ORPHA:228272
Primary anetoderma
Also known as: Primary macular atrophy
Publications
89
42th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
383
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
Primary anetoderma is a rare skin disease characterized by loss of elastin tissue resulting in localized areas of flaccid skin in the absence of a secondary cause.
How rare: How common this is has not been clearly measured.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0016444
- MeSH:D057088
- UMLS:C0406550
Additional Mondo synonyms (1)
primary macular atrophy
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
89 matched papers (32 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot found
No HPO disease–phenotype associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs
- Animal modelNot found
No Alliance genotype “model of” associations via Monarch for these Mondo IDs
- Orphan designationNot found
No FDA or EMA orphan-drug designation matched this disease via UMLS or preferred name Source
- 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)
None returned for this Mondo ID. That often means “not linked under this ID,” not “no clinical features.”
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?
89
89 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.
89 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).
32 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 42th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 83 · MeSH hits: 6
Who's working on it?
383
Distinct author names in 89 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.
- 01David M6 papers · 2010Papers in Europe PMC
- 02Hodak E6 papers · 2010
Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Hazaz B3 papers · 1992Papers in Europe PMC
- 04Kim JS3 papers · 2024
Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Costa R2 papers · 2013
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Suite 2303 NT, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Doria A2 papers · 2006Papers in Europe PMC
- 07Feuerman H2 papers · 2010Papers in Europe PMC
- 08Francès C2 papers · 2012
Service de dermatologie-allergologie, hôpital Tenon, université Paris-VI, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France. camille.frances@tnn.aphp.fr
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Ishida Y2 papers · 2007
Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Lahav M2 papers · 1992Papers 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 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.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
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 20 · after dedupe 20 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 20 · dropped 0 · fetched 2026-07-30
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 (20)
- isrctn·ISRCTN49147196·No longer recruiting·An observational study to understand markers indicating disease progression in dry age-related macular degeneration
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN96250868·Recruiting·Gene therapy study to assess the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of AXV-101 when injected into the eye in patients with a mutated BBS1 gene to prevent sight loss
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN11083692·No longer recruiting·A long-term extension study of JNJ-81201887 (AAVCAGsCD59) parent studies in participants with geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN10005321·No longer recruiting·A community-based monitoring programme for the early detection of wet age-related macular degeneration
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN10012824·Recruiting·Light-Touch Study
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN38641780·No longer recruiting·A study to compare JNJ-81201887 to a sham procedure for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN41725621·Recruiting·A study to investigate the safety, tolerability, and exposure of single doses of the study medicine STK-002, in patients with autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA)
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN57142415·Recruiting·Cerebrospinal fluid shunting or dural venous sinus stenting to preserve vision in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH Intervention)
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN22122298·Recruiting·Using direct observation of dying retinal cells technique to predict the likelihood of macular atrophy developing in newly diagnosed wet macular degeneration patients
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN76889861·No longer recruiting·An observational study following patients newly diagnosed with neovascular or 'wet' Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) looking at the changes within the eye both before and after treatment with anti-VEGF injection therapy
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN10751859·No longer recruiting·A Phase II clinical trial of Detection of Apoptosing Retinal Cells (DARC II)
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN92746680·No longer recruiting·Clinical efficacy and mechanistic evaluation of Eplerenone for central serous chorio-retinopathy – the VICI randomised trial
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN12884465·No longer recruiting·StereoTactic radiotherapy for wet Age-Related macular degeneration (STAR)
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN48855678·No longer recruiting·Early detection of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN82148651·No longer recruiting·Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Light trial
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN32038223·No longer recruiting·Laser-1st vs Drops-1st for Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN66216819·No longer recruiting·OCTOME study
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN41984498·No longer recruiting·Diabetic Macular Oedema: a prospective randomised trial of management with intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin®) versus conventional laser therapy in diabetic macula oedema
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN83325075·No longer recruiting·A randomised, double-masked phase III study of the efficacy and safety of Avastin® (bevacizumab) intravitreal injections compared to best available therapy in subjects with choroidal neovascularisation secondary to age-related macular degeneration
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN94557601·No longer recruiting·The putative beneficial effects of supplemental Lutein (L) and Zeaxanthin (Z) with co-antioxidants in patients with age-related maculopathy: A pilot short term randomised controlled clinical trial of antioxidant supplementation
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
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 Primary anetoderma — check Associations / patient organisations on that page.
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.
"Primary anetoderma" OR "Primary macular atrophy"
MeSH descriptor terms unioned into the query: Anetoderma
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Primary anetoderma" OR "Primary macular atrophy" OR "Anetoderma"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase, mesh; with hits: phrase, mesh
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 2026-07-27T10:05:43.132Z
