ORPHA:1453
Cleidorhizomelic syndrome
Also known as: Rhizomelic shortness with clavicular defect · Wallis-Zieff-Goldblatt syndrome
Publications
6
12.1th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
42
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
Cleidorhizomelic syndrome is a rhizo-mesomelic characterized by rhizomelic short stature/dwarfism in combination with lateral clavicular defects. Additional manifestations include brachydactyly with bilateral clinodactyly and hypoplastic middle phalanx of the fifth digit. X-ray demonstrated an apparent Y-shaped or bifid distal clavicle. Cleidorhizomelic syndrome has been reported in one family (mother and son) and is suspected to be transmitted in an manner. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1988.
How rare: <1 / 1 000 000 — fewer than one in a million. In a city the size of Kolkata, that might mean on the order of fifteen people.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0007341
- MeSH:C536428
- OMIM:119650
- UMLS:C1861515
Additional Mondo synonyms (2)
cleidorhizomelic syndrome · rhizomelic shortness with clavicular defect
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
1/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
6 matched papers (2 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
Not enriched in this build.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
6
6 papers have ever been indexed under this name. For scale, breast cancer has over 700,000. Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.
6 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).
2 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 12.1th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 6 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
42
Distinct author names in 6 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Abe M1 paper · 2021
Department of Oral Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Osaka University, Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Abe T1 paper · 2021
Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 2-2-3 Minatojima Minami-machi, Chuou-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Akiyama H1 paper · 2021
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Batko K1 paper · 2023
Department of Research and Development, Medicine Economy Law Society (MELS) Foundation, 30-040 Krakow, Poland.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Bogucka K1 paper · 2023
Clinical Department of Angiology, University Hospital in Krakow, 30-688 Kraków, Poland.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Chuang PT1 paper · 2014
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States. Electronic address: pao-tien.chuang@ucsf.edu.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Dávalos NO1 paper · 2000Papers in Europe PMC
- 08Gacayan R1 paper · 2014
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09García-Cruz D1 paper · 2000
Division de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, CMNO, IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. josanco@prodigy.net.mx
Papers in Europe PMC - 10García-Ortiz JE1 paper · 2000Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 27 July 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
medium confidence · 36.5th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Where to find support
We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"Cleidorhizomelic syndrome" OR "Rhizomelic shortness with clavicular defect" OR "Wallis-Zieff-Goldblatt syndrome"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Cleidorhizomelic syndrome" OR "Rhizomelic shortness with clavicular defect" OR "Wallis-Zieff-Goldblatt syndrome"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is short or not clearly distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
Ingested 2026-07-26T17:25:31.514Z