The rare disease projects that are currently running are shown in the table below, however they are not all yet open for recruitment. Information about the open projects is available to view via the links below.
We expect this list to grow, as up to 100 rare diseases projects begin recruiting. If you have any questions about these projects, or wish to recruit to a project, please email: rarediseases@bioresource.nihr.ac.uk.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Disease | Lead Institute |
| Achondroplasia and Hypochondroplasia (ACH) – not yet open | |
| Acute Coronary Syndromes: SCAD, CAE and FMD (ACS) – not yet open | Leicester |
| Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AAT) – CRF available | Birmingham |
| Arthrogryposis (AMC) – CRF available | Birmingham |
| Atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (AHU) – not yet open | Newcastle |
| Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) – CRF available | Newcastle |
| Autosomal Dominant Parkinson’s Disease (ADP) | University College London Hospitals |
| Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease (ATK) – not yet open | Cambridge |
| Birdshot Chorioretinopathy (BCR) – CRF available | |
| Bleeding, Thrombotic and Platelet Disorders (BPD) – not yet open | Cambridge |
| Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (CSV) – not yet open | Cambridge |
| CHARGE Syndrome (CHG) – not yet open | |
| Ciliopathies – Bardet-Biedl and Alstrom Syndrome (CIL) | University College London Hospitals |
| Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI) – CRF available | Manchester |
| Cutaneous Lymphoma (CTL) – CRF available | Birmingham |
| Dystonia (DYS) | University College London Hospitals |
| Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) – no longer recruiting | |
| Familial Interstitial Pneumonia (FIP) – not yet open | |
| Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) – CRF available | |
| Haemoglobinopathies (HBP) – not yet open | |
| Histiocytic Disorders (HCD) | |
| Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) – no longer recruiting | |
| IgA Nephropathy (IAN) – CRF available | Leicester |
| Imprinting Disorders Cohort (IMP) – CRFs available | Southampton |
| Inheritable Factor XI Deficiency – recruits through BPD | University College London Hospitals |
| Inherited Optic Neuropathies (ION) | Cambridge / Moorfields |
| Inherited Retinal Dystrophy (IRD) – CRF available | Moorfields |
| Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) – not yet open | KCL / Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals |
| Malignant Mesothelioma (MM) – no longer recruiting | |
| Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and C3 Glomerulopathy (PMG) – CRF available |
University College London Hospitals |
| Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours (ECT) – CRF available |
Oxford |
| Multiple Primary Malignant Tumours (MMT) – CRF available | Cambridge |
| Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) | University College London Hospitals |
| Narcolepsy – Type 1 and Type 2 (NRC) | |
| Neuropathic Pain Disorder (NPD) – no longer recruiting | |
| Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) – CRF available | Manchester |
| Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) – CRF available | Manchester |
| Ocular Maldevelopment: Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia and Ocular Coloboma (MAC) – CRF available | Moorfields |
| Overgrowth Disorders – Phenotyping (POD) – CRF available | Birmingham |
| Paediatric Neurodevelopmental Disorders (PND) – not yet open | Cambridge |
| Pregnancy in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) – not yet open | KCL |
| Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) – not yet open | Cambridge |
| Primary Immunodeficiency (PID) – CRF available | Cambridge |
| Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) – CRF available | Birmingham |
| Primary Sjogrens Syndrome (PSJ) – CRF available | Newcastle |
| Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) – no longer recruiting | Cambridge / Papworth |
| Rare Inherited Neurological Disorders (IND) | Cambridge |
| Renal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (RLE) – not yet open | |
| Refractoriness First-line Treatment for Blood Cell Autoimmunity (BCA) – not yet open | |
| SAPHO Syndrome (Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis, Osteitis) (SAP) – CRF available | Cambridge |
| Septo-optic Dysplasia (SOD) – not yet open | |
| Severe Hyperemesis Gravidarum (SHG) – not yet open | Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals |
| Stem Cell and Myeloid Disorders (SMD) – not yet open | Oxford |
| Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome (SNS) – not yet open | Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals |
| Systemic Autoinflammatory Disorders – AOSD and uSAID (SAD) – CRF available | Leeds |
| Systemic Sclerosis (SSC) – CRF available | Leeds |
| Turner’s Syndrome (TUS) – not yet open | |
| Type 2 Diabetes in Children and young adults (PDC) | Birmingham |
| Wolfram Syndrome (WOL) | Birmingham |
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