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ORPHA:163927

Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris

low confidenceDisorder

Also known as: Palmoplantar pustulosis · LPP · Localized pustular psoriasis · PPP

Publications

2,342

Trials

26

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

991

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

—

Readiness

2/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

A rare skin disease characterized by chronic eruption of sterile pustules on an erythematous and desquamative background. The lesions are usually painful and affect the palms and soles, sometimes also the lateral aspects of hands and feet. Nail lesions (such as nail pitting, onycholysis, subungual pustules, and nail ) are also observed. The condition takes a chronic and relapsing course. Typical associations are psoriatic arthritis, thyroid gland dysfunction, and smoking.

Orphanet entry

Cross-references

Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.

Additional Mondo synonyms (6)

Palmoplantar Pustulosis · localised pustular psoriasis · localized pustular psoriasis · palmoplantar pustulosis · pustulosis of palm and sole · pustulosis palmaris et plantaris

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.”

2/6 stages with a signal

An interventional trial matched this condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov — see trials below.

  1. Gene identifiedNot found

    No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build

  2. LiteraturePresent

    2,342 matched papers (1,512 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO

  4. Animal modelNot checked

    Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance

  5. Orphan designationNot checked

    FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet

  6. Interventional trialPresent

    26 matched on ClinicalTrials.gov (6 recruiting in sample)

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?

2,342

2,342 papers have been published on this condition. That is a real research literature — still far smaller than common diseases (breast cancer: over 700,000 papers). Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.

2,342 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).

1,512 in the last 10 years · low confidence

Phrase hits: 2,342 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

991

Distinct author names in 200 sampled papers — named people below.

Who's working on it?

People publishing on this condition (sampled Europe PMC records). Affiliation is the most recent found in that sample.

  1. 01
    Li C12 papers · 2026

    Department of Rheumatology, Fangshan Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China. casio1981@163.com.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Murakami M12 papers · 2026

    Atsuta Skin Clinic, Nagoya, Japan.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Kobayashi S8 papers · 2026

    Seibo International Catholic Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Okubo Y8 papers · 2026

    Tokyo Medical University, 6 Chome-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan. yukari-o@tokyo-med.ac.jp.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Terui T8 papers · 2026

    Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Zhang Y8 papers · 2026

    Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Yamamoto T7 papers · 2026

    Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Cramer N6 papers · 2026

    Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Jo SJ6 papers · 2026

    Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Lin Z6 papers · 2026

    Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

    Papers in Europe PMC

Clinical research

Is a treatment being tested?

26

interventional trials for this specific condition

26 interventional trials matched this specific condition name; 6 currently recruiting in our sample.

Data as of 27 July 2026

26 interventional trials — more than 73% of diseases in the trials denominator have none at all (5114 of 7003; this disease is at the 95.3th percentile).

low confidence · 95.3th percentile (trials denominator)

Recruiting interventional trials

From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set

26 interventional trials matched after quoted-phrase search and title/condition post-filter.

Observational and natural-history studies

6 observational studies match this condition. These do not test a treatment and are not counted in the interventional-trial headline, but they are genuine research: natural-history work often defines the endpoints needed for a future rare-disease trial, and families may be able to enroll.

Recruiting or not-yet-recruiting

Open the complete matched search on ClinicalTrials.gov

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 2026-07-26

This 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.

"Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris" OR "Palmoplantar pustulosis" OR "Localized pustular psoriasis" OR "localised pustular psoriasis" OR "pustulosis of palm and sole" OR "pustulosis of the palm and sole"

Run this search on Europe PMC

ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):

"Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris" OR "Palmoplantar pustulosis" OR "Localized pustular psoriasis" OR "localised pustular psoriasis" OR "pustulosis of palm and sole" OR "pustulosis of the palm and sole"

Interventional trials matched via: phrase (mesh = registered under a MeSH descriptor no name phrase would catch; recall-expansion = gene / selected parent terms used only for trials).

Study-type breakdown: 26 interventional · 6 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

Synonyms dropped by stoplist: LPP; PPP

Confidence reasoning

  • Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
  • 2 synonym(s) dropped by stoplist (may under-count)
  • No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
  • Publication count (2342) is extremely high with unknown/missing prevalence — treat as possible over-matching, not proven research intensity

Ingested 2026-07-27T08:14:22.522Z