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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

A Phase I/II Trial of Sapanisertib in Advanced Anaplastic and Radioiodine Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.

Sehgal K, Serritella A, Liu M et al. · 2025 · The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Background There are limited therapeutic options for patients with recurrent/metastatic anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) and radioiodine refractory (RAIR) differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) refractory to multikinase inhibitors. This…

View details →DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgae443
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

A Phase 3, 56-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (OA-11) utilising patient-reported and radiographic outcomes evaluating the efficacy and safety of a lorecivivint injection in patients with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis.

Yazici Y, Tambiah JRS, Swearingen CJ et al. · 2025 · Clinical and experimental rheumatology

Objectives To determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of intraarticular (IA) lorecivivint (LOR) in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods Patients with American College of Rheumatology criteria-defined knee OA,…

View details →DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/hjt118
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Pembrolizumab plus enzalutamide and androgen deprivation therapy versus placebo plus enzalutamide and androgen deprivation therapy for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: the randomized, double-blind, phase III KEYNOTE-991 study.

Gratzke C, Özgüroğlu M, Peer A et al. · 2025 · Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology

Background Despite treatment advances, most patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) experience disease progression to castration-resistant disease within 5 years. The placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase III…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2025.05.008
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Multimodality treatment in synchronous oligometastatic NSCLC: Analysis of the ETOP CHESS trial.

Guckenberger M, Opitz I, Dellaporta T et al. · 2025 · Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Objective To evaluate the addition of immunotherapy and metastasis-directed stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to induction chemotherapy followed by definitive local therapy of the locoregional primary tumour in patients with…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108553
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Osimertinib in Stage IA to IIIA, EGFR-Mutant NSCLC (NORA).

Lee JB, Choi SJ, Shim HS et al. · 2025 · Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Introduction Treatment with adjuvant osimertinib for three years is the standard-of-care for resected stage IB to IIIA NSCLC harboring EGFR mutations. The role of neoadjuvant osimertinib in the perioperative setting is yet to be elucidated…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.12.023
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Investigating the Immune Effects of Radiotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer-Results of the PD-RAD Study.

Cheng S, Kordbacheh T, Banyard A et al. · 2026 · Oncology research

Objectives The PACIFIC trial established the benefit of durvalumab following chemo-radiotherapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the concurrent use of radiotherapy (RT) and durvalumab (PACIFIC-2 trial) showed no…

View details →DOI: 10.32604/or.2025.072053
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Iltamiocel Autologous Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Stratified, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Kaufman MR, Goldman HB, Chermansky CJ et al. · 2024 · Neurourology and urodynamics

Aims This study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of iltamiocel investigational autologous muscle cell therapy in females with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Methods Adult females were randomized 2:1 to iltamiocel (150 × 10 6…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/nau.25588
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple-Dose Studies to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Elezanumab when Added to Standard of Care in Relapsing and Progressive Forms of Multiple Sclerosis.

Cree BAC, Freedman MS, Gold M et al. · 2025 · Annals of neurology

Objective Elezanumab is a monoclonal antibody that binds repulsive guidance molecule a (RGMa), an inhibitor of central nervous system regeneration after inflammation or injury. The aim was to assess the safety and efficacy of elezanumab in…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/ana.27262
Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Comparing Durvalumab, Olaparib, and Cediranib Monotherapy, Combination Therapy, or Chemotherapy in Patients with Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer with Prior Bevacizumab: The Phase II NRG-GY023 Trial.

Lee JM, Miller A, Rose PG et al. · 2025 · Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Purpose We assessed the efficacy of anti-PD-L1 durvalumab in combination with olaparib and cediranib (DOC), compared with the standard-of-care chemotherapy (SOC) in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC), who had prior…

View details →DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-24-3877
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Phase II Study of Erdafitinib in Patients With Tumors With <i>FGFR</i> Amplifications: Results From the NCI-MATCH ECOG-ACRIN Trial (EAY131) Subprotocol K1.

Gong J, Mita AC, Wei Z et al. · 2024 · JCO precision oncology

Purpose Despite fibroblast growth factor receptor ( FGFR ) inhibitors being approved in tumor types with select FGFR rearrangements or gene mutations, amplifications of FGFR represent the most common FGFR alteration across malignancies.…

View details →DOI: 10.1200/po.23.00406
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Efficacy and safety of etrasimod in alopecia areata: A multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 2 study.

King B, Mesinkovska N, Senna M et al. · 2025 · Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV

Background Etrasimod, an oral, selective sphingosine 1-phosphate 1, 4 and 5 receptor modulator approved for the treatment of ulcerative colitis, has been studied in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, including alopecia areata (AA).…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/jdv.20605
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Phase II study of pazopanib with oral topotecan in patients with metastatic and non-resectable soft tissue and bone sarcomas.

Schulte B, Mohindra N, Milhem M et al. · 2021 · British journal of cancer

Background Pazopanib is active in refractory soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) and significantly prolongs PFS. Prior studies of combinations of metronomic topotecan with pazopanib have indicated preclinical evidence of response in patients with…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41416-021-01448-0
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A signal-seeking phase 2 study of tremelimumab in advanced cancers with high tumour mutational burden.

