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Condition (MeSH)

Lafora Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 trials for Lafora Disease or a narrower condition beneath it.

MeSH D020192 Nervous System Diseases C10 C16 Listed by Orphanet as a rare disease
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Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 1 Observational Observational 2 Expanded access Expanded access 1 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 1 Observational Observational 2 Expanded access Expanded access 1

Trials per phase

4 of the 4 trials are tagged with Lafora Disease itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Lafora Disease trials start? (3)

Shown in this order: most recent first, 1990 onwards. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year.

Trials over time, by phase

  • Phase 1/2
  • Observational

Top of scale: 1

2000: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2019: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2024: 1 trials (Phase 1/2 1)

Trials registered with a start date in each year, 1990 onward, stacked by phase (complete years only; the current partial year is in the table's notes). The table below lists the same counts, most recent years first.

Trials started per year
Year Trials started
2024 1
2019 1
2000 1

No forecast is made for this condition: it averages 0.2 trial starts a year over the five years to September, under the 5 a year the method needs.

Recruitment duration, a model prediction: 1 trial still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot, fewer than the 5 needed for a median. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Lafora Disease trials in? (3)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1/2 1
Observational 2
Expanded access 1

How many Lafora Disease trials are recruiting? (3)

Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.

Trials by recruitment status
Status Trials
Recruiting 1
Available 1
Completed 2

Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.

Which lead sponsors run the most Lafora Disease trials? (3)

Shown in this order: most trials first. Lead sponsors the registry classes as industry, NIH, US federal, other government or network. A hospital or university the registry files as government can appear here. Sponsors it classes as academic or other are shown on the full page, because that class cannot separate an institution from a named investigator.

Lead sponsors
Sponsor Trials
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) 1
Parasail, LLC 1

Which publications cover Lafora Disease? (1)

Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.

Publications
Publication Journal Year Major topic
Oxidative stress in developmental brain disorders. Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology 2009 No

Prevalence (12)

Shown in this order: jurisdiction, then disease name. Orphanet observation for the mapped ORPHA concept; the mapping relation column says whether that concept is exactly this condition or broader or narrower.

Prevalence
Orphanet disease Type Class Geography Jurisdiction Mapping relation
Lafora disease Point prevalence 1-9 / 1 000 000 Worldwide Not stated Exact
Lafora disease Point prevalence 1-9 / 1 000 000 France Not stated Exact
Lafora disease Cases families Worldwide Not stated Unspecified
Lafora disease Point prevalence 1-9 / 1 000 000 Europe Not stated Unspecified
Lafora disease Point prevalence 1-9 / 1 000 000 Worldwide Not stated Exact

Rare-disease identity (2)

Shown in this order: exact, broader, narrower, other.

Rare-disease identity
Orphanet disease ORPHA code Relation Source
Lafora disease 501 Exact Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology (ORDO)
Lafora disease 501 Exact Orphadata Science knowledge files, Product 1

Not on this page

Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: serious adverse events in this condition's trials and sub-conditions in mesh.

Not computed for conditions with fewer than 10 trials: drugs tested.

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