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Erdheim-Chester Disease

Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging research
1
Publications
10
Clinical trials
2020
Latest publication
Latest activity
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Clinical trials

9 sponsors · 1 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +0)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
10
All trials
5
Active
1
Late-stage
0
Completed
Recruiting

Research activity

1 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Leading journals1
  • Blood1
Leading researchers8
  • Abdo A1
  • Cao XX1
  • Cohen-Aubart F1
  • Collin M1
  • Dagna L1
  • Diamond EL1
  • Durham BH1
  • Estrada-Veras JI1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Ariel University1
  • Baylor College of Medicine1
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center1
  • Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms1
  • Columbia University Medical Center1
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

A rare form of non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL) with onset in middle age. The systemic disease is characterized by infiltration of lipid-laden macrophages, multinucleated giant cells, an inflammatory infiltrate of lymphocytes and histiocytes in the bone marrow, and a generalized sclerosis of the long bones.

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.