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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

Ivermectin performance against equine strongylids: Efficacy, egg reappearance periods, and fecal egg counting method comparison.

Nielsen MK, Bartholdy ID, Kristensen KS et al. · 2025 · Veterinary parasitology

Equine strongylids are ubiquitous and can cause severe health issues. Anthelmintic resistance is widely common in cyathostomin parasites, and recent studies have documented increasing incidence of resistance to the macrocyclic lactone drug…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2025.110465
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Clinical utility of comprehensive gene panel testing for common and rare causes of skeletal dysplasia and other skeletal disorders: Results from the largest cohort to date.

MacCarrick G, Aradhya S, Bailey M et al. · 2024 · American journal of medical genetics. Part A

Molecular genetics enables more precise diagnoses of skeletal dysplasia and other skeletal disorders (SDs). We investigated the clinical utility of multigene panel testing for 5011 unrelated individuals with SD in the United States…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63646
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Upfront Exercise Hemodynamic Phenotyping of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Left Heart Disease Risk Factors: A Prospective Experience.

Karvasarski E, Park J, Savaris S et al. · 2026 · CJC open

Background Resting hemodynamic assessment of suspected pulmonary hypertension (PH) in older adults with cardiovascular risk factors may not effectively discriminate pre-capillary from post-capillary disease. Exercise right-heart…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.02.005
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Pathophysiological mechanisms of gut dysbiosis and food allergy and an investigation of probiotics as an intervention for atopic disease.

Crabtree D, Seidler K, Barrow M · 2025 · Clinical nutrition ESPEN

Background and aims Epidemiological studies have associated reduced bacterial diversity and abundance and food allergy. This mechanistic review investigated the link between gut dysbiosis and food allergy with a focus on the role of…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.11.019
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

T174M-M235T <i>AGT</i> Gene Haplotypes in Women with Pre-Eclampsia from Northwest Mexico: A Pilot Case-Control Study.

Portillo-Gallo JH, Sánchez-González JM, Saldaña-Cruz AM et al. · 2026 · Current issues in molecular biology

Pre-eclampsia is a Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy (HDP) characterized by hypertension and proteinuria, affecting 2-8% of pregnancies worldwide and constituting a major public health concern. Genes of the renin-angiotensin system have…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/cimb48020168
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Infectious potential and circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in wild rats.

Beissat K, Lattard V, Picard-Meyer E et al. · 2025 · PloS one

Since the beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, a wide range of animal species (pets, mink…) have been naturally infected with this betacoronavirus. The emergence of new variants has…

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316882
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Hierarchical Classification of Factors Associated With Noninvasive Prenatal Testing Failures and Its Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes.

Xie J, Jiang Y, Zhou Y et al. · 2024 · Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)

Objective To conduct a hierarchical classification analysis of the nonreportable results of noninvasive prenatal testing in an attempt to reduce failure rates and provide pregnant women with accurate information to alleviate their anxiety.…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/fm9.0000000000000248
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Frailty, Physical Function Impairment, and Pulmonary Function in Aging Men With and Without HIV from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

Abdo M, Kunisaki KM, Morris A et al. · 2026 · AIDS research and human retroviruses

People aging with HIV (PAWH) experience greater impairment in physical and pulmonary function than individuals aging without HIV. We examined whether baseline physical function was associated with subsequent pulmonary impairments.…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/08892229261448283
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Vitamin D supplementation in pregnant or breastfeeding women or young children for preventing asthma.

Patchen BK, Best CM, Boiteau J et al. · 2025 · The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Background Randomised controlled studies evaluating vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy or early childhood for preventing childhood asthma have yielded inconclusive results. Previous systematic reviews of vitamin D for asthma prevention…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd013396.pub2
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Challenges in Results Robustness of Trials with Missing Data for the Primary Endpoint: Insights from Coronary Balloon/Stent Trials.

Lang X, Zhao Y, Zhu Y et al. · 2025 · Risk management and healthcare policy

Background To assess the consequence of different degrees of missing primary endpoint data for randomized controlled trials and to find the influence factors. Methods PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched up…

View details →DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s511449
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Polygene by environment interactions predicting depressive outcomes.

Grillo AR · 2025 · American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics

Depression is a major public health problem with a continued need to uncover its etiology. Current models of depression contend that gene-by-environment (G × E) interactions influence depression risk, and further, that depression is…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.33000
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Performance of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification testing in Austria as measured by external quality assessment schemes during 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational retrospective study.

