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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

Correlation between lymphocyte counts and PD-L1 immune-related adverse events.

Sawyer Z, Sorial M, Liauw JC · 2026 · Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners

IntroductionImmune checkpoint inhibitors have improved outcomes for solid tumors but are associated with immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Literature suggests that patients with an absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) ≥ 2000 cells/mm3…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/10781552251415528
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Co-Occurring Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders in Psychiatric Emergency Services: Suicidality, Substance Use, and Treatment Utilization.

Beaugard CA, Khan S, Oblath R et al. · 2026 · Journal of dual diagnosis

Objective Psychiatric and substance use disorders commonly co-occur, yet treatment is often siloed. To improve treatment utilization for individuals with co-occurring disorders in the psychiatric setting it important to understand current…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/15504263.2025.2606022
Negative / Null Result Report

Predicting AI Anxiety: An Existential Perspective

Gobet F, Evans N, Chatfield-Jouin F et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming many aspects of daily life and improving efficiency and outcomes in various sectors, ranging from healthcare to education. However, this rapid integration also introduces significant anxiety…

View details →DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/h7zje_v1
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Patient-reported levels of pain and itch in hypertrophic scar before and after fractional ablative laser treatment.

Carreras JP, Carney BC, Lee D et al. · 2026 · Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association

Skin fibrosis, especially hypertrophic scars (HTS), remains understudied with few effective treatments. Studying HTS is challenging due to its natural tendency to improve over time, making it hard to separate intervention effects. This…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irag012
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Baseline electrophysiological markers of reward and error processing are associated with improved outcomes in prize-based contingency management.

Forster SE, Forman SD, Dickey MW et al. · 2026 · Drug and alcohol dependence

Background Veterans are disproportionately affected by cocaine use disorder (CUD), a condition without approved pharmacotherapies, marked by high return to use rates. Prize-Based Contingency Management (PBCM) is an effective behavioral…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.113003
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Clinical impact of TP53 classifications in previously treated advanced driver-negative non-small cell lung cancer: A biomarker analysis of the OAK and POPLAR randomized clinical trials.

Zhou DD, Lord SJ, Lin FP et al. · 2026 · Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Background In NSCLC, TP53 mutations are heterogeneous with varied effects on protein synthesis, function and clinical outcomes. We hypothesize that a refined classification of TP53 mutations, beyond binary categorization, could improve…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108891
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Predictors and Outcomes Associated with Clinically Significant Improvements in Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Following Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Hernández L, Williamson TM, Campbell T et al. · 2025 · The Canadian journal of cardiology

Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation improves depressive and anxious symptoms post-coronary catheterization, yet it is unclear to what extent improvements are clinically significant. This study characterized the proportion…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.10.009
Failed Experiment Report

Enhancement of Quails’ ( Coturnix japonica domestica ) Meat Quality: Effects of Dietary Supplementation of Dried Bergamot Pulp

Fortugno P, Foti F, Caparra P et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Bergamot-derived products have gained increasing interest as dietary supplements in small animal nutrition, due to their potential to improve meat quality, and provide functional bioactive compounds. This paper investigated the effects of…

View details →DOI: 10.20944/preprints202604.2084.v1
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Effect of transdermal testosterone on postmenopausal sexual desire: placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial.

Ceccatto Andrade VP, Araujo Júnior E, Callado GY et al. · 2026 · European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology

Objective The transdermal administration of testosterone is a promising alternative to improve sexual health in postmenopausal women with decreased sexual desire, although its use remains off-label in Brazil and several other countries.…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2026.115242
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Facilitation of hippocampal long-term potentiation by astrocytic Gq signaling is compromised in an advanced Alzheimer's disease model.

Miftakhov R, Fortygina P, Zuzina A et al. · 2026 · Scientific reports

Astrocytes communicate bidirectionally with neurons by releasing various signaling molecules. This astrocyte-neuron "dialogue" is essential for long-term processes in the nervous system, and its disruption correlates with various…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-56373-0
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Effects of high-temperature treatment on in vitro protein digestibility and protein profiles of pea ingredients obtained from wet and dry fractionation.

Duque-Estrada P, Markussen B, Schutyser M et al. · 2026 · Food chemistry

Thermal treatment can improve plant protein digestibility by inactivating antinutrients and partially denaturing proteins, but depending on the conditions applied, heating may also promote aggregation and amino acid modifications that…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.149181
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Surface charge engineering improves the alkaline resistance of Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis κ-carrageenase for application in hydrolysis of κ-carrageenan industrial waste residues.

