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A searchable index of real negative results, null findings, and replication failures from the published literature — so you can learn what didn't work before repeating it.

WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Vaccinated and Convalescent Donor–Derived Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2–Specific T Cells as Adoptive Immunotherapy for High-Risk Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients

Penelope‐Georgia Papayanni, D. Chasiotis, Kiriakos Koukoulias et al. · 2021 · Clinical Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic poses an urgent need for the development of effective therapies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS: We first tested SARS-CoV-2-specific…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Use of Antivirals in SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Critical Review of the Role of Remdesivir

Santiago Moreno, Bernardino Alcázar-Navarrete, Carlos Dueñas et al. · 2022 · Drug Design Development and Therapy

The aim of this report is to review the literature and shed light on the uncertainties surrounding the use of antiviral agents in general and remdesivir in COVID-19 patients. This review evaluated a battery of antiviral compounds and their…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effects of early corticosteroid use in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019

Jong Hoon Hyun, Moo Hyun Kim, Yujin Sohn et al. · 2021 · BMC Infectious Diseases

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome, and corticosteroids have been considered as possible therapeutic agents for this disease. However, there is limited literature on the appropriate timing of corticosteroid administration to obtain the best possible patient outcomes. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study including patients with severe COVID-19 who received corticosteroid treatment from March 2 to June 30, 2020 in seven tertiary hospitals in South Korea. We analyzed the patient demographics, characteristics, and

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessImmunology and Microbiology

Hemodiafiltration Decreases Serum Levels of Inflammatory Mediators in Severe Leptospirosis: A Prospective Study

Sergio Cleto, Camila Eleutério Rodrigues, Ceila María Sant’Ana Malaque et al. · 2016 · PLoS ONE

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is a health problem worldwide. Its most severe form is a classic model of sepsis, provoking acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute kidney injury (AKI), with associated mortality that remains unacceptably high. We previously demonstrated that early initiation of sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) followed by daily SLED significantly decreases mortality. However, the mode of clearance can also affect dialysis patient outcomes. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the effects of SLED with traditional (diffusive) clearance, via hemodia

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Are three weeks hypofractionated radiation therapy (HFRT) comparable to six weeks for newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients? Results of a phase II study

Pierina Navarria, Federico Pessina, Stefano Tomatis et al. · 2017 · Oncotarget

// Pierina Navarria 1, * , Federico Pessina 2, * , Stefano Tomatis 1 , Riccardo Soffietti 3 , Marco Grimaldi 4 , Egesta Lopci 5 , Arturo Chiti 5, 7 , Antonella Leonetti 9 , Alessandra Casarotti 2 , Marco Rossi 2 , Luca Cozzi 1 , Anna Maria Ascolese 1 , Matteo Simonelli 6, 7 , Simona Marcheselli 8 , Armando Santoro 6, 7 , Elena Clerici 1 , Lorenzo Bello 2 and Marta Scorsetti 1, 7 1 Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Department, Humanitas Cancer Center and Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy 2 Neurosurgical Oncology Department, Humanitas Cancer Center and Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy 3 Consultant

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Mortality in HIV and tuberculosis patients following implementation of integrated HIV-TB treatment: Results from an open-label cluster-randomized trial

Kogieleum Naidoo, Santhanalakshmi Gengiah, Nonhlanhla Yende‐Zuma et al. · 2022 · EClinicalMedicine

Background HIV-TB treatment integration reduces mortality. Operational implementation of integrated services is challenging. This study assessed the impact of quality improvement (QI) for HIV-TB integration on mortality within primary…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Potential Influence of Anesthetic Interventions on Breast Cancer Early Recurrence According to Estrogen Receptor Expression: A Sub-Study of a Randomized Trial

Mohan Li, Yuelun Zhang, Lijian Pei et al. · 2022 · Frontiers in Oncology

Background Effects of anesthetic interventions on cancer prognosis remain controversial. There is evidence that estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer patients have an early recurrence peak. We aimed to assess the potential benefit of regional anesthesia-analgesia versus general anesthesia regarding early recurrence in breast cancer according to ER expression. Methods Based on a multicenter randomized controlled trial (clinicaltrials.gov, NCT00418457), we included all the patients from Peking Union Medical College Hospital research center in this study. The primary outcome was breast ca

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.837959Cited by 20
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Cost–Utility Analysis of Deferiprone for the Treatment of β-Thalassaemia Patients with Chronic Iron Overload: A UK Perspective

Anthony Bentley, Samantha Gillard, Michael Spino et al. · 2013 · PharmacoEconomics

