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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 ReportMedicine

Neutrophils shape the therapeutic efficacy of sirtuin 1 activity modulators in murine influenza virus infection.

Simeonova L, Leseva M, Stoyanov K et al. · 2025 · Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease

Sirtuin 1 (Sirt1), a class III histone deacetylase, is a key regulator of gene expression in various immune cell types, including neutrophils, during infection and acute inflammation. Herein, we studied the effect of the Sirt1 activator…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2025.167915
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Radiation Therapy Dose Escalation Failed to Improve Local Control for Intermediate-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma on ARST1431: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group.

Jackson CB, Xue W, Gupta AA et al. · 2025 · International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics

Purpose To evaluate local failure (LF) rates for patients with intermediate-risk rhabdomyosarcoma treated on the Children's Oncology Group ARST1431 clinical trial, the first and largest international, phase 3 randomized study to use FOXO1…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.03.038
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Bertolotti joint-related cyst: illustrative case.

Chow WD, Spinner RJ, Amrami KK et al. · 2026 · Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons

Background Bertolotti syndrome is an underrecognized cause of chronic low back pain. Back pain generated from Bertolotti syndrome is believed to result from altered weight dissipation mechanics and/or instability of the pseudoarticulation,…

View details →DOI: 10.3171/case25948
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Comparison of early and late time-controlled adaptive ventilation on pulmonary gas exchange in anesthetized horses.

Vicenti C, Cercone M, Nieman G et al. · 2025 · Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia

Objective To compare early versus late time-controlled adaptive ventilation (TCAV) for setting airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) on arterial oxygenation in dorsally recumbent anesthetized horses. Study design A crossover,…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.vaa.2025.06.007
Negative / Null Result Report

Idiopathic Hyperhidrosis after Trauma: A Case Report

Pae Y, Park H, Lee H et al. · 2024 · Preprint

Abstract Background Hyperhidrosis is the secretion of excess sweat beyond what the body needs for homeostatic regulation. Secondary hyperhidrosis is usually related to an underlying cause, mostly a medical condition, or extrinsic factors…

View details →DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5279798/v1
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Difficult to manage axial spondyloarthritis patients have high burden of pain-related comorbidities and adverse long-term outcome.

Bertsias A, Flouri I, Emmanouilidou E et al. · 2026 · Arthritis research & therapy

Background Difficult to manage (D2M) axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is an evolving clinical concept. We aimed to assess the prevalence, predictors and long-term outcomes of D2M axSpA. Methods Prospective single center cohort study of…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13075-026-03732-x
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Failure to Improve Lumbar Lordosis After Single-Level TLIF for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Does Not Impair Clinical Outcomes at 8.6 Years Postoperatively: A Prospective Cohort of 32 Patients.

Bošnjak K, Vengust R · 2025 · Journal of clinical medicine

Background : We aimed to analyze radiographic sagittal balance parameters in patients who underwent a TLIF procedure for single-level degenerative spondylolisthesis with a mean follow-up of 8.6 years and to determine whether lumbar…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/jcm14155457
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Acute-onset Copper Deficiency Following Surgery in a Dialysis Patient: Diagnostic Challenges and Risk Factor Interaction.

Ikegishi Y, Abe R, Maehata A et al. · 2026 · Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)

Copper deficiency is a rare but critical cause of anemia and neurological impairment. We herein report a hemodialysis patient who developed acute-onset copper deficiency after spinal surgery with zinc supplementation, despite no…

View details →DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.5960-25
Failed Experiment Report

A Rewired NADPH-Dependent Redox Shuttle for Testing Peroxisomal Compartmentalization of Synthetic Metabolic Pathways in Komagataella phaffii

Fina A, Àvila Cabré S, Vázquez Pereira E et al. · 2024 · Preprint

The introduction of heterologous pathways into microbial cell compartments offers several potential advantages, including increasing enzyme concentrations and reducing competition with native pathways, making this approach attractive to…

View details →DOI: 10.20944/preprints202412.0269.v1
Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Breaking the Rules: Upper Pole Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction Causing Massive Urinary Tract Dilation in a Neonate With Prenatal Diagnosis of Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney.

Grant Owens R, Lockwood G, Storm D · 2025 · Urology

Prenatal diagnosis of left multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) and ureterocele was made in a male fetus at 24-week gestation. The initial postnatal course was uneventful. At 4 weeks of age, he developed urosepsis and respiratory distress.…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.10.060
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Partial versus whole tumor-volume irradiation in combination with immunotherapy: Comparable outcomes in immunosuppressed mouse models of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Pisljar Z, Markelc B, Brezar SK et al. · 2025 · Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Radiotherapy is a standard therapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) with immunomodulatory potential. Due to high lymphocyte radiosensitivity, partial tumor-volume irradiation (pIR), targeting only part of the tumor, is being…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2025.118107
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Treatment of Established Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy with N-Palmitoylethanolamide: A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase II Pilot Study.

Davis MP, Ulrich A, Segal R et al. · 2024 · Cancers

Background: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) from oxaliplatin and taxane drugs is a bothersome toxicity. Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) has been reported to improve myelinated nerve fiber function in patients experiencing…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/cancers16244244
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effect of Small Molecules on Blastocyst Development and Outgrowth Establishment of Bovine Haploid Parthenogenetic Embryos.

Aguila L, Castillo R, Pérez-García F et al. · 2026 · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

Haploid embryos constitute a valuable model for genetic and epigenetic studies; however, their developmental competence is reduced compared with diploid counterparts. This study evaluated whether supplementation of the culture medium with…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/ani16101517
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Beetroot juice intake positively influenced gut microbiota and inflammation but failed to improve functional outcomes in adults with long COVID: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Calvani R, Giampaoli O, Marini F et al. · 2024 · Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Background & aims Long-term effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (long COVID) develop in a substantial number of people following an acute COVID-19 episode. Red beetroot juice may have positive effects on multiple pathways involved in long…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.11.023
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

One size does not fit all: uncontrolled T2 inflammation on tezepelumab-a case series.

Tardif A, Boulay ME, Côté A et al. · 2026 · Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

BACKGROUND: Tezepelumab is the most recent human monoclonal antibody in the therapeutic arsenal of patients with severe uncontrolled asthma. It neutralizes thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP). Phase 2 and phase 3 studies showed a…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13223-026-01037-x
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

The effect of motivational interviewing on patients with early post-stroke depression: a quasi-experimental study.

Fu Y, Zhang Y, Deng Q et al. · 2025 · BMC psychiatry

Background Post-stroke depression (PSD) constitutes an important complication of stroke, affecting approximately one-third of stroke patients. PSD decreases rehabilitation motivation, delays function recovery, and increases the family and…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-06673-y
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M2 macrophage-targeting peptide-modified liposomes enhance the uptake and antitumor efficacy of liposomal IFN-γ in mice with C26 colon carcinoma.

Kateh Shamshiri M, Vakili-Ghartavol R, Aiyelabegan HT et al. · 2025 · Cytokine

While liposomes enhance the safety and pharmacokinetic profile of free drugs, they have not significantly improved therapeutic efficacy. To overcome this challenge, targeted depletion of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) shows…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2025.156860
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D-Dimers and MPO Are No Suitable Biomarkers for Application in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Surveillance in a Real-World Setting of Vascular Surgery Patients

Siegrist H, Spieler A, Peters AS et al. · 2024 · Preprint

There is currently no clinically valid biomarker for predicting the growth and prognosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The most promising candidates with highest diagnostic values are plasma D-dimers and markers of activated…

View details →DOI: 10.20944/preprints202410.2260.v1