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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 Report

Is pathogen disgust increased on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone is high? Evidence from a between-subjects study using estimated progesterone levels

Rafiee Y, Jones BC, Shiramizu V · 2022 · Preprint

Objective: The Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis proposes that women will show increased pathogen disgust at points in the menstrual cycle when progesterone is high, compensating for the immunosuppressive effects of progesterone.…

View details →DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2096405/v1
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Vitamin D in the prevention or treatment of COVID-19.

Martineau AR · 2023 · The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

This review summarises evidence relating to a potential role for vitamin D supplementation in the prevention or treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Laboratory studies show that the active vitamin D metabolite…

View details →DOI: 10.1017/s0029665122002798
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

An examination of sleep spindle metrics in the Sleep Heart Health Study: superiority of automated spindle detection over total sigma power in assessing age-related spindle decline.

Palepu K, Sadeghi K, Kleinschmidt DF et al. · 2023 · BMC neurology

Background Sleep spindle activity is commonly estimated by measuring sigma power during stage 2 non-rapid eye movement (NREM2) sleep. However, spindles account for little of the total NREM2 interval and therefore sigma power over the…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12883-023-03376-3
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Respiratory Cycle Influence on Lumbosacral Muscle Function: A Tensiomyographic Analysis.

Trombetta AB, Hanney WJ, Anderson AW et al. · 2026 · Muscles (Basel, Switzerland)

Background Tensiomyography (TMG) offers a noninvasive means of evaluating skeletal muscle contractile properties, including muscle displacement (Dm), delay time (Td), contraction time (Tc), half-relaxation time (Tr), and sustain time (Ts).…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/muscles5020030
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Investigating the replicability of preclinical cancer biology.

Errington TM, Mathur M, Soderberg CK et al. · 2021 · eLife

Replicability is an important feature of scientific research, but aspects of contemporary research culture, such as an emphasis on novelty, can make replicability seem less important than it should be. The Reproducibility Project: Cancer…

View details →DOI: 10.7554/elife.71601
Replication FailureMedicine

A preliminary randomized trial of reinforcement contingencies to improve compliance with ecological momentary assessment.

Gass JC, Tonkin S, Maguin E et al. · 2024 · Translational behavioral medicine

Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) methods are increasingly used by translational scientists to study real-world behavior and experience. The ability to draw meaningful conclusions from EMA research depends upon participant compliance…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibad066
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Year 1 Impact of Offering Non-Emergency Medical Transportation on Care Utilization Among Low-Income and Disabled Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage.

Ianni KM, Chernew ME, McWilliams JM · 2026 · Health services research

Objective To examine the effects of offering non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) on care utilization among low-income and disabled beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage (MA). Study setting and design We leveraged the 2019 expansion…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.70086
Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

A mixed methods evaluation of a motivational enhancement intervention to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing among people experiencing houselessness and people who inject drugs.

Mauricio AM, Cioffi CC, Sanders AM et al. · 2025 · Psychological services

This explanatory sequential mixed methods hybrid Type 1 study examined the efficacy and implementation of Connect2Test, a brief motivational enhancement intervention to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing among people experiencing houselessness…

View details →DOI: 10.1037/ser0000939
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Who Likes Extraverts? Testing the Interplay Between Perceiver Needs and Target Appearance in Impression Formation.

Jaeger B, Jones AL, Satchell L et al. · 2026 · International review of social psychology

The role of perceiver differences in impression formation remains relatively poorly understood. One line of research has tried to understand these differences by exploring the role of perceivers' needs and motivations, reasoning that…

View details →DOI: 10.5334/irsp.996
Negative / Null Result Report

Is pathogen disgust increased on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone is high? Evidence from a between-subjects study using estimated progesterone levels

Rafiee Y, Jones BC, Shiramizu VKM · 2022 · Preprint

The Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis proposes that women will show increased pathogen disgust at points in the menstrual cycle when progesterone is high, compensating for the immunosuppressive effects of progesterone. However, evidence…

View details →DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/9fsgq
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Definitive Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: Historical Review, Current State and Future Directions.

Kumar AR, Sanford NN · 2025 · Seminars in radiation oncology

Based on available Level 1 evidence, standard dose conventional chemoradiation does not improve survival in patients with locally advanced pancreas cancer (LAPC), thus chemotherapy remains the only widely accepted therapy. Yet prognosis…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2025.07.002
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Covert-attention shifting superseded: Simple visual search explained by a computational cognitive architecture with early vision limitations, eye movements, and task strategies.

Kieras DE, Meyer DE · 2026 · Psychonomic bulletin & review

This article concerns simple visual-search tasks that require people to respond "yes" or "no" about whether a specified target object is present in stimulus displays containing relatively small numbers of typically simple objects. The…

View details →DOI: 10.3758/s13423-025-02772-9
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Drug sequestration and metabolite formation: key pharmacokinetic challenges for levosimendan use during ECMO support in cardiogenic shock.

Tebib N, Liaudet L, Ltaief Z · 2026 · Journal of intensive care

Background In patients with refractory cardiogenic shock, veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides temporary circulatory support, but optimal strategies to promote myocardial recovery and facilitate ECMO weaning…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s40560-026-00884-5
Replication FailureMedicine

Efficacy, Tolerability, and Safety of TRPC4/5 Inhibitor BI 1358894 in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder and Inadequate Response to Antidepressants: A Phase 2 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group, Dose-Ranging Trial.

Shelton RC, Pizzagalli DA, Cohen EA et al. · 2025 · The Journal of clinical psychiatry

Objective: To assess proof-of-concept (PoC) for efficacy, tolerability, and safety of TRPC4/5 inhibitor BI 1358894 vs placebo in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) with inadequate response to ongoing antidepressants. Methods: In…

View details →DOI: 10.4088/jcp.25m15868
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Efficacy and safety of mycophenolate mofetil in patients with high-grade locally advanced or metastatic osteosarcoma (ESMMO): a multicenter, phase II clinical trial.

Koonrungsesomboon N, Teeyakasem P, Dukaew N et al. · 2025 · International journal of clinical oncology

Background Osteosarcoma is a prevalent and aggressive bone malignancy primarily affecting young adults. Despite advances in standard treatment, the 5-year survival rate remains low, highlighting the need for new chemotherapy options.…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10147-025-02877-0
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Best Overall Response-Associated Signature to Doxorubicin in Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Transcriptomic Analysis from ANNOUNCE.

Liu J, Moura DS, Jones RL et al. · 2024 · Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Purpose This exploratory analysis evaluated the tumor samples of the patients treated with doxorubicin (with or without olaratumab) in a negative phase III ANNOUNCE trial to better understand the complexity of advanced soft tissue sarcomas…

View details →DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-3936
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Recent Advances in Clinical Trials in Multiple System Atrophy.

Bendetowicz D, Fabbri M, Sirna F et al. · 2024 · Current neurology and neuroscience reports

Purpose of review This review summarizes previous and ongoing neuroprotection trials in multiple system atrophy (MSA), a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by parkinsonism, cerebellar, and autonomic dysfunction. It also…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s11910-024-01335-0
Failed Experiment Report

Interpreting clinical trial outcomes marred by placebo response with an assessment of false-negative and true-negative clinical trials in depression using propensity-weighting

Gomeni R, Hopkins S, Bressolle-Gomeni F et al. · 2023 · Preprint

Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the performances of the propensity score weighted (PSW) methodology in a post-hoc re-analysis of a failed and a negative RCTs in major depressive disorders. The conventional study…

View details →DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3309369/v1
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Feasibility of advanced composite endpoint analysis: Post-hoc insights from the vitamin intervention for stroke prevention randomized control trial.

Asaithambi G, Castro-Pearson S, Meyer MK et al. · 2023 · Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD

Background and aims Stroke is a major cause of mortality and disability, highlighting the importance of prevention. Clinical trials play an important role in evaluating interventions that can maximize stroke prevention. Traditional…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2023.07.028
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Frontal Cortex Stimulation Modulates Attentional Circuits and Increases Anxiety-Potentiated Startle in Anxious Depression.

Poplin T, Kuplicki R, Walker EA et al. · 2025 · Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging

Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) with comorbid anxiety presents significant treatment challenges, with high relapse rates and suboptimal outcomes. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) offers a scalable, noninvasive…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.10.020
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Go or no-go for treat-to-target in axial spondyloarthritis?

Webers C, Been M, van Tubergen A · 2023 · Current opinion in rheumatology

Purpose of review For almost a decade, treat-to-target (T2T) has been advocated as a management strategy for axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), despite a lack of trial evidence. Recently, the first and only published T2T trial in axSpA did…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/bor.0000000000000941
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Activity Restriction in Pregnancy and the Risk of Early Delivery: The AWARE Study.

Sciscione AC, Booker WA, Clifton RG et al. · 2026 · Obstetrics and gynecology

Objective Activity restriction is commonly recommended in pregnancy despite lacking evidence of benefit. We sought to evaluate the amount of physical activity in patients at high risk for preterm birth and pregnancy latency and preterm…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000006225
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Role of fallopian tube and cervical canal occlusion in preventing intra-operative tumour spillage in early endometrial cancer- a pilot study.

Aparajita, Barmon D, Baruah U et al. · 2025 · World journal of surgical oncology

Background Recent studies have found the presence of post- hysterectomy atypical glandular cells in upper vagina in ~ 30% patients of Endometrial Cancer (EC) with implications of causing isolated vaginal recurrence. The primary objective…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12957-025-04121-5
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Redefining Ischemic Core, Penumbra, and Target Mismatch on Perfusion Imaging in Acute Anterior Distal Medium Vessel Occlusion.

Cai LY, Hoseinyazdi M, Lakhani DA et al. · 2025 · Stroke (Hoboken, N.J.)

Background Recent trials of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for acute distal medium vessel occlusions (DMVOs) were negative but also used inconsistent imaging-based inclusion criteria, whereas many successful large vessel occlusion (LVO)…

View details →DOI: 10.1161/svin.125.001900