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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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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Relaxin Does Not Improve Angiotensin II-Induced Target-Organ Damage

Nadine Haase, Julianna Rugor, Łukasz Przybył et al. · 2014 · PLoS ONE

Relaxin is a corpus-luteum produced protein hormone with vasodilatatory, anti-fibrotic, and angiogenic properties that are opposite to angiotensin (Ang) II. We investigated whether or not relaxin ameliorates Ang II-induced target-organ damage. We used double transgenic rats harboring both human renin and angiotensinogen genes (dTGR) that develop severe hypertension, target-organ damage, and die untreated within 7-8 weeks. Recombinant relaxin at a low (26 μg/kg/d) and a high dose (240 μg/kg/d) was given to 4 week-old dTGR and age-matched Sprague-Dawley rats (SD). Systolic blood pressure increas

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093743Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Predictors of Survival, Treatment Modalities, and Clinical Outcomes of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in Patients Older Than 70 Years Still an Unmet Medical Need in 2024 Based on Real-World Evidence

Luís Alberto de Pádua Covas Lage, Rita Novello de Vita, Lucas Bassolli de Oliveira Alves et al. · 2024 · Cancers

Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) especially affects the older population. Old (≥60 years) and very old age (≥80 years) DLBCL patients often present high-risk molecular alterations, lower tolerability to conventional immunochemotherapy, and poor clinical outcomes. In this scenario, attenuated therapeutic strategies, such as the R-MiniCHOP and R-MiniCHOP of the elderly regimens, have emerged for this particularly fragile population. However, the responses, clinical outcomes, and toxicities of these regimens currently remain poorly understood, mainly because these individuals are

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Increasing Enzyme Mannose-6-Phosphate Levels but Not Miglustat Coadministration Enhances the Efficacy of Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Pompe Mice

Allyson L. Anding, Sofia Kinton, Kaitlyn Baranowski et al. · 2023 · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pompe disease is a rare glycogen storage disorder caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme acid α-glucosidase, which leads to muscle weakness, cardiac and respiratory failure, and early mortality. Alglucosidase alfa, a recombinant…

View details →DOI: 10.1124/jpet.123.001593Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Radiotherapy Improves Survival of Patients With Lymphovascular Invasion in pT1b Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

Xu Yang, Lina Zhao, Anhui Shi et al. · 2023 · The American Journal of Gastroenterology

INTRODUCTION: Adjuvant radiotherapy is recommended for pT1b esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). However, it is unclear whether additional radiotherapy can improve patient survival. This…

View details →DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002257Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Tetanus in the Elderly: The Management of Intensive Care and Prolonged Hospitalization

Hiroki Isono, Taiju Miyagami, Kohta Katayama et al. · 2016 · Internal Medicine

Tetanus is a potentially fatal infection. Approximately 100 cases are reported in Japan each year; however, little is known about its clinical course and outcomes in the current era of treatment. We herein report three cases of tetanus in…

View details →DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.7131Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Ulinastatin did not reduce mortality in elderly multiple organ failure patients: a retrospective observational study in a single center ICU

Masatoshi Uchida, Toshikazu Abe, Kazuyuki Ono et al. · 2017 · Acute Medicine & Surgery

Aim Our aim was to evaluate the effect of ulinastatin on 28‐day mortality in patients who developed multiple organ failure ( MOF ) related to their acute illness and were admitted to the intensive care unit ( ICU ). Methods We carried out a retrospective observational study of MOF patients in a general ICU of a tertiary care hospital in Japan from January 2009 to December 2012. The primary outcome was 28‐day all‐cause mortality. Secondary outcomes were ventilator‐free days, ICU ‐free days, and vasopressor‐free days at day 28. We investigated the association between ulinastatin treatment and ou

View details →DOI: 10.1002/ams2.304Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result Report

DID THE GREAT RECESSION REDUCE VISITOR SPENDING AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR NATURE‐BASED RECREATION? EVIDENCE FROM 2006 AND 2009

JOHN LOOMIS, CATHERINE KESKE · 2011 · Contemporary Economic Policy

Outdoor recreation is a large industry that can diversify public land‐based economies that have traditionally relied upon resource extraction. However, what happens to nature‐based recreation visitor spending and benefits during times of…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Safety and efficacy of antibiotics among acutely decompensated cirrhosis patients

Shahid Habib, Nehali Patel, Sandeep Yarlagadda et al. · 2018 · Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Infection is a leading precipitant of acute-on-chronic liver failure. This study aims to determine the safety and efficacy of antibiotics within acute-on-chronic liver failure. METHODS: Retrospective study of 457…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/jgh.14267Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgricultural and Biological Sciences

Anticoccidial and immunogenic effectivity of encapsulated organic acids and anticoccidial drugs in broilers infected with Eimeria spp.

