ORPHA:779
Reynolds syndrome
Also known as: Primary biliary cirrhosis and systemic scleroderma
Publications
55
41.6th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
395
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
Reynolds syndrome (RS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the association of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc).
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:0013276
- OMIM:613471
- UMLS:C0748397
Additional Mondo synonyms (1)
primary biliary cirrhosis and systemic scleroderma
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
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
55 matched papers (31 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedPresent
50 HPO annotations (e.g. Xerostomia; Jaundice; Skin rash) Source
- 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)
50
Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0013276
- Xerostomia
- Jaundice
- Skin rash
- Pruritus
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Showing 5 of 50 — 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?
55
55 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.
55 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).
31 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 41.6th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 55 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
395
Distinct author names in 55 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.
- 01Hachulla E2 papers · 2021
Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence Des Maladies Autoimmunes Systémiques Rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France (CeRAINO), Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286 - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, 59000, Lille, France. eric.hachulla@chru-lille.fr.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Janin A2 papers · 2017
University Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut NeuroMyoGène, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Launay D2 papers · 2021
Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence Des Maladies Autoimmunes Systémiques Rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France (CeRAINO), Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286 - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, 59000, Lille, France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Li H2 papers · 2025
BGI-Anhui Clinical Laboratory, BGI-Shenzhen, 236000, Fuyang, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Liu Y2 papers · 2025
Department of Genetics, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, 330006, Nanchang, China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Mouthon L2 papers · 2021
Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Autoimmunes Systémiques Rares D'Ile de France, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), APHP-CUP, Hôpital Cochin, Université de Paris, 75014, Paris, France. luc.mouthon@aphp.fr.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Wollina U2 papers · 2019
Department of Dermatology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Abid I1 paper · 2026
Department of Medicine King Edward Medical University Lahore Pakistan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Agard C1 paper · 2021
Internal Medicine, Nantes University Hospital, University of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Ahmad MH1 paper · 2026
Department of Medicine Tentishev Satkynbai Memorial Asian Medical Institute Kant Kyrgyzstan.
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.
medium 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 3 · after dedupe 3 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 3 · 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 (3)
- isrctn·ISRCTN65727743·No longer recruiting·30-year follow-up of personality and clinical status of patients with anxiety and depression in the Nottingham Study of Neurotic Disorder
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN67079741·No longer recruiting·The Secret Agent Society – Operation Regulation intervention
skipped — LLM skipped (--skip-llm)
- isrctn·ISRCTN42305247·No longer recruiting·Antidepressant Controlled Trial for Negative Symptoms in schizophrenia
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 Reynolds syndrome — 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.
"Reynolds syndrome" OR "Primary biliary cirrhosis and systemic scleroderma"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Reynolds syndrome" OR "Primary biliary cirrhosis and systemic scleroderma"
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 2026-07-26T15:19:32.113Z