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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

Role of Penile Girth and Length in the Erect State in Reassuring Patients with Small Penis Anxiety.

GamalEl Din SF, Nabil NI, Khalil MA et al. · 2025 · Urology research & practice

Objective The present study examined the impact of measuring penile girth and length in the erect state on reassuring individuals with small penis anxiety (SPA) in the flaccid state. Methods This study included 200 potent men aged 25-40…

View details →DOI: 10.5152/tud.2025.24133
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Denosumab and bone loss in uncemented total hip arthroplasty: a secondary 5-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.

Sköld C, Hailer NP, Mallmin H · 2026 · Acta orthopaedica

Background and purpose Denosumab may preserve periprosthetic bone mineral density (pBMD) around uncemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) components. This exploratory analysis of a previously published randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed…

View details →DOI: 10.2340/17453674.2026.45695
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Real-World Evidence on Statin Use for Traumatic Brain Injury Associated Degenerative Neurological Disorders.

Lin YH, Tsai IJ, Chang YA et al. · 2026 · Therapeutics and clinical risk management

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major risk factor for subsequent neurodegenerative disorders. Emerging evidence suggests that statins may mitigate neuroinflammation and lipid dysregulation after TBI. This study aimed to…

View details →DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s591742
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Cannabidiol as a treatment for cocaine use disorder: a scoping review.

Dos Santos LC, da Cunha VB, Ribeiro JM et al. · 2026 · Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology

Cocaine use disorder (CUD) remains a major public health challenge with limited effective therapeutic options. Cannabidiol (CBD) has been proposed as a potential treatment due to its neuroprotective and anti-craving properties. This…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00210-026-05037-x
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Historical Perspective of HER2 Testing and Treatment in Prostate Cancer.

Zamalloa N, Rose J, Lap CJ et al. · 2026 · Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a molecular target of interest in prostate cancer due to its association with poor prognosis and its potential role in androgen receptor signaling. However, earlier clinical trials…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33020091
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Preoperative Soluble AXL in Plasma Predicts Futility of Resecting Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Samson T, Aali M, McBride D et al. · 2026 · Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)

Surgical resection combined with chemotherapy offers the best chance of survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), but many will experience recurrence and early mortality. We examined soluble AXL (sAXL), a blood protein, for its…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33020088
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

The promise of IL-1β modulation in NSCLC clinical context.

Ghiringhelli F, Rébé C · 2026 · Frontiers in immunology

Emerging preclinical evidence challenges the long-standing assumption that Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) uniformly promotes non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We show that, in the context of chemo-immunotherapy, IL-1β enhances anti-tumor…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1773253
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Evaluation of the utility of cardiac biomarkers for risk stratification in patients with lower extremity artery disease: A retrospective study.

Schweiger L, Raggam RB, Toth-Gayor G et al. · 2025 · PloS one

Critical limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) is associated with a one-year mortality rate of up to 25% making prompt diagnosis essentially. This study aims to investigate if cardiac biomarkers may serve as an effective tool for risk…

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321491
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Deuteration may reduce the efficacy of dextromethorphan in treating agitation in Alzheimer's disease.

Bespalov A, Swartz J, Knowles N et al. · 2025 · Alzheimer's research & therapy

Agitation is one of the most prevalent neuropsychiatric symptoms leading to institutionalization in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. It is associated with poor outcomes, including reduced functional ability, reduced…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13195-025-01780-0
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

USP13 Downregulation Distinguishes Malignant from Adjacent Non-Neoplastic Prostate Tissue and Suggests Altered PTEN-Related Regulatory Pathways in a Korean Cohort.

Kim JH, Song M, Lee KW et al. · 2026 · Life (Basel, Switzerland)

Ubiquitin-specific protease 13 (USP13) is a deubiquitinating enzyme that stabilizes phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN), a well-established tumor suppressor involved in PI3K/AKT signaling. This study aimed to…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/life16050712
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis: A Metastatic Melanoma Imitator.

Fields BC, Jain AJ, Prieto VG et al. · 2024 · The American Journal of dermatopathology

Abstract A 45-year-old woman with a history of previously treated left plantar foot melanoma presented with a left thigh mass. Fine needle aspiration findings were concerning for metastatic melanoma (MM). Imaging was remarkable for…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/dad.0000000000002771
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Colpocleisis for recurrent pelvic organ prolapse after tension-free vaginal mesh repair: a case report.

Misawa A, Kimura E, Inoue M et al. · 2025 · Journal of surgical case reports

Tension-free vaginal mesh repair surgery (TVM) has decreased due to complications related to mesh use and the lack of superiority compared to native tissue repair (NTR). In japan it is still performed as a treatment for pelvic organ…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjaf537
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Retrospective Evaluation of Bone Turnover Markers in Serum for the Prediction of Metastases Development in Breast Cancer Patients: A Cohort Study.

Kasoha M, Findeklee S, Nigdelis MP et al. · 2024 · Biomedicines

Background Serum bone turnover markers might play a role in the prediction of the development of bone metastases in breast cancer (BC) patients. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to address the association of serum bone turnover…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12061201
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Relationship Between Body Mass Index and the Incidence of Perineal Tears in Primigravid Women: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study at a Hospital in Mexico.

Sadek Azar R, Ramirez Roldan JF, Nuñez de la Vega JM · 2026 · Cureus

Introduction Perineal tears represent one of the main complications of vaginal delivery, with immediate and long-term consequences for maternal health. Although several factors have been associated with their occurrence, the role of…

View details →DOI: 10.7759/cureus.104675
Replication FailureMedicine

The Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Diagnosis is Not Useful in Lung Allocation.

