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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 accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Herpes Simplex Virus Requires Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Activity for Efficient Replication and Induces Extracellular Signal-Related Kinase-Dependent Phosphorylation and ICP0-Dependent Nuclear Localization of Tankyrase 1

Zhuan Li, Yohei Yamauchi, Maki Kamakura et al. · 2011 · Journal of Virology

Tankyrase 1 is a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) which localizes to multiple subcellular sites, including telomeres and mitotic centrosomes. Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of the nuclear mitotic apparatus (NuMA) protein by tankyrase 1 during…

View details →DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05897-11Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Temozolomide antagonizes oncolytic immunovirotherapy in glioblastoma

Dipongkor Saha, Samuel D. Rabkin, Robert L. Martuza · 2020 · Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Background Temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy is a current standard of care for glioblastoma (GBM), however it has only extended overall survival by a few months. Because it also modulates the immune system, both beneficially and negatively,…

View details →DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2019-000345Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Combined CTLA-4 and PD-L1 blockade in patients with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer is associated with increased myeloid and neutrophil immune subsets in the bone microenvironment

Sumit K. Subudhi, Bilal A. Siddiqui, Ana M. Aparicio et al. · 2021 · Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

BACKGROUND: Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has low response rates in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), in part due to few T cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Anti-cytotoxic T…

View details →DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002919Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportImmunology and Microbiology

Functionally Significant Differences in Expression of Disease-Associated IL-7 Receptor α Haplotypes in CD4 T Cells and Dendritic Cells

Edwin Hoe, Fiona C. McKay, Stephen D. Schibeci et al. · 2010 · The Journal of Immunology

Common genetic variants of IL-7 receptor alpha (IL-7Ralpha) have recently been shown to affect susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) and type 1 diabetes, and survival following bone marrow transplantation. Transcription of the gene…

View details →DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902900Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effect of Disulfiram and Copper Plus Chemotherapy vs Chemotherapy Alone on Survival in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma

Katja Werlenius, Sara Kinhult, Tora S. Solheim et al. · 2023 · JAMA Network Open

Importance: Disulfiram has demonstrated broad antitumoral effect in several preclinical studies. One of the proposed indications is for the treatment of glioblastoma. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of disulfiram and copper as add-on to alkylating chemotherapy in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Design, Setting, and Participants: This was a multicenter, open-label, randomized phase II/III clinical trial with parallel group design. Patients were recruited at 7 study sites in Sweden and 2 sites in Norway between January 2017 and November 2020. Eligible patients were 18 years

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“We are not hard to reach, but we may find it hard to trust” …. Involving and engaging ‘seldom listened to’ community voices in clinical translational health research: a social innovation approach

Safina Islam, Olivia Joseph, Atiha Chaudry et al. · 2021 · Research Involvement and Engagement

Abstract Background Public involvement in clinical translational research is increasingly recognised as essential for relevant and reliable research. Public involvement must be diverse and inclusive to enable research that has the…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s40900-021-00292-zCited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Umbrella and basket trials in oncology: ethical challenges

Karolina Strzebońska, Marcin Waligóra · 2019 · BMC Medical Ethics

BACKGROUND: Novel precision oncology trial designs, such as basket and umbrella trials, are designed to test new anticancer agents in more effective and affordable ways. However, they present some ethical concerns referred to scientific validity, risk-benefit balance and informed consent. Our aim is to discuss these issues in basket and umbrella trials, giving examples of two ongoing cancer trials: NCI-MATCH (National Cancer Institute - Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice) and Lung-MAP (Lung Cancer Master Protocol) study. MAIN BODY: We discuss three ethical requirements for clinical trials w

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12910-019-0395-5Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Comparison of the Conformations of KRAS Isoforms, K-Ras4A and K-Ras4B, Points to Similarities and Significant Differences

Mayukh Chakrabarti, Hyunbum Jang, Ruth Nussinov · 2016 · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Human HRAS, KRAS, and NRAS genes encode four isoforms of Ras, a p21 GTPase. Mutations in KRAS account for the majority of RAS-driven cancers. The KRAS has two splice variants, K-Ras4A and K-Ras4B. Due to their reversible palmitoylation,…

View details →DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b11110Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Axitinib plus avelumab in the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma: a stratified, open-label, single-center phase 2 clinical trial (GliAvAx)

Gil Awada, Laïla Ben Salama, Jennifer Cremer et al. · 2020 · Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

BACKGROUND: No treatment demonstrated to improve survival in patients with recurrent glioblastoma (rGB) in a randomized trial. Combining axitinib with the programmed cell death ligand 1 blocking monoclonal antibody avelumab may result in…

View details →DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001146Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportEnvironmental Science

Urban–rural differences in near‐surface air temperature as resolved by the Central Europe Refined analysis (CER): sensitivity to planetary boundary layer schemes and urban canopy models

Britta Jänicke, Fred Meier, Daniel Fenner et al. · 2016 · International Journal of Climatology

