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ORPHA:1706

Mosaic trisomy 15 syndrome

high confidenceDisorder

Also known as: Mosaic trisomy chromosome 15 · Trisomy 15 mosaicism

Publications

38

28.2th percentile

Trials

0

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

218

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

—

Readiness

3/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

Mosaic trisomy 15 is a rare chromosomal anomaly syndrome principally characterized by intrauterine growth restriction, cardiac anomalies (incl. ventricular and atrial septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus) and craniofacial dysmorphism (incl. hypertelorism, downslanting palpebral fissures, wide nasal bridge). Patients also present brain (e.g. hypoplastic cerebellum, ventricular asymmetry), renal (e.g. small dysplastic kidneys), and/or genital (undescended testis, small penis, hypoplastic labia majora) anomalies. Digital and skin pigmentation abnormalities have also been reported.

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.

Orphanet entry

Cross-references

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

Additional Mondo synonyms (2)

Mosaic trisomy type 15 · trisomy 15 mosaicism

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.”

3/6 stages with a signal

No specific-condition interventional trial, but broader-category trials exist — discuss eligibility with a clinician.

  1. Gene identifiedNot found

    No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build

  2. LiteraturePresent

    38 matched papers (10 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedPresent

    6 HPO annotations (e.g. Abnormality of the nervous system; Abnormality of the hand; Hypotonia) Source

  4. Animal modelNot found

    No Alliance genotype “model of” associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs

  5. Orphan designationNot found

    No FDA or EMA orphan-drug designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name Source

  6. Interventional trialPartial

    None under the specific name; 22 for broader category trisomy

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)

6

Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0015727

  • Abnormality of the nervous system
  • Abnormality of the hand
  • Hypotonia
  • Abnormality of chromosome segregation
  • Deviation of finger

Showing 5 of 6 — open Monarch for the full list.

Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)

None returned for this Mondo ID. Empty here is not proof that no model organism work exists under another name or gene.

Monarch fetch 2026-07-29

Therapies

Designations, candidates, and chemicals

FDA OOPD and EMA orphan designations, Open Targets clinical candidates, and CTD chemical associations via MyDisease.info. These never change the interventional-trial headline.

Orphan designation (FDA · EMA)

No designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name on the FDA OOPD mirror or EMA orphan register. Absence here is not proof that none exists under another wording.

Open Targets candidates

No drugs or clinical candidates returned for this Mondo ID on Open Targets.

CTD chemicals (MyDisease.info)

No CTD chemical associations returned for this Mondo ID.

Literature

Is anyone studying this?

38

38 papers have ever been published on this condition (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=3967) is 59.

38 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 59 (publications denominator n=3967).

10 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 28.2th percentile (publications denominator)

Phrase hits: 38 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

218

Distinct author names in 38 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.

  1. 01
    Cassidy SB3 papers · 2001

    Section of Genetics/Dysmorphology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Butler MG2 papers · 2017

    Departments of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, Kansas University Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., MS4015, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA. mbutler4@kumc.edu

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Devriendt K2 papers · 2022

    Centre for Human Genetics, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Fryns JP2 papers · 1997

    Center for Human Genetics, U.Z. Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Kalousek DK2 papers · 1998
    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Ledbetter DH2 papers · 2001
    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Legius E2 papers · 2022

    Department of Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Agan N1 paper · 2001
    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Aiello V1 paper · 2006
    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Alves C1 paper · 2015

    Departamento de Genética Humana, Unidade de Citogenética, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, INSA, I.P., Lisboa, Portugal.

    Papers 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). 22 trials are registered for trisomy, the broader category — shown separately because they may or may not enrol this specific subtype.

Data as of 11 September 2026 · last trial check 11 September 2026

No matched interventional trials. This is true for 77.2% of diseases in the trials denominator (5501 of 7126). Here are the researchers publishing on it.

high confidence · 38.6th 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.

22 interventional trials matched trisomy, the broader category — listed below. Those studies are not counted in the condition-specific total.

Broader category: trisomy

22

Interventional trials for the parent category, exclusive of NCT IDs already counted above. Eligibility for this subtype is not guaranteed.

Worth raising with a clinician. How we count trials.

Recruiting under the broader category

Other registries (secondary)

Broader net from EU CTIS, ISRCTN, and ICTRP when available — deduped against ClinicalTrials.gov IDs already counted above. Dual-model LLM relevance gates what we keep. These rows are not added to the interventional headline.

raw 1 · after dedupe 1 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 1 · dropped 0 · fetched 2026-07-29

Source notes: ictrp: Error: ICTRP public search unavailable (WHO portal is SPA-only; SOAP needs partnership). Tried: https://apps.who.int/tri

No secondary-registry studies passed dual-model relevance for this condition name (after dedupe).

Uncertain / not reviewed (1)

Where to find support

Condition-specific patient organisations, when Orphanet lists them, are on the disease’s Orphanet page. We also link umbrella groups that support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families.

Orphanet entry for Mosaic trisomy 15 syndrome — check Associations / patient organisations on that page.

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.

"Mosaic trisomy 15 syndrome" OR "Mosaic trisomy chromosome 15" OR "Trisomy 15 mosaicism" OR "Mosaic trisomy type 15"

Run this search on Europe PMC

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

"Mosaic trisomy 15 syndrome" OR "Mosaic trisomy chromosome 15" OR "Trisomy 15 mosaicism" OR "Mosaic trisomy type 15"

Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.

Parent-category trials query:

"trisomy"

Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase

Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov

Confidence reasoning

  • Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
  • No synonyms dropped by stoplist
  • No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus

Ingested 2026-07-26T18:00:37.976Z