Ali Nouri · 2022 · Scientific Reports

Abstract The study was conducted to consider the anticoccidial and immunogenic effectivities of encapsulated organic acids and anticoccidial drugs in broilers reared on a reused litter infected with Eimeria spp. for simulating in-field exposure to avian coccidiosis. 525 mixed -sex one-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were used in a 2 × 3 factorial experiment as a completely randomized design with seven experimental groups and five replicates of 15 chicks. The seven experimental groups were included: negative (uninfected; T 1 ) and positive (infected; T 2 ) control groups fed a diet without ad

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20990-2Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Still a Place for Metoclopramide as a Prokinetic Drug in Critically Ill Patients?

Arthur R. H. van Zanten, Y. G. Van Der Meer, Willem A. Venhuizen et al. · 2015 · Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Neurologic adverse reactions, including extrapyramidal disorders, dyskinesia, dystonia, convulsions, hypertonia, and tremors.4 The reported occurrence of tardive dyskinesia ranges from <0.01%–23%.5 High occurrence is attributed to chronic…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/0148607114567711Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Devimistat plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone for older relapsed or refractory patients with AML: results of the ARMADA trial

Timothy S. Pardee, Bayard L. Powell, Richard A. Larson et al. · 2024 · Blood Neoplasia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer of the myeloid lineage. Outcomes in older patients are poor with high rates of resistant and relapsed disease. Devimistat is a lipoic acid analog that inhibits mitochondrial metabolism.…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.bneo.2024.100009Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Should Transplantation Still Be Considered for Ph1-Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in Transformation?

Mathilde Ruggiu, Bruno Cassinat, Jean‐Jacques Kiladjian et al. · 2020 · Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

BCR-ABL-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) in transformation have a dismal prognosis, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is considered the sole curative therapeutic option. We retrospectively…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Ex vivo infection model for Francisella using human lung tissue

Kristin Köppen, Diana Fatykhova, Gudrun Holland et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Introduction Tularemia is mainly caused by Francisella tularensis ( Ft ) subsp. tularensis ( Ftt ) and Ft subsp. holarctica ( Ftt ) in humans and in more than 200 animal species including rabbits and hares. Human clinical manifestations depend on the route of infection and range from flu-like symptoms to severe pneumonia with a mortality rate up to 60% without treatment. So far, only 2D cell culture and animal models are used to study Francisella virulence , but the gained results are transferable to human infections only to a certain extent. Method In this study, we firstly established an ex

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1224356Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Pharmacological Treatment of Intermittent Claudication Does Not Have a Significant Effect on Gait Impairments During Claudication Pain

Jennifer M. Yentes, Jessie M. Huisinga, Sara A. Myers et al. · 2012 · Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a manifestation of atherosclerosis resulting in intermittent claudication (IC) or leg pain during physical activity. Two drugs (cilostazol and pentoxifylline) are approved for treatment of IC. Our…

View details →DOI: 10.1123/jab.28.2.184Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

Neuroscientific, Neuropsychological, and Psychological Evidence Comparably Impact Legal Decision Making: Implications for Experts and Legal Practitioners

Casey LaDuke, Benjamin Locklair, Kirk Heilbrun · 2018 · Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice

Neuroscientific evidence is assuming an increasingly prominent role in criminal law, where it has considerable potential for affecting legal decision making. Our understanding of this effect is currently limited. Research initially…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/24732850.2018.1439142Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Group Decision-making: Consensus Rule Versus Majority Rule

Elizabeth Taylor, Kelsey C. Hewitt, Robert A. Reeves et al. · 2013 · Procedia Technology

Previously, in the field to solve complex problems, we had found that majority rule (MR) decision-making out-performed consensus rule (CR) by making decisions that were quicker, more practical, and of better quality. This is an important…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.protcy.2013.12.055Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessImmunology and Microbiology

Mutations in matrix and SP1 repair the packaging specificity of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 mutant by reducing the association of Gag with spliced viral RNA

Natalia Ristic, Mario P. S. Chin · 2010 · Retrovirology

BACKGROUND: The viral genome of HIV-1 contains several secondary structures that are important for regulating viral replication. The stem-loop 1 (SL1) sequence in the 5' untranslated region directs HIV-1 genomic RNA dimerization and packaging into the virion. Without SL1, HIV-1 cannot replicate in human T cell lines. The replication restriction phenotype in the SL1 deletion mutant appears to be multifactorial, with defects in viral RNA dimerization and packaging in producer cells as well as in reverse transcription of the viral RNA in infected cells. In this study, we sought to characterize SL