ABSTRACT Model‐based studies on urban heat islands can be seriously affected by errors in near‐surface air temperature ( T 2), especially if errors differ between cities and their rural surroundings. Furthermore, errors in T 2 strongly…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/joc.4835Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

Geospatial Thinking and Spatial Ability: An Empirical Examination of Knowledge and Reasoning in Geographical Science

Toru Ishikawa · 2012 · The Professional Geographer

Abstract This study examined the relationships between geospatial thinking and spatial ability, focusing on knowledge and reasoning about fundamental concepts in geospatial science. Scores on a geospatial thinking test had low correlations…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2012.724350Cited by 55
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Machine learning methods are comparable to logistic regression techniques in predicting severe walking limitation following total knee arthroplasty

Yong‐Hao Pua, Hakmook Kang, Julian Thumboo et al. · 2019 · Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy

PURPOSE: Machine-learning methods are flexible prediction algorithms with potential advantages over conventional regression. This study aimed to use machine learning methods to predict post-total knee arthroplasty (TKA) walking limitation,…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00167-019-05822-7Cited by 54
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science

Bare‐Earth DEM Generation in Urban Areas for Flood Inundation Simulation Using Global Digital Elevation Models

Yinxue Liu, Paul Bates, Jeffrey Neal et al. · 2021 · Water Resources Research

Abstract Accurate terrain representation is critical to estimating flood risk in urban areas. However, all current global elevation data sets can be regarded as digital surface models in urban areas as they contain building artifacts that…

View details →DOI: 10.1029/2020wr028516Cited by 54
Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

Improving Students' PISA Scientific Competencies Through Online Argumentation

Chun‐Yen Tsai · 2014 · International Journal of Science Education

The scientific competencies advocated by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) focus on the abilities needed in students' adult lives. This study investigated how such scientific competencies could be improved by using…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2014.987712Cited by 54
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Significant Association Between Low Baseline Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Improved Progression-free Survival of Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Treated With Eribulin But Not With Nab-Paclitaxel

Yoshimasa Miyagawa, Kazuhiro Araki, Ayako Bun et al. · 2018 · Clinical Breast Cancer

INTRODUCTION: Although eribulin and nab-paclitaxel are chemotherapy agents widely used for locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer (MBC), their predictive factors remain unknown. Because the absolute neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2018.03.002Cited by 54
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Free Fatty Acids Signature in Human Intestinal Disorders: Significant Association between Butyric Acid and Celiac Disease

Simone Baldi, Marta Menicatti, Giulia Nannini et al. · 2021 · Nutrients

Altered circulating levels of free fatty acids (FFAs), namely short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs), and long chain fatty acids (LCFAs), are associated with metabolic, gastrointestinal, and malignant diseases. Hence, we compared the serum FFA profile of patients with celiac disease (CD), adenomatous polyposis (AP), and colorectal cancer (CRC) to healthy controls (HC). We enrolled 44 patients (19 CRC, 9 AP, 16 CD) and 16 HC. We performed a quantitative FFA evaluation with the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method (GC-MS), and we performed Dirichlet-multinomial

View details →DOI: 10.3390/nu13030742Cited by 54
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Occupational exposure and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a prospective cohort

Tom Koeman, Pauline Slottje, Leo J. Schouten et al. · 2017 · Occupational and Environmental Medicine

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively study suspected occupational risk factors for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS: For this case-cohort analysis within the prospective Netherlands Cohort Study, 58 279 men and 62 573 women aged 55-69…

View details →DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103780Cited by 54
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Return and Volatility Spillovers across Equity Markets in Mainland China, Hong Kong and the United States

Hassan Mohammadi, Yuting Tan · 2015 · Econometrics

Examinations of the dynamics of daily returns and volatility in stock markets of the U.S., Hong Kong and mainland China (Shanghai and Shenzhen) over 2 January 2001 to 8 February 2013 suggest: (1) evidence of unidirectional return spillovers from the U.S. to the other three markets; but no spillover between Hong Kong and either of the two mainland China markets; (2) evidence of unidirectional ARCH and GARCH effects from the U.S. to the other three markets; (3) correlations of returns vary across markets, with the highest correlation of 93.5% between the two Chinese markets, medium correlation o

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The Gut-Brain Axis in Healthy Females: Lack of Significant Association between Microbial Composition and Diversity with Psychiatric Measures

Susan C. Kleiman, Emily Bulik-Sullivan, Elaine M. Glenny et al. · 2017 · PLoS ONE

OBJECTIVE: This study examined associations between the composition and diversity of the intestinal microbiota and measures of depression, anxiety, eating disorder psychopathology, stress, and personality in a group of healthy adult females. METHODS: Female participants (n = 91) ages 19-50 years with BMI 18.5-25 kg/m2 were recruited from central North Carolina between July 2014 and March 2015. Participants provided a single fecal sample and completed an online psychiatric questionnaire that included five measures: (i) Beck Anxiety Inventory; (ii) Beck Depression Inventory-II; (iii) Eating Diso

