 2025
From the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.P., M.-J.D., J.A.S., R.L., R. Sakalla, R.R., X.A.-C., R.M., C.H.C., A.-L.L., R.L.P., B.B.) and Pathology (J.A.S.), Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill Genome Centre, Department of Human Genetics (S.J.R., J.R.), and the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (R.L.P.) and Human Genetics (K.C., R.R., X.A.-C., B.B.), McGill University, Montreal Heart Institute (S.P., M.-P.D.), the Departments of Neurosciences (M.T., A.D.) and Medicine (M.P.D.), Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Center (S.P.), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (M.T., A.D.), and Centre de Réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau (A.D., B.B.), Montreal, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC (J.M., F.E., M.-F.R.), and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa (K.M.B.) - all in Canada; the Department of Neuromuscular Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.P., C.R., S.N., H.H.), the Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences and Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (Z.J.) and the Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (Z.C.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, and the Division of Neuropathology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London NHS Foundation Trust (Z.J.) - all in London; Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (M.C.D., S.F., C.Y., D.B., A.R., S.Z.), and the Department of Neurology (C.Y., M.A.S.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami; the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases - both in Tübingen, Germany (C.W., R. Schüle, L.S., M.S.); Service de Génétique Clinique et de Neurologie, Hôpital Brabois Enfants, and INSERM Unité 1256 N-GERE (Nutrition-Genetics and Environmental Risk Exposure), Université de Lorraine - both in Nancy, France (M.R.); Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (C.K.S., G.R., N.G.L.), the Department of Diagnostic Genomics, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, West Australian Department of Health (C.K.S.), and the Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital (C.A., P.J.L.) - all in Perth, WA, Australia; the Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Unit, Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitari de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta and Hospital Santa Caterina IAS, Girona (D.G.), and the Alzheimer's Disease and other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, and the Neurologic Tissue Brain Bank, Biobanc-Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona (L.M.P.) - all in Spain; the Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston (K.C.); the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland (S.N.); and the Department of Neurology (V.N., S.V., M.B., A.N.) and the Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry (M.P.), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Bowie E4 papers · 2020
University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, United States.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Durr A4 papers · 2023
Paris-Sorbonne Universités Université Pierre et Marie Curie UMR S1127 INSERM Paris France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Giunti P4 papers · 2017
Department of Molecular Neuroscience Institute of Neurology University College London London United Kingdom.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Liachko NF4 papers · 2020
Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Anderson KV3 papers · 2018
Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: k-anderson@sloankettering.edu.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Bird TD3 papers · 2020
Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, S182, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC
Recruiting interventional trials
Trials testing a treatment 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 above — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Observational and natural-history studies
1 observational study matches 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.
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.
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 below but are not added to the query string.
"Spinocerebellar ataxia type 11" OR "SCA11"
MeSH descriptor terms unioned into the query: Spinocerebellar Ataxia 11
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Spinocerebellar ataxia type 11" OR "SCA11" OR "Spinocerebellar Ataxia 11" OR "TTBK2" OR "autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type III" OR "autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 1 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Cross-references (from Mondo): MESH:C565772 OMIM:604432 UMLS:C1858351
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase, mesh, recall-expansion; with hits: phrase, mesh, recall-expansion
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
- Publication count (257) is high for prevalence class "<1 / 1 000 000" — confidence capped at medium