BACKGROUND: Patients with β-thalassaemia major experience chronic iron overload due to regular blood transfusions. Chronic iron overload can be treated using iron-chelating therapies such as desferrioxamine (DFO), deferiprone (DFP) and…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s40273-013-0076-zCited by 20
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A randomized phase 2 study of temsirolimus and cetuximab versus temsirolimus alone in recurrent/metastatic, cetuximab‐resistant head and neck cancer: The MAESTRO study

Tanguy Y. Seiwert, Sara Kochanny, Kevin Wood et al. · 2020 · Cancer

BACKGROUND: Patients with cetuximab-resistant, recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have poor outcomes. This study hypothesized that dual blockade of mammalian target of rapamycin and epidermal growth factor…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32929Cited by 20
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

New treatment options for lupus – a focus on belimumab

Laurent Chiche · 2012 · Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Belimumab is the first biologic approved for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Belimumab is the first of a new class of drug targeting B cell-stimulating factors or their receptors to reach the market. Its target, BLyS,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Significant Differences in Capsid Properties and Potency Between Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors Produced in Sf9 and HEK293 Cells

April R. Giles, Martin Lock, Shu‐Jen Chen et al. · 2023 · Human Gene Therapy

For successful vector-based gene therapy manufacturing, the selected adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector production system must produce vector at sufficient scale. However, concerns have arisen regarding the quality of vector produced…

View details →DOI: 10.1089/hum.2022.116Cited by 20
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Significant differences in single-platelet biophysics exist across species but attenuate during clot formation

Oluwamayokun Oshinowo, Renee Copeland, Yumiko Sakurai et al. · 2021 · Blood Advances

Key Points Human, canine, ovine, and porcine platelets exhibit disparate biophysical signatures, whereas human and murine platelets are similar. Multiple biophysical parameters integrate during clot formation, measured by bulk clot…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Significant Differences in the Bacterial Microbiome of the Pharynx and Skin in Patients with Psoriasis Compared with Healthy Controls

Malin Assarsson, Jan Söderman, Olaf Dienus et al. · 2020 · Acta Dermato Venereologica

Studies have shown differences in the skin and gut bacterial microbiomes in patients with psoriasis, but the pharyngeal microbiome has not been studied previously. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in the bacterial…

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Negative / Null Result Report

Assessment and Comparison of the Overall Analytical Potential of Capillary Electrophoresis and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Using the RGB Model: How Much Can We Find Out?

Paweł Mateusz Nowak, Edyta Sekuła, Paweł Kościelniak · 2020 · Chromatographia

Abstract The choice between capillary electrophoresis (CE) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is not easy and depends on many factors. An attempt to facilitate this choice is this work, in which both techniques have been…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10337-020-03933-9Cited by 20
Negative / Null Result Report

Biliverdin Reductase inhibitors did not improve severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in vivo

Remco van Dijk, Sem J. Aronson, Dirk R. de Waart et al. · 2017 · Scientific Reports

Abstract We aimed to identify potent biliverdin reductase (BVRA) inhibitors as a novel concept for the treatment of severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. 1280 FDA-approved compounds were screened in vitro for their ability to inhibit…

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Negative / Null Result Report

Did Noise Pollution Really Improve during COVID-19? Evidence from Taiwan

Rezzy Eko Caraka, Yusra Yusra, Toni Toharudin et al. · 2021 · Sustainability

Background and objectives: The impacts of COVID-19 are like two sides of one coin. During 2020, there were many research papers that proved our environmental and climate conditions were improving due to lockdown or large-scale restriction…

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Negative / Null Result Report

Climate change and pro-environmental behaviours: the significant environmental challenges of livelihoods

Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed, Bahadur Ali Soomro, Naimatullah Shah · 2022 · Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Purpose The study investigates the intention to adopt climate change and the pro-environmental behaviours among the residents of a developing country (Pakistan) through the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Design/methodology/approach…

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Negative / Null Result Report

Exercise Strain Echocardiography in Patients With a Hemodynamically Significant Myocardial Bridge Assessed by Physiological Study

Yukari Kobayashi, Jennifer A. Tremmel, Yuhei Kobayashi et al. · 2015 · Journal of the American Heart Association

Background Although a myocardial bridge ( MB ) is often regarded as a benign coronary variant, recent studies have associated MB with focal myocardial ischemia. The physiological consequences of MB on ventricular function during stress…

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Negative / Null Result ReportBusiness, Management and Accounting

Molecular Genetics and Hormones: New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research

Matthijs van der Loos · 2011 · Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)

Recent studies suggest that entrepreneurship is partly heritable, but are unable to pinpoint the specific genes involved. This thesis presents results from novel research aiming to identify genes associated with entrepreneurship using…

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Negative / Null Result ReportNeuroscience