View details →DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-7-73Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Pulmonary Effects of Sustained Periods of High-G Acceleration Relevant to Suborbital Spaceflight

Ross D. Pollock, Caroline J. Jolley, N. Abid et al. · 2021 · Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance

Abstract BACKGROUND: Members of the public will soon be taking commercial suborbital spaceflights with significant G x (chest-to-back) acceleration potentially reaching up to 6 G x . Pulmonary physiology is gravity-dependent and is likely…

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Negative / Null Result Report

Funding source and primary outcome changes in clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov are associated with the reporting of a statistically significant primary outcome: a cross-sectional study

Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Andrew P. Skingsley, Lahiru Handunnetthi et al. · 2015 · F1000Research

Background : We and others have shown a significant proportion of interventional trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov have their primary outcomes altered after the listed study start and completion dates. The objectives of this study…

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Negative / Null Result Report

Can Machines Find the Bilingual Advantage? Machine Learning Algorithms Find No Evidence to Differentiate Between Lifelong Bilingual and Monolingual Cognitive Profiles

Samuel Kyle Jones, Jodie Davies-Thompson, Jeremy Tree · 2021 · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Bilingualism has been identified as a potential cognitive factor linked to delayed onset of dementia as well as boosting executive functions in healthy individuals. However, more recently, this claim has been called into question following…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.621772Cited by 11
Failed Experiment Report

On statistically-secure quantum homomorphic encryption

Ching-Yi Lai, Kai-Min Chung · 2018 · Quantum Information and Computation

Homomorphic encryption is an encryption scheme that allows computations to be evaluated on encrypted inputs without knowledge of their raw messages. Recently Ouyang et al. constructed a quantum homomorphic encryption (QHE) scheme for…

View details →DOI: 10.26421/qic18.9-10-4Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportNeuroscience

End of the line: Line bisection, an unreliable measure of approach and avoidance motivation

Nathan Leggett, Nicole A. Thomas, Michael E. R. Nicholls · 2015 · Cognition & Emotion

Approach motivation leads to greater left hemisphere activation, whereas an avoidant motivational state activates the right hemisphere. Recent research, which served as the basis for the current experiment, suggests line bisection provides…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1053842Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportNeuroscience

Does testing impair relational processing? Failed attempts to replicate the negative testing effect.

Katherine A. Rawson, Kathryn T. Wissman, Kalif E. Vaughn · 2015 · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition

Recent research on testing effects (i.e., practice tests are more effective than restudy for enhancing subsequent memory) has focused on explaining when and why testing enhances memory. Of particular interest for present purposes, Zaromb…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Interfering With DNA Decondensation as a Strategy Against Mycobacteria

Enzo M. Scutigliani, Edwin R. Scholl, Anita E. Grootemaat et al. · 2018 · Frontiers in Microbiology

Tuberculosis is once again a major global threat, leading to more than 1 million deaths each year. Treatment options for tuberculosis patients are limited, expensive and characterized by severe side effects, especially in the case of multi-drug resistant forms. Uncovering novel vulnerabilities of the pathogen is crucial to generate new therapeutic strategies. Using high resolution microscopy techniques, we discovered one such vulnerability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We demonstrate that the DNA of M. tuberculosis can condense under stressful conditions such as starvation and antibiotic trea

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02034Cited by 11
Negative / Null Result ReportNeuroscience

Is there evidence for unaware evaluative conditioning in a valence contingency learning task?

Anne Gast, Jasmin Richter, Borys Ruszpel · 2019 · Cognition & Emotion

In three experiments we investigated whether memory-independent evaluative conditioning (EC) and other memory-independent contingency learning (CL) effects occur in the valence contingency task (VCT). In the VCT, participants respond to…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Alexithymia and the Evaluation of Emotionally Valenced Scenes

Sarah N. Rigby, Lorna S. Jakobson, Pauline M. Pearson et al. · 2020 · Frontiers in Psychology

Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties identifying and describing feelings (DIF and DDF) and an externally-oriented thinking style (EOT). The primary aim of the present study was to investigate links between alexithymia and the evaluation of emotional scenes. We also investigated whether viewers’ evaluations of emotional scenes were better predicted by specific alexithymic traits or by individual differences in sensory processing sensitivity (SPS). Participants (N = 106) completed measures of alexithymia and SPS along with a task requiring speeded judgments of the ple

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