e-ISSN: Pending

Browse the failure-mode index

12,380 real negative results, null findings, and replication failures in Medicine. Search the index →

WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record compiled from open scholarly databases; the abstract is shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed, otherwise a short excerpt under fair use. Classifications are automated and approximate.

Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Repeated Low-Level Red-Light Therapy for Childhood Myopia: Efficacy, Mechanisms, Rebound Effects, Safety Boundaries, and Clinical Standardization.

Wu X, Zhang B, Yu M et al. · 2026 · Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy

Repeated low-level red-light therapy (RLRL) has emerged as a promising ocular photobiomodulation strategy for childhood myopia control. Published randomized trials have reported substantial reductions in axial elongation and refractive…

View details →
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Gamma auditory steady-state response and remission in antipsychotic-naïve patients at clinical high risk for psychosis: a longitudinal study.

Kiang M, Lepock JR, Mizrahi R et al. · 2026 · The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry

Objectives Patients at clinical high risk (CHR) for schizophrenia experience a wide range of clinical outcomes. Given this heterogeneity, long-term prognostic biomarkers are needed. The gamma-frequency EEG auditory steady-state response…

View details →
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Procedural Memory Reconsolidation Following Multiple Reminders.

Flint RW Jr, Morehouse J, Chown AE et al. · 2026 · Psychological reports

Long-term reactivated memories undergo a time-dependent reconsolidation process during which they are susceptible to modulation. We report the results of an experiment examining the effect of multiple reminder treatments on reconsolidation…

View details →
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Regulation of Satellite Cells and Myogenesis in Response to Eccentric Resistance Exercise in Hypoxic Conditions in Healthy Young Men.

van Doorslaer de Ten Ryen S, Warnier G, Antoine N et al. · 2026 · FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Satellite cells participate in myogenesis and contribute to skeletal muscle regeneration and hypertrophy. Amongst other stimuli, satellite cells can be activated by exercise and hypoxia. However, the cumulative effect of exercise on…

View details →
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Action modulates visual detection and metacognitive sensitivity.

Tagami U, Imaizumi S · 2026 · Acta psychologica

Visual false pattern perception can increase in response to a lack of control. However, prior studies have manipulated control over relatively long timescales by altering participants' beliefs. We investigated whether short-timescale…

View details →
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Carboplatin, Cabazitaxel, and Abiraterone in High-Volume Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer: The CASCARA Phase II Study.

Antonarakis ES, Antonarakis ES, Cao Q et al. · 2026 · Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Purpose This multicenter, single-arm, phase II trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of cabazitaxel and carboplatin followed by abiraterone, plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in patients with high-volume metastatic…

View details →
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Clinical Phenotypes and Neurobiology of Youth With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Across Sex.

Getachew ED, Wronski ML, Van De Water AL et al. · 2026 · The International journal of eating disorders

Objective Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder characterized by persistent avoidant/restrictive eating unrelated to body image. Sex differences in clinical phenotypes and neurobiology of ARFID are…

View details →