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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Kaur J, Yogesvaran R, Mohd Khialdin S et al. · 2025 · Cureus
A 72-year-old male patient with multiple comorbidities was under our follow-up for bilateral advanced pseudoexfoliative glaucoma with uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) despite maximum medical therapy. He had previously received…
Benamou A, El Moudane A, Barki A · 2026 · Cureus
Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the standard adjuvant treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Although highly effective, BCG therapy may be associated with rare but potentially severe systemic…
Hackett GI · 2025 · The world journal of men's health
TRAVERSE (TheRapy for Assessment of long-term Vascular events and Efficacy ResponSE in hypogonadal men) is multicentre randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, noninferiority trial of testosterone therapy, enrolling 5,246 men 45 to 80…
El Housheimi A, Tato Varela S, Kuhn WC · 2026 · Oncology research and treatment
Background Ovarian cancer (OC) accounts for the most cancer deaths in women worldwide, despite it being the 8th most common one. Almost two-thirds or OC cases present in advanced stages (III/IV) and will require maintenance therapy lasting…
Mano T · 2025 · Clinical medicine insights. Case reports
Cervical traction therapy is commonly used for cervical spondylosis; however, complications, such as subdural hematomas can occur. Possible mechanisms include cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage and bridging vein damage. A 51-year-old…
Serour MH, Mohammad H, Aziza O et al. · 2026 · Journal of surgical case reports
Chronic diabetic foot ulcers remain a major clinical challenge, particularly when complicated by tendon exposure and failure to respond to standard care. We report a 47-year-old male with Type II diabetes mellitus with a history of smoking…
Kankotia S, Park S, Thomas J · 2025 · Current opinion in oncology
Purpose of review Relapsed or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC) is a deadly disease that historically was treated with palliative chemotherapy-based regimens. Since 2019, immunotherapy-based regimens have become…
Glauser G, Kvint S, Ramayya AG et al. · 2025 · Neurosurgery practice
Background and objectives The purpose of the present work was to review our series of patients with far lateral disk herniations treated by the intertransverse approach. Methods Patients undergoing intertransverse approach to treat…
Childs H, Zhou P, Donald BR · 2025 · Preprint
Due to their favorable therapeutic properties, including improved stability, bioavailability, and membrane permeability, D-peptides that bind biological L-proteins represent an important class of systems in computational drug design. A…
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…
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…
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,…
Boda A, Bandey IN, Chowdhury S et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a poor survival rate and limited treatments. Agonistic CD40 antibodies are promising, but clinical trials have shown only modest efficacy and significant hepatotoxicity. We previously reported…
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,…
Jacob A, He J, Peck A et al. · 2025 · Heliyon
Sjögren's (SS) involves salivary and lacrimal gland dysfunction. These studies examined metabolic profiles in the B6. Il14α transgene mouse model of SS and a cohort of human SS patients at different stages of disease. In B6. Il14α mice,…
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…
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…
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…
Ribic A, McCoy E, Pendala V et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Abstract Preterm birth is a leading risk factor for atypicalities in cognitive and sensory processing, but it is unclear how prematurity impacts circuits that support these functions. To address this, we trained adult mice born a day early…
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…
Umer A, Nafis S, Karimi M · 2026 · Cureus
Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare inherited bone marrow failure disorder characterized by severe thrombocytopenia due to absent or markedly decreased megakaryocytes. It typically presents in infancy and may…
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…
Paul N, Weiss B · 2025 · Die Anaesthesiologie
With a decrease in mortality of critically ill patients in recent years, intensive care medicine research has shifted its focus on functional impairments of intensive care units (ICU) survivors. ICU survivorship is characterized by…
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…
Vicenti C, Cercone M, Nieman G et al. · 2025 · Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
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. A crossover, nonrandomized, experimental…
Kaplan A, Malik S, Persaud NA et al. · 2025 · Cureus
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is classified as a genetic disorder located in the fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein-1 (FMR1) gene on the X chromosome. FXS is considered the most prevalent single-gene cause of intellectual disability and…
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…
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…
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…
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…