Su Y, Hu Q, Dou Z et al. · 2026 · Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)

κ-Carrageenase with alkaline resistance can promote the resource utilization of κ-carrageenan industrial residues. In this study, a rational design strategy integrating surface charge optimization and consensus sequence analysis was…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2026.119085
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Mechanistic insights into the modification of peanut protein by novel radio frequency roasting: Revealing multi-scale protein conformational changes

Peng Z, Xu C, Zhang Y et al. · 2026 · Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies.

Radio frequency (RF) heating, as a promising alternative roasting method, could effectively improve peanut oil quality and degrade aflatoxins. However, during the peanut oil processing, the modification effect and mechanism on protein by…

Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Patient reported outcomes after cheilectomy versus cheilectomy and Moberg osteotomy.

Littmann J, Steiner N, Cabrejo-Jones K et al. · 2026 · The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Background A Moberg osteotomy is a dorsal closing wedge osteotomy of the base of the first proximal phalanx that is thought to augment the effect of cheilectomy by increasing dorsiflexion and ultimately improve patient outcomes in Hallux…

View details →DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2025.11.019
Failed Experiment Report

Cold-Shock-Mediated Inhibition of Silk Extrusion in Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) for Improved Handling in Infection Studies: Effects on Developmental Traits and Pathogen Susceptibility

Matiya DJ, Tutt K, Wakefield JG et al. · 2026 · Preprint

The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella , is an increasingly important invertebrate model for infection biology, yet silk extrusion during handling complicates larval injections and hampers survival assessment. Here, we develop and…

View details →DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.20.700541
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Impacts of methionine oxidation on product quality and anti-tumor activity of a therapeutic monoclonal antibody.

Sun Q, Miao Z, Bian L et al. · 2026 · Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences

Methionine oxidation in monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) could critically compromise drug stability and efficacy. This investigation comprehensively evaluated the structural and functional impacts of oxidation on a mAb An under long-term…

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Replication FailureMedicine

β-Catenin Does Not Co-activate Vitamin D Receptor-mediated Transcription in Osteoblastic and Non-osteoblastic Cells.

Nguyen TT, Kanemoto Y, Sawada T et al. · 2026 · Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

Vitamin D (VD) and Wnt signaling both play important roles in bone metabolism and are targeted in osteoporosis therapy. Combination treatment with VD derivatives and anti-sclerostin antibodies that activate Wnt signaling improves clinical…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbag084
Replication Failure

Can Progressive Strength Training Counteract Frailty and Improve Short-Term Autonomic Compensatory Responses During Active Standing Orthostatic Stress? A Pilot Study

Gama de Matos D, de Santana JL, Aidar FJ et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Background: Frailty is a multifactorial condition that significantly impacts older adults' health and independence, which can be mitigated through training. This study examined the effects of a 12-week progressive strength training (PST)…

View details →DOI: 10.20944/preprints202602.0236.v1
Replication FailureMedicine

Can Progressive Strength Training Counteract Frailty and Improve Short-Term Autonomic Compensatory Responses During Active Standing Orthostatic Stress? A Pilot Study.

Gama de Matos D, de Santana JL, Aidar FJ et al. · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine

Background : Frailty is a multifactorial condition that significantly impacts older adults' health and independence, which can be mitigated through training. This study examined the effects of a 12-week progressive strength training (PST)…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/jcm15051679
Negative / Null Result Report

Progressive Strength Training Counteracts Frailty but Does not Improve Short-Term Autonomic Compensatory Responses During Active Standing Orthostatic Stress

Gama de Matos D, de Santana JL, Aidar FJ et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Background: Frailty is a multifactorial condition that significantly impacts older adults health and independence, which can be mitigated through training. This study examined the effects of a 12-week progressive strength training (PST)…

View details →DOI: 10.20944/preprints202511.1155.v1
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

B cell depletion promotes melanoma tumor growth in a CD4+ T cell-dependent manner.

Oncul S, Lee H, Singh S et al. · 2026 · Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

B cells constitute ∼15% to 20% of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in melanoma. Their presence in the tumor microenvironment correlates with improved survival and enhanced response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy. Yet, the functional…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/jimmun/vkag004
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Full-fat meal, defatted meal, oil and chitin from black soldier fly in low and high soybean-based diets on growth performance and nutrient retention of rainbow trout

Riesenbach IC, Tsomik G, Chiasson M et al. · 2026 · Aquaculture.

Insects, such as black soldier flies (BSF), have garnered attention in the aquaculture industry as a sustainable protein and lipid alternative to fishmeal and fish oil. However, research is lacking on which components of BSF improve fish…