Thavaneswaran S, Lin F, Espinoza D et al. · 2025 · NPJ precision oncology

This single-arm phase II trial (ACTRN12620000918921) evaluated the clinical activity of tremelimumab (10 mg/kg intravenously every 4 weeks for 6 cycles) in advanced cancers with a high tumour mutational burden (TMB), defined as TMB > 10…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41698-025-01156-5
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Comparing Lenvatinib/Pembrolizumab with Atezolizumab/Bevacizumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Real-World Experience with Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

Hsu YC, Lin PT, Teng W et al. · 2024 · Cancers

Background The combination of anti-angiogenic therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors has revolutionized the management of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC). While an early-phase study demonstrated promising outcomes for…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/cancers16203458
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Multi-institutional feasibility study of intensity-modulated radiotherapy with chemotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Harada H, Omori S, Mori K et al. · 2022 · International journal of clinical oncology

Background This multi-institutional clinical trial evaluated the feasibility of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods The major inclusion criteria were…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10147-022-02151-7
Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Basket study of oral progesterone antagonist onapristone extended release in progesterone receptor-positive recurrent granulosa cell, low-grade serous ovarian cancer, or endometrioid endometrial cancer.

Andres S, Finch L, Iasonos A et al. · 2024 · Gynecologic oncology

Objective To determine the safety and efficacy of the oral progesterone antagonist onapristone extended release (onapristone-XR) in patients with recurrent progesterone receptor (PR)-positive adult-type granulosa cell tumor (aGCT),…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2024.06.026
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

A randomized controlled trial of glycopyrrolate administered by metered dose inhaler in patients with uncontrolled asthma despite ICS/LABA treatment.

Kerwin E, Dorinsky P, Patel M et al. · 2022 · The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of three doses of glycopyrrolate metered dose inhaler (GP MDI) in patients with uncontrolled asthma despite treatment with inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting β 2 -agonists (ICS/LABA) with or…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1938603
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Psoriasis under B-cell depleting therapies in multiple sclerosis: a retrospective multicenter analysis.

Kirschner P, Konen FF, Axhausen F et al. · 2026 · Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders

Background B-cell depleting therapies (BCDT), including ocrelizumab, ofatumumab, and ublituximab, are highly effective disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS). Several case reports have raised concerns about new-onset or…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/17562864261427169
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

A phase 2 trial of zanidatamab in HER2-overexpressed advanced endometrial carcinoma and carcinosarcoma (ZW25-IST-2).

Lumish M, Chui MH, Zhou Q et al. · 2024 · Gynecologic oncology

Objective HER2 overexpression is associated with decreased overall survival in metastatic endometrial cancer. Trastuzumab with chemotherapy has demonstrated efficacy for first-line management of advanced HER2+ endometrial carcinoma, but…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2023.12.028
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Efficacy and Safety of the PD-1 Agonist JNJ-67484703 in Participants with Atopic Dermatitis: Phase 2a, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Results.

Cecchini M, Kwiek B, Liu-Walsh F et al. · 2026 · Dermatology and therapy

Introduction Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease with a high burden and unmet needs. Herein, we have assessed the efficacy and safety of JNJ-67484703, a programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)-agonizing/depleting…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s13555-026-01746-6
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Toward the Eradication of Herpes Simplex Virus: Vaccination and Beyond.

Chang JY, Balch C, Oh HS · 2024 · Viruses

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) has coevolved with Homo sapiens for over 100,000 years, maintaining a tenacious presence by establishing lifelong, incurable infections in over half the human population. As of 2024, an effective prophylactic or…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/v16091476
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Transanal versus robotic total mesorectal excision for mid- and low-rectal cancer: A single-center comparative cohort of 109 patients.

Lin CL, Chen MC, Lin CY et al. · 2026 · Journal of robotic surgery

Minimally invasive total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer can be performed via transanal TME (TaTME) or robotic TME (R-TME), yet comparative evidence in predominantly non-obese Asian cohorts remains limited. We evaluated a…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s11701-026-03241-8
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Monocyte-lineage tumor infiltration predicts immunoradiotherapy response in advanced pretreated soft-tissue sarcoma: phase 2 trial results.

Levy A, Morel D, Texier M et al. · 2025 · Signal transduction and targeted therapy

Immunoradiotherapy holds promise for improving outcomes in patients with advanced solid tumors, including in soft-tissue sarcoma (STS). However, the ideal combination of treatment modalities remains to be determined, and reliable…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41392-025-02173-3
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Modified FOLFOX6 plus bevacizumab with and without nivolumab for first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: phase 2 results from the CheckMate 9X8 randomized clinical trial.

Lenz HJ, Parikh A, Spigel DR et al. · 2024 · Journal for immunotherapy of cancer

Background Standard first-line therapies for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) include fluoropyrimidine-containing regimens with oxaliplatin and/or irinotecan and a biologic agent. Immunotherapy may enhance antitumor activity in…

View details →DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-008409
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Revisiting Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis that Failed Clinical Trials.

Agnihotri G, Lio PA · 2020 · Clinical drug investigation

Multiple pathways contribute to the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD), and various targeted topical, biologic, and oral systemic agents have subsequently been developed. This review examines the mechanism of action and study designs…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s40261-020-00905-7