Sonnick MA, Laothamatas K, Furfaro D et al. · 2024 · Transplantation proceedings

Background In lung transplant, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) contains a diagnosis of secondary pulmonary hypertension (SPH). SPH and pulmonary arterial hypertension are treated the same in the allocation scoring system. It is…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.08.025
Replication FailureMedicine

Dyslipidemia and heart failure: current evidence and perspectives of use of statins.

Pradhan A, Bhandari M, Vishwakarma P et al. · 2024 · European review for medical and pharmacological sciences

Heart failure (HF) is a condition with growing morbidity and mortality. Dyslipidemia in HF is not concentrated around hypercholesterolemia as in coronary artery disease. As a corollary, the robust benefits seen with statins across the…

View details →DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202404_35929
Replication FailureOpen accessMedicine

Clinical outcome following best medical management in acute stroke with a proximal isolated occlusion of the anterior cerebral artery: an international multicentre study.

Sabben C, Charbonneau F, Obadia M et al. · 2026 · European stroke journal

Introduction Acute ischaemic strokes (AIS) due to proximal anterior cerebral artery (ACA) occlusions are rare. Their clinical outcomes following medical management alone have been scarcely described. Patients and methods We conducted a…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/esj/aakag014
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

No difference in revision rate in patella-friendly total knee arthroplasty with or without patella resurfacing at 5 years' follow-up. A database analysis.

Massardier E, Manchec O, Bérard E et al. · 2025 · Journal of experimental orthopaedics

Purpose Numerous studies have been published on the optimal management of the patella during total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but controversy remains. The aim of this study was to compare survivorship and functional outcomes with or without…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/jeo2.70448
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Predictive Performances of ACEF, ACEF II, Updated ACEF II, and EuroSCORE II Risk Scores in Patients Undergoing Isolated Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Jung JC, Ju JW, Chang HW et al. · 2024 · Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia

Objectives This study evaluated the performances of the age, creatinine, and ejection fraction (ACEF) I and II scores and compare them with that of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) II score in patients…

View details →DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.08.011
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Impact of nutritional source modality on weight loss and BMI reduction after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Tambaro FP, Fabozzi F, Masetti R et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in oncology

Deterioration of nutritional status in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) recipients is associated with increased morbidity. Enteral nutrition (EN) has been associated with more favorable outcomes than total…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2026.1778224
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Limited predictive value of pretreatment P-glycoprotein immunostaining for chemotherapy efficacy and survival in long-follow-up osteosarcoma patients.

Higuchi T, Igarashi K, Miwa S et al. · 2025 · Medicine

The clinical utility of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in osteosarcoma remains controversial. This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between P-gp expression and clinicopathological factors, chemotherapy (CTx) response,…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000043472
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Hemodynamics and Mid-Term Clinical Outcomes Following Valve-in-Valve TAVR With Balloon-Expandable Valves.

Abbas AE, Kaneko T, Khalili H et al. · 2026 · Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions

Background Lower ( Methods Patients who underwent aortic valve-in-valve replacement with a balloon-expandable valve from July 2015 to December 2023 in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve…

View details →DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.125.015945
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Standard-Dose Versus High-Dose Cisplatin for Intermediate/Poor-Risk Extracranial Malignant Germ Cell Tumors: Re-Analysis of Pediatric Oncology Group 9049 and Children's Cancer Group 8882 Trial Using Updated MaGIC Risk Stratification.

Prior D, Yang J, Nuño MM et al. · 2025 · Pediatric blood & cancer

Background Cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin (PEb) have been the standard of care for patients with germ cell tumors (GCT). In the 1990s, an intergroup trial (POG9049/CCG8882) randomized patients with high-risk GCT, as defined by the…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/pbc.31665
Negative / Null Result Report

Domesticated pennycress is a self-pollinated crop

Lavaire T, McLaughlin D, Liu S et al. · 2026 · Preprint

CoverCress is a new winter annual oilseed crop developed from field pennycress within the past 20 years. Field pennycress is commonly considered to be self-pollinated but little basic research has been published and there is some…

View details →DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.08.716402
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Metformin Is Associated With a Reduced Risk of Gastric Cancer, but Not Dysplasia, in Patients With Diabetes.

Lee HS, Kang SH, Eun HS et al. · 2026 · The Korean journal of helicobacter and upper gastrointestinal research

Objectives Metformin has been suggested to exert chemopreventive effects against gastric cancer. However, epidemiologic evidence remains inconsistent, and its impact on histologically confirmed precursor lesions, such as gastric dysplasia,…

View details →DOI: 10.7704/kjhugr.2025.0090
Negative / Null Result Report

Short-term Changes in Tnf-alpha, Il-6 and Adiponectin Following Bariatric Surgery in Romanian Obese Adults – an Observational Case-control Study

Ion RM, Hutanu A, Sala DT et al. · 2024 · Preprint

Abstract Background: Bariatric surgery plays an impotant role in immnological modulation by reducing levels of systemic inflammatory markers, such as interkleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha. The goal of this study is to establish…

View details →DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4263046/v1
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Blood pressure management after endovascular thrombectomy: Insights of recent randomized controlled trials.

Dong X, Liu Y, Chu X et al. · 2024 · CNS neuroscience & therapeutics

Background The ideal blood pressure (BP) target in patients who undergo endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) with successful reperfusion is uncertain. Observational studies show that elevated BP during this period is associated with a higher…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/cns.14907