Buchta C, Aberle SW, Allerberger F et al. · 2023 · The Lancet. Microbe

Background The aim of external quality assessment (EQA) schemes is to evaluate the analytical performance of laboratories and test systems in a near-to-real-life setting. This monitoring service provides feedback to participant…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00286-0
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Improving Non-Invasive Prediction of Thyroid Nodule Malignancy: A Machine Learning-Based Clinical Approach.

Reiner M, Drobińska H, Miciak M et al. · 2026 · Cancer management and research

Background Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most commonly diagnosed endocrine malignancy, with rising global incidence. Current diagnostic techniques, including ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), often yield inconclusive…

View details →DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s571308
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The effect of an intervention to reduce aflatoxin consumption from 6 to 18 mo of age on length-for-age z-scores in rural Tanzania: a cluster-randomized trial.

Phillips E, Ngure FM, Kassim N et al. · 2025 · The American journal of clinical nutrition

Background Linear growth faltering continues to negatively affect children in low- and middle-income countries and is associated with poor cognitive, developmental, and educational outcomes. Laboratory and observational data suggest that…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.11.022
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Prior Use of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors and Risk of Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Elderly Patients With Sepsis: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Otero Castro V, Scales DC, Angriman F · 2025 · Critical care explorations

Objectives We sought to estimate the association between chronic use of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors and acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy in critically ill adult patients with sepsis. Design Population-based…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001304
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No evidence of BoHV-1 exposure and low levels of pestivirus exposure in sera from 116 opportunistically sampled wild deer in Northern Ireland.

Lyons M, Lahuerta-Marin A, Clarke J et al. · 2025 · Irish veterinary journal

Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV), Border Disease Virus (BDV), and Bovine Herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1, the cause of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis, IBR), are economically important endemic viruses in ruminant livestock in the United Kingdom…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13620-025-00292-5
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Efficacy and safety of esketamine versus propofol in electroconvulsive therapy for treatment-resistant depression: A randomized, double-blind, controlled, non-inferiority trial.

Zeng QB, Zou DC, Huang XB et al. · 2025 · Journal of affective disorders

Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a commonly used alternative for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Although esketamine has a rapid pharmacological antidepressant action, it has not been studied as an ECT anesthetic. The…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.038
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Preoperative Lateralization and Diagnostic Value of Selective Bilateral Internal Jugular Venous Sampling in Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Single-Center Experience.

Solodjankina A, Kratovska A, Ponomarjova S et al. · 2024 · Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Background and Objectives : Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a common endocrine disorder caused by excessive production of parathyroid hormone (PTH) leading to elevated calcium levels. Diagnosis is primarily based on biochemical…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/medicina60030507
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The utility of disc space and vertebral body specimens cell count differential for the diagnosis of native vertebral osteomyelitis: a prospective cohort study.

Zein SE, Tande AJ, Carr CM et al. · 2024 · European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology

Background Diagnostic methods for native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) often yield inconclusive results. Image-guided spine biopsies for culture are specific but diagnose NVO in only 50% of cases. Pre-exposure to antimicrobials further…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10096-024-04951-3
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Sharpening the lens to evaluate interprofessional education and interprofessional collaboration by improving the conceptual framework: a critical discussion.

Neubauer FB, Wagner FL, Lörwald A et al. · 2024 · BMC medical education

It has been difficult to demonstrate that interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaboration (IPC) have positive effects on patient care quality, cost effectiveness of patient care, and healthcare provider satisfaction.…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05590-0
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Evaluating the Impact of a Molecular Diagnostic Algorithm on Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Needle R, Yu Y, Soualhine H et al. · 2025 · Biomedicines

Background/Objectives : The diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections is accomplished by three main diagnostics methods: smear microscopy, culture, and molecular testing.…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13102416
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Lessons Learned: Why Motivational Interviewing Should Be Adapted to Socio-Cultural Contexts.

Kirby C, Baldwin JA, Elwell K et al. · 2026 · Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)

Background The literature shows inconclusive results from utilizing motivational interviewing (MI) in indigenous populations to address early childhood caries (ECC). Great Beginnings for Healthy Native Smiles (GBHNS) (NIDCR U01DE028508), a…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/healthcare14081059
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Fibrillary glomerulonephritis disease natural history and outcomes: a retrospective two centre cohort study.

Zhang Y, Baharani J, Ajayi B et al. · 2025 · BMC nephrology

Background Fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN) is a rare immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis characterised by the deposition of anomalous fibrillary structures within the glomeruli. The prognosis for patients with FGN is usually…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12882-025-04187-z