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMathematics

Increasing efficiency of preclinical research by group sequential designs

Konrad Neumann, Ulrike Grittner, Sophie K. Piper et al. · 2017 · PLoS Biology

Despite the potential benefits of sequential designs, studies evaluating treatments or experimental manipulations in preclinical experimental biomedicine almost exclusively use classical block designs. Our aim with this article is to bring the existing methodology of group sequential designs to the attention of researchers in the preclinical field and to clearly illustrate its potential utility. Group sequential designs can offer higher efficiency than traditional methods and are increasingly used in clinical trials. Using simulation of data, we demonstrate that group sequential designs have t

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Re-analysis of the 267 GHz ALMA observations of Venus

I. A. G. Snellen, L. Guzman-Ramirez, M. R. Hogerheijde et al. · 2020 · Astronomy & Astrophysics

Context. ALMA observations of Venus at 267 GHz that show the apparent presence of phosphine (PH 3 ) in its atmosphere have been presented in the literature. Phosphine currently has no evident production routes on the planet’s surface or in…

View details →DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039717Cited by 54
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Time to Reperfusion in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients With vs. Without Pre-Hospital Mobile Telemedicine 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Transmission

Shoji Kawakami, Yoshio Tahara, Teruo Noguchi et al. · 2016 · Circulation Journal

BACKGROUND: Prehospital ECG improves survival following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Although a new International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment…

View details →DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-15-1322Cited by 54
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Methylation and microsatellite status and recurrence following adjuvant FOLFOX in colorectal cancer

Sae‐Won Han, Hyun‐Jung Lee, Jeong Mo Bae et al. · 2012 · International Journal of Cancer

The prognostic impact of CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) and microsatellite instability (MSI) on the treatment outcome of colon cancer patients receiving adjuvant 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin/oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) is unclear. We…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Adjuvant gemcitabine plus cisplatin versus capecitabine in node-positive extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: the STAMP randomized trial

Hyehyun Jeong, Kyu‐pyo Kim, Jae Ho Jeong et al. · 2023 · Hepatology

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The effectiveness of gemcitabine-based adjuvant chemotherapy is unclear in cholangiocarcinoma. We investigated the role of adjuvant gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GemCis) in a homogeneous group of high-risk patients with…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

No Significant Differences in Muscle Growth and Strength Development When Consuming Soy and Whey Protein Supplements Matched for Leucine Following a 12 Week Resistance Training Program in Men and Women: A Randomized Trial

Heidi Lynch, Matthew P. Buman, Jared M. Dickinson et al. · 2020 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

There are conflicting reports regarding the efficacy of plant versus animal-derived protein to support muscle and strength development with resistance training. The purpose of this study was to determine whether soy and whey protein supplements matched for leucine would comparably support strength increases and muscle growth following 12 weeks of resistance training. Sixty-one untrained young men (n = 19) and women (n = 42) (18–35 year) enrolled in this study, and 48 completed the trial (17 men, 31 women). All participants engaged in supervised resistance training 3×/week and consumed 19 grams

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessHealth Professions

Variations in Persistent Use of Low-Value Breast Cancer Surgery

Ton Wang, Brooke C. Bredbeck, Brandy Sinco et al. · 2021 · JAMA Surgery

Importance: Through the Choosing Wisely campaign, surgical specialties identified 4 low-value breast cancer operations. Preliminary data suggest varying rates of deimplementation and have identified patient-level and clinician-level…

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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

The Role of Religious Support in Reentry

Richard Stansfield, Thomas J. Mowen, Thomas P. O’Connor et al. · 2016 · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Objective: Research on the relationship between religion and criminal recidivism has produced encouraging but ultimately inconclusive findings. This study offers a new direction for studying the role of religious support in reentry,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Lymph Node Dissection in Curative Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer

Shigeyuki Tamura, Atsushi Takeno, Hirofumi Miki · 2011 · International Journal of Surgical Oncology

Gastric cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Surgical resection with lymph node dissection is the only potentially curative therapy for gastric cancer. However, the appropriate extent of lymph node dissection accompanied by gastrectomy for cancer remains controversial. In East Asian countries, especially in Japan and Korea, D2 lymph node dissection has been regularly performed as a standard procedure. In Western countries, surgeons perform gastrectomy with D1 dissection only because D2 is associated with high mortality and morbidity compared to those assoc

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Outcomes of Lisfranc Injuries in the National Football League

Kevin J. McHale, Joshua C. Rozell, Andrew H. Milby et al. · 2016 · The American Journal of Sports Medicine

BACKGROUND: Tarsometatarsal (Lisfranc) joint injuries commonly occur in National Football League (NFL) competition; however, the career effect of these injuries is unknown. PURPOSE: To define the time to return to competition for NFL…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/0363546516645082Cited by 54