Paracetamol poisoning

Summary

Paracetamol poisoning (MONDO:0018741) is a disease and 2 clinical trials. A subtype of poisoning — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Prevalence: Unknown (Europe) [Orphanet-validated]
• Clinical trials: 2

Clinical features

Epidemiology

Prevalence records

1 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:

Type	Class	Value	Geography	Validation
Annual incidence	1-5 / 10 000	16	Iceland	Validated

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	paracetamol poisoning
Mondo ID	MONDO:0018741
Orphanet	464458
SNOMED CT	70273001
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: acetaminophen poisoning

Disease family

This is a subtype of poisoning. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism › poisoning › paracetamol poisoning

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Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 2.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

Phase	Trials
PHASE2	1
Not specified	1

Top trials by phase / activity

NCT	Phase	Status	Title
NCT05517668	PHASE2	TERMINATED	Evaluation of the Efficacy of Fomepizole in the Treatment of Acetaminophen Overdose
NCT01246713	Not specified	COMPLETED	Effect on Acetaminophen Metabolism by Liquid Formulations