ORPHA:97337
Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease
Also known as: Aseptic necrosis of patella · Osteochondrosis of patella
Publications
333
64.6th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
937
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
2/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare osteochrondrosis characterized by chronic traction injury of the immature osteotendinous junction where the patellar tendon inserts into the inferior pole of the patella. It is typically seen in active adolescents. Patients present with point tenderness at the inferior pole of the patella associated with focal swelling and restriction of knee joint range of movement. Radiographic features include thickening of the proximal patellar tendon (potentially followed by dystrophic calcification and/or ossification) and fragmentation of the inferior pole of the patella.
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:0019970
- UMLS:C1504517
Additional Mondo synonyms (1)
aseptic necrosis of patella
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
333 matched papers (161 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedPresent
5 HPO annotations (e.g. Limitation of knee mobility; Osteochondrosis; Painless fractures due to injury) 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)
5
Associated phenotypes · MONDO:0019970
- Limitation of knee mobility
- Osteochondrosis
- Painless fractures due to injury
- Knee pain
- Joint swelling
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?
333
333 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.
333 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).
161 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 64.6th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 333 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
937
Distinct author names in 200 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.
- 01Holden S4 papers · 2026
Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Iwame T3 papers · 2019
Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Krommes K3 papers · 2025
Center for General Practice at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Matsuura T3 papers · 2019
Department of Orthopedics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Rathleff MS3 papers · 2021
Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Sairyo K3 papers · 2019
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokushima Red Cross Hospital, Komatsushima, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Serrão FV3 papers · 2024
Physical Therapy Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luis Km 235, São Carlos, São Paulo, CEP 13565-905, Brazil.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Suzue N3 papers · 2019
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokushima Red Cross Hospital, Komatsushima, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Thorborg K3 papers · 2025
Sports Orthopedic Research Center-Copenhagen (SORC-C), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager-Hvidovre, Denmark.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10van Middelkoop M3 papers · 2025
Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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.
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 0 · after dedupe 0 · already on CT.gov 0 · kept 0 · parent 0 · uncertain 0 · 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).
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 Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease — 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.
"Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease" OR "Aseptic necrosis of patella" OR "Aseptic necrosis of the patella" OR "Osteochondrosis of patella" OR "Osteochondrosis of the patella"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease" OR "Aseptic necrosis of patella" OR "Aseptic necrosis of the patella" OR "Osteochondrosis of patella" OR "Osteochondrosis of the patella"
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 multi-word and distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
Ingested 2026-07-27T05:11:08.537Z