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List of intractable disease registry projects

This is a list of registry projects supported by the Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable Diseases from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) and the Research Project on Rare/Intractable Disease from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW).
The list contains the research titles approved for public release based on an online questionnaire sent to approximately 300 research groups, conducted by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) in August 2017.

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"The Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable Diseases" of AMED

The objectives of the Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable Diseases are to elucidate the disease etiology and pathology, to promote the development of innovative diagnostics and therapeutics, and to improve the medical standard for all patients, for intractable diseases that meet the following four criteria: unknown mechanism of onset, lack of established treatments, defined as a rare disease, and requiring long-term medical care.

Study title Name of principal
investigator		 Registry name Target disease
Establishment and operation of the database of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) Hidekazu Tomimoto Establishment and operation of the database of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) CADASIL
Preparation of diagnostic guidelines for congenital genome imprinting disorders and safety evaluation of reproductive medicine Takahiro Arima Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), Angelman syndrome (AS), Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS)
A nation-wide follow-up study toward publication of a practice guideline for adult chronic neutropenia Shigeru Chiba Follow-up study on prognosis of adult chronic neutropenia Adult chronic neutropenia
Preparation of practice guidelines and promotion of clinical study on Kii ALS/PDC Yasumasa Kokubo Kii ALS/PDC registry Kii ALS/PDC
Study on establishing evidence for guidelines for the management of abnormalities in hormonal signaling Takashi Akamizu Thyroid crisis
Development of a new antibody treatment drug for multiple sclerosis Toshihide Yamashita Registry of patients with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica Multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica
Development of gene therapies for pediatric neurological disorder and congenital metabolic disorders including AADC deficiency Takanori Yamagata Registry of patients with AADC deficiency AADC deficiency
Identification of new responsible genes and pathological analysis of patients who are difficult to diagnosis with primary immunodeficiency Satoshi Okada Exome analysis data of patients with primary immunodeficiency Primary immunodeficiency
Basic research on MIRAGE syndrome toward development of the therapeutic strategies Satoshi Narumi Registry of patients with MIRAGE syndrome MIRAGE syndrome
“Establishment of companion diagnostics and development of new treatment with cardiac acetylcholine-sensitive K+ channel selective inhibitors for hereditary bradycardia intractable disease (Kir3.1/3.4 channelopathy)” Yoshihiro Asano Registry of hereditary bradycardia arrhythmia diseases Hereditary bradycardia arrhythmia diseases

"The Research Project on Rare/Intractable Disease" of MHLW

The Research Project on Rare/Intractable Disease, in cooperation with related research and databases, promote the following for intractable diseases: establishment of a medical system, epidemiological research, public awareness, creation of diagnostic criteria and guidelines, and the improvement in transitional care for adolescent patients from pediatric to adult care.

Study title Name of principal
investigator		 Registry name Target disease
Multisciplinary study on understanding of the current status and improvement of prognosis of progeria Kotaro Yokote Werner syndrome registry Werner syndrome
A case control study on elucidation of factors related to onset and prevention of ulcerative colitis Yoshihiro Miyake Japan Ulcerative Colitis Study Ulcerative colitis
Continuation of the early laboratory diagnostic study and preparation of diagnostic guidelines for perinatal (peripartum) cardiomyopathy Chizuko Kamiya PREACHER Peripartum cardiomyopathy
An epidemiological study on Erdheim-Chester disease Mineo Kurokawa An epidemiological study on Erdheim-Chester disease Erdheim-Chester disease
Construction of the registration system, national survay and establishment of early diagnostic method of inherited GPI deficiency Yoshiko Murakami Registration form of patients with inherited GPI-anchor deficiency (IGD) Inherited glucosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) deficiency
Establishment of diagnostic criteria and classification of degree of severity of acquired von Willebrand syndrome associated with incurable cardiovascular diseases Hisanori Horiuchi The AVeC Study registry Acquired von Willerbrand syndrome associated with cardiovascular diseases
Study of establishment of treatment based on varied pathogenesis of acute rupture of chordae tendineae of the mitral valve in infants Isao Shiraishi Registry of acute rupture of chordae tendineae of the mitral valve in infants Acute rupture of chordae tendineae of the mitral valve in infants
A clinical study on treatable intellectual disability syndrome most commonly characterized by cerebral creatine deficiency syndromes Takahito Wada Registration system of patients with X-linked α-thalassemia/intellectual disability syndrome (ATR-X) ATR-X syndrome
Preparation of practice guidelines for HAM and HTLV 1-positive refractory diseases based on international consensus Yoshihisa Yamano HAM net HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (HAM)
Preparation of treatment guidelines considering pregnancy and delivery of female patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Shigeru Saito A national questionnaire survey on obstetric institutions regarding pregnancy with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of patients in reproductive age SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease