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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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Methods Dead-EndOpen accessMedicine

Experimental and Clinical Approaches to Preventing Aminoglycoside-Induced Ototoxicity: A Scoping Review.

Zadrożniak M, Biskupski M, Szymański M et al. · 2025 · Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

(1) Aminoglycosides remain indispensable in modern medicine but share a serious dose-limiting adverse effect: irreversible cochleovestibular ototoxicity. (2) This scoping review systematically maps experimental and clinical strategies…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/antiox14121467
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Antimicrobial activity of Nd: YAG irradiation, laser activated photodynamic therapy and passive ultrasonic irrigation on enterococcus faecalis biofilms (an ex vivo study).

El Gazar SM, El Backly RN, Lotfy WA et al. · 2026 · BMC oral health

Aim To evaluate the antimicrobial effects of Nd: YAG laser irradiation, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), and passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI) in comparison with conventional irrigation with Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) in root…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12903-026-08651-6
Methods Dead-EndMedicine

Independent effects of volume and energy density manipulation on energy intake and appetite in healthy adults: A randomized, controlled, crossover study.

Hatch-McChesney A, Whitney CC, Richardson M et al. · 2024 · Appetite

Consuming enough energy to meet high energy demands can be challenging for military personnel wherein logistical constraints limit food availability. Increasing dietary energy density (ED) and/or volume density (VD) of rations may be…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107537
Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Evaluation of phyto-gallic acid as a potential inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus efflux pump mediated tetracycline resistance: an in-vitro and in-silico study.

Moubayed NMS, Alsabbagh R, Smiline GAS et al. · 2025 · Natural product research

Plants contain many bioactive compounds with potent antibacterial and efflux pump inhibitory activity (EPI). In this study, gallic acid extracted from pomegranate molasses by analytical HPLC holds promise as an EPI drug for Staphylococcus…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2024.2349810
Replication FailureMedicine

No evidence in favor of the existence of "intentional" binding.

Kong G, Aberkane C, Desoche C et al. · 2024 · Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance

Intentional binding refers to the subjective temporal compression between a voluntary action and its subsequent sensory outcome. Despite some studies challenging the link between temporal compression and intentional action, intentional…

View details →DOI: 10.1037/xhp0001204
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Antiarrhythmic Treatment in Heart Failure.

Könemann H, Güler-Eren S, Ellermann C et al. · 2024 · Current heart failure reports

Purpose of review Arrhythmias are common in patients with heart failure (HF) and are associated with a significant risk of mortality and morbidity. Optimal antiarrhythmic treatment is therefore essential. Here, we review current approaches…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s11897-023-00642-w
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Laparoscopic Salpingectomy Regulates The Expression of Endometrial Homeobox Genes ( HOXA9, HOXA10, HOXA11, HOXD10 ) and HOX Transcript Antisense Intergenic RNA in Women with Communicating Hydrosalpinx: A Prospective Study.

Zafarani F, Soleimani Mehranjani M, Ghaffari F et al. · 2024 · International journal of fertility & sterility

Background This study aimed to determine the alteration of endometrial expression levels of HOXA9/HOXA10/ HOXA11/HOXD10 genes and HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) in mid-luteal phase endometrium in patients with…

View details →DOI: 10.22074/ijfs.2024.2026081.1655
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

GLP-1 receptor agonists in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease: endocrine pathways, clinical evidence, and future directions.

Gandhi A, Parhizgar A · 2025 · Frontiers in endocrinology

Initially developed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are now emerging as promising candidates for modifying the course of neurodegenerative diseases. This potential stems from the…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1708565
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Residual osteomyelitis at the resection margin after conservative surgery is not associated with the recurrence of diabetic foot infection and may successfully be treated without postoperative antibiotic therapy.

Aragón-Sánchez J, Víquez-Molina G, López-Valverde ME et al. · 2023 · Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association

Aims We hypothesize that microbiology- and pathology-confirmed positive bone margins after the resection of diabetes-related foot osteomyelitis are associated with worse outcomes. Methods We conducted a prospective study consisting of a…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/dme.15162
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Levetiracetam or Phenytoin as Prophylaxis for Status Epilepticus: Secondary Analysis of the "Approaches and Decisions in Acute Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Trial" (ADAPT) Dataset, 2014-2017.

Ahmed N, Russo L, Kuo YH · 2024 · Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies

Objectives To compare levetiracetam and phenytoin as prophylaxis for the short-term development of status epilepticus (SE) during care of pediatric patients with acute severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design Nonprespecified secondary…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003526
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Reldesemtiv in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Results From the COURAGE-ALS Randomized Clinical Trial.

Shefner JM, Cudkowicz ME, Genge A et al. · 2025 · JAMA neurology

Importance Treatment options for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remain suboptimal. Results from a phase 2 study of reldesemtiv in ALS suggested that it may slow disease progression. Objective To assess the effect of reldesemtiv vs…

View details →DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.0241
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Risk factors related to loss of reduction after anatomic repair of acromioclavicular joint dislocation in patients with acute traumatic acromioclavicular joint dislocation.

Apivatgaroon A, Sukkarnkosol S, Pukrittayakamee NC et al. · 2025 · JSES international

Background Suspension stabilization is a commonly used surgical method for acute acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation. However, a failure rate of around 26% caused various emerging surgical techniques and recommendations. We aimed to…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jseint.2024.12.020
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Phase II Study Shows the Effect of Adenoviral Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C and Lymph Node Transfer in Lymphedema.

Rannikko EH, Pajula S, Suominen SH et al. · 2025 · Plastic and reconstructive surgery

Background Breast cancer-related lymphedema is a common complication lacking medical treatment. Lymfactin is an adenovirus type 5-based gene therapy and prolymphangiogenic growth factor vector that induces vascular endothelial growth…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000011675
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Dietary Management of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia.

Kim S, Shin MJ, Krauss RM · 2025 · Current atherosclerosis reports

Purpose of review This paper reviews the effects of major macronutrients and specific dietary interventions on atherogenic dyslipidemia, a common trait characterized by increased concentrations of triglyceride-rich and small, dense LDL…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s11883-025-01335-6
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Radiotherapy in breast cancer patients achieving nodal pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant therapy: a scoping review.

Cavalcante FP, Cardoso A, Antonini M et al. · 2025 · Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer

Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is widely accepted as standard treatment in breast cancer, particularly in cases of tumors with aggressive biology. NAC has increased the rates of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and the conversion…

View details →DOI: 10.21037/tbcr-24-54
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effectiveness of strenghtning oropharyngeal myofunctional therapy combined with cervical spine exercises in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea.

Díaz de Terán T, Bolado J, Palomo P et al. · 2025 · Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung

Objective To assess the effectiveness of an intervention programme combining Oropharyngeal Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) and cervical spine exercises in the general population with mild to moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), analysing…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s11325-025-03487-w
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Quantitative EEG for the Monitoring of Walking Recovery in Chronic Stroke Patients Receiving Action Observation Training.

Shamsi F, Aligholi H, Karimi MT et al. · 2024 · Journal of motor behavior

The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of action observation on the walking ability and oscillatory brain activity of chronic stroke patients. Fourteen chronic stroke patients were allocated randomly to the action observation (AO)…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2320904
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Osteoporosis independent of traditional risk factors in hyperthyroid patients in a resource-limited setting: An observational study.

Tadesse M, Tesfaye BA, Taye B et al. · 2026 · Medicine

Hyperthyroidism accelerates bone turnover and increases the risk of secondary osteoporosis. However, evidence from sub-Saharan Africa remains scarce. This study assessed the prevalence and predictors of osteoporosis among hyperthyroid…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000048715
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Safety and clinical outcomes of micro-axial intravascular flow pump compared to intra-aortic balloon pump in cardiogenic shock.

Makino M, Shishikura D, Kusumoto H et al. · 2026 · Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy

Background The micro-axial intravascular flow pump (mAFP) may potentially improve the prognosis of cardiogenic shock (CS). Despite its advanced hemodynamic profile, efficacy remains undetermined. Safety and mid-term outcomes were compared…

View details →DOI: 10.21037/cdt-2025-302
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Identification of specific codon 201 mutation of the DCC Gene in the colonoscopic specimen of colorectal cancer.

Serwer T, Wahid M, Imtiaz F et al. · 2024 · JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Objective To identify the mutation in codon 201 of the deleted in colorectal cancer gene in colorectal cancer, and to correlate that mutation to the histopathological grading of colorectal cancer. Methods The cross-sectional study was…

View details →DOI: 10.47391/jpma.9158
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Comparative Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity and Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Commercially Available Pediatric Dentifrices: An In Vitro Study.

Dureha R, Navit S, Khan SA et al. · 2024 · International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry

Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of commercially available pediatric dentifrices containing different compositions against Streptococcus mutans and…

View details →DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2939
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

CaMKII protein expression and phosphorylation in human skeletal muscle by immunoblotting: Isoform specificity.

Martinez-Canton M, Gallego-Selles A, Galvan-Alvarez V et al. · 2024 · Free radical biology & medicine

Calcium (Ca 2+ )/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is activated during exercise by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Ca 2+ transients initiating muscle contraction. CaMKII modulates antioxidant, inflammatory, metabolic and…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2024.08.030
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

The "inverted-U" of cognitive effort across speech rates holds for simple but not complex sentence structures.

O'Leary RM, Zavlun N, Kinney A et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in psychology

Pupil dilation has become a well-established physiological index of cognitive effort. Here we examined the often-cited finding of an inverted U-shaped function of pupil size across the continuum from highly degraded to clear speech. Unlike…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1685938
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Bactericidal Efficacy of So-Called Sanitizers in Japan.

Funaki R, Nomura S, Ushima A et al. · 2024 · Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

Commercially available so-called sanitizers in Japan are often touted as having remarkable "sanitizing (jokin)" effect, "virus-removal" capabilities, and "99.99%" removal rate of microbes and pathogens. In this study, we investigated the…

View details →DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b24-00439
Negative / Null Result Report

Predicting clinical outcomes of post-operative focal neurological deficits after glioma resection based on MRI characteristics: A retrospective chart review

Bukhari SS, Saeed F, Tahir I et al. · 2023 · Preprint

Abstract Background: The standard of care for gliomas includes maximum safe resection of the tumor. This may lead to inadvertent damage to tissue directly or vasculature supplying normal brain tissue. This may result in perilesional brain…

View details →DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2616875/v1
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Single Enema Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Cats With Chronic Enteropathy.

Karra DA, Suchodolski JS, Newman SJ et al. · 2025 · Journal of veterinary internal medicine

Background Chronic enteropathies (CE) are common in cats, and alterations of the intestinal microbiota might be involved in the pathogenesis. Hypothesis/objectives To evaluate the efficacy of a single enema fecal microbiota transplantation…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/jvim.70054