RARE DISEASERESEARCH ATLAS
Open navigation menu

ORPHA:2662

Keipert syndrome

low confidenceDisorder

Also known as: Nasodigitoacoustic syndrome

Publications

2,026

Trials

0

Interventional, condition-specific

Researchers

200

Distinct authors in sample

Gene link

GPC4

Definitive

Readiness

3/6

Stages with a signal

Clinical definition (Orphanet)

A rare multiple anomalies syndrome characterized by facial dysmorphism (hypertelorism, broad and high nasal bridge, depressed nasal ridge, short columella, underdeveloped maxilla, and prominent cupid-bow upper lip vermillion), mild to severe sensorineural hearing loss, and skeletal abnormalities consisting of brachytelephalangy and broad thumbs and halluces with large, rounded epiphyses. Additional manifestations that have been reported include pulmonary valve stenosis, voice hoarseness and renal agenesis.

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 (4)

KPTS · Keipert syndrome, X-linked recessive · nasodigitoacoustic syndrome · nasodigitoacoustic syndrome, formerly

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 matched interventional trial; the gene is known and literature exists — preclinical or natural-history work may still be the practical next step.

  1. Gene identifiedPresent

    Definitive — GPC4

  2. LiteraturePresent

    2,026 matched papers (1,320 in last 10 years) Source

  3. Phenotype characterisedPresent

    46 HPO annotations (e.g. Depressed nasal bridge; Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the distal phalanges of the toes; Macrocephaly) 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 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?

Yes — we know a specific gene responsible (GPC4).

GenCC classification: Definitive.

Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)

46

Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0009720

  • Depressed nasal bridge
  • Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the distal phalanges of the toes
  • Macrocephaly
  • Hypoplasia of the maxilla
  • Tented upper lip vermilion

Showing 5 of 46 — 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?

2,026

2,026 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=3967) is 59.

2,026 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).

1,320 in the last 10 years · low confidence

Phrase hits: 30 · MeSH hits: 0

Open Europe PMC search

Who's working on it?

200

Distinct author names in 30 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
    Cormier-Daire V3 papers · 2024

    Paris Cité University, Reference Center for Skeletal Dysplasia, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  2. 02
    Amor DJ2 papers · 2019

    Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Flemington Rd, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. david.amor@mcri.edu.au

    Papers in Europe PMC
  3. 03
    Bahlo M2 papers · 2019

    The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  4. 04
    Hall CM2 papers · 2008
    Papers in Europe PMC
  5. 05
    Mortier G2 papers · 2020

    Center of Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  6. 06
    Mundlos S2 papers · 2023

    Institut für medizinische Genetik und Humangenetik, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  7. 07
    Reardon W2 papers · 2019

    National Centre for Medical Genetics, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland. willie.reardon@olhsc.ie

    Papers in Europe PMC
  8. 08
    Shaw-Smith C2 papers · 2019

    Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Devon and Exeter National Health Service Foundation Trust, Exeter EX1 2ED, UK.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  9. 09
    Sutton VR2 papers · 2023

    Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.

    Papers in Europe PMC
  10. 10
    Ablasser K1 paper · 2026

    Division of Cardiology, University Heart Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.

    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).

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.

low 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 0 · after dedupe 0 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 0 · 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).

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 Keipert 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.

("Keipert syndrome" OR "Nasodigitoacoustic syndrome" OR "Keipert syndrome, X-linked recessive" OR "nasodigitoacoustic syndrome, formerly") OR ("GPC4" OR "GPC4 syndrome" OR "GPC4-related")

Run this search on Europe PMC

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

"Keipert syndrome" OR "Nasodigitoacoustic syndrome" OR "Keipert syndrome, X-linked recessive" OR "nasodigitoacoustic syndrome, formerly"

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

Synonyms dropped by stoplist: KPTS

Confidence reasoning

  • Preferred label is short or not clearly distinctive
  • 1 synonym(s) dropped by stoplist (may under-count)
  • No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
  • Publication count (2026) is implausibly high for prevalence class "<1 / 1 000 000" — treat as possible over-matching, not a measure of research intensity

Ingested 2026-07-26T20:47:24.133Z