The Relationship Between Immorality and Cleansing

Jedidiah Siev, Shelby E. Zuckerman, Joseph J. Siev · 2018 · Social Psychology

Abstract. In a widely publicized set of studies, participants who were primed to consider unethical events preferred cleansing products more than did those primed with ethical events ( Zhong & Liljenquist, 2006 ). This tendency to…

View details →DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000349Cited by 20
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Enhanced cardiac repair by telomerase reverse transcriptase over-expression in human cardiac mesenchymal stromal cells

Thi Yen Loan Le, Hilda A. Pickett, Andrian Yang et al. · 2019 · Scientific Reports

We have previously reported a subpopulation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) within the platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFRα)/CD90 co-expressing cardiac interstitial and adventitial cell fraction. Here we further characterise PDGFRα/CD90-expressing cardiac MSCs (PDGFRα + cMSCs) and use human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) over-expression to increase cMSCs ability to repair the heart after induced myocardial infarction. hTERT over-expression in PDGFRα + cardiac MSCs (hTERT + PDGFRα + cMSCs) modulates cell differentiation, proliferation, survival and angiogenesis re

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Gut Microbiota Modulation through Akkermansia spp . Supplementation Increases CAR T-cell Potency

Laura Marcos-Kovandzic, Michele Avagliano, Myriam Ben Khelil et al. · 2025 · Cancer Discovery

This study investigates the clinical relevance of the gut microbiome at taxonomic and metabolic levels in anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, both in patients and in a preclinical syngeneic tumor model. Patients with…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPsychology

How bad is the mere presence of a phone? A replication of Przybylski and Weinstein (2013) and an extension to creativity

Claire Linares, Anne-Laure Sellier · 2021 · PLoS ONE

A 2013 article reported two experiments suggesting that the mere presence of a cellphone (vs. a notebook) can impair the relationship quality between strangers. The purpose of the present research is twofold: (1) closely replicate this article's findings, and (2) examine whether there may be an impact of the mere presence of a phone on creativity, whether at a group- or an individual- level. In two experiments (N = 356 participants, 136 groups), we followed the original procedure in the 2013 article. In particular, groups of participants who had never seen each other before the study had a con

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Reexamining the “brain drain” effect: A replication of Ward et al. (2017)

Ana C. Ruiz Pardo, John Paul Minda · 2022 · Acta Psychologica

The present study was a pre-registered direct replication of Ward et al.'s (2017) second experiment (OSF pre-registration found at: https://osf.io/5fq4r). This replication assigned both smartphone location (on desk, in pocket/bag, or outside of the testing room) and smartphone power (on, or off) for a total of six conditions. Participants completed an automated operation span (OSpan) task, a Cue-Dependent Go/No-Go task, and the smartphone attachment and dependency inventory. It was hypothesized that performance on an attention-demanding task (i.e., the OSpan task) would be worse for those in c

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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

The Impact of Teach for America on Non-Test Academic Outcomes

Ben Backes, Michael Hansén · 2017 · Education Finance and Policy

Recent evidence on teacher productivity suggests that teachers meaningfully influence non-test academic student outcomes that are commonly overlooked by narrowly focusing on test scores. Despite a large number of studies investigating the…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Functional co-activation of the default mode network in APOE ε4-carriers: A replication study

Lara J. Mentink, Joao Guimaraes, Myrthe Faber et al. · 2021 · NeuroImage

Structural and functional alterations of the brain in persons genetically at-risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are crucial in unravelling AD development. Filippini et al. found that the default mode network (DMN) is already affected in young APOE ε4-carriers, with increased co-activation of the DMN during rest and increased hippocampal task activation. We aimed to replicate the early findings of Filippini et al, using the APOE gene, still the principal AD risk gene, and extended this with a polygenic risk score (PRS) analysis for AD, using the Human Connectome Project dataset (HCP). We include

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Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

Simulating semantics: Are individual differences in motor imagery related to sensorimotor effects in language processing?

Emiko J. Muraki, Penny M. Pexman · 2021 · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition

In embodied theories of semantic representation, the processes and mechanisms of modal simulations that are engaged during semantic processing have tended to be underspecified. We investigated the possibility that motor imagery may be a…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessDecision Sciences

Magical thinking in predictions of negative events: Evidence for tempting fate but not for a protection effect

J. van Wolferen, Yoel Inbar, Marcel Zeelenberg · 2013 · Judgment and Decision Making

Abstract In this paper we test two hypotheses regarding magical thinking about the perceived likelihood of future events. The first is that people believe that those who “tempt fate” by failing to take necessary precautions are more likely to suffer negative outcomes. The second is the “protection effect”, where reminding people of precautions they have taken leads them to see related risks as less likely. To this end, we describe the results from three attempted direct replications of a protection effect experiment reported in Tykocinski (2008) and two replications of a tempting fate experime

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