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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

High levels of the adipokines leptin and metrnl in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea are not associated with the severity of sleep apnea or the burden of atrial fibrillation.

Ueland T, Traaen GM, Hunt TE et al. · 2025 · Sleep medicine

Study objectives Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are highly prevalent conditions sharing multiple risk factors including obesity. Adipokines secreted from adipose tissue could modify pathways affecting atrial…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2025.106862
Replication FailureOpen accessMedicine

Lack of association between <i>MALAT1</i> rs591291 and rs3200401 polymorphisms and venous malformation risk in the Chinese pediatric population.

Lin X, Ou J, Wu G et al. · 2025 · Biochemistry and biophysics reports

Introduction Venous malformations are the most common congenital vascular anomaly, accounting for 65 % of all congenital vascular abnormalities. This study aims to investigate the correlation between genetic polymorphisms of MALAT1 and the…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2025.102209
Replication FailureOpen accessMedicine

Longitudinal Assessment of Area of Reticular Pseudodrusen in Eyes with Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Velaga SB, Alagorie AR, Nittala MG et al. · 2025 · Ophthalmology science

Purpose To evaluate the change in the area of reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) and choroidal thickness over 2 years in eyes with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design Longitudinal cohort study. Subjects The study reviewed 1332 eyes…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.xops.2025.100881
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Genital tract infections, antiretroviral treatment and HIV-1 viral load in early postpartum women: : implications for sexual and breastfeeding HIV transmission.

Govender V, Govender K, Moodley D · 2026 · BMC infectious diseases

BACKGROUND: Maintaining viral suppression in the postpartum period is critical for preventing HIV transmission to sexual partners and breastfed infants. Despite systemic viral suppression, genital HIV shedding may still occur in some…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-12621-2
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Lack of Association of Chronological Age and Antithrombotic Agents With Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage in the Group of Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury.

Kambara M, Ikawa F, Hidaka T et al. · 2025 · Neurosurgery

Background and objectives Some reports suggest that older patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to experience acute intracranial hemorrhage, resulting in poor outcomes. However, the association between precise…

View details →DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003240
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Lack of Association Between Hemoglobin A1c and Continuous Glucose Monitor Metrics Among Individuals with Prediabetes and Normoglycemia.

Rodriguez JA, Palermo NE, Song W et al. · 2026 · Diabetes technology & therapeutics

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are becoming increasingly available, yet the relationship between CGM metrics and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) among individuals with prediabetes and normoglycemia remains unclear. We examined associations…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/15209156251379506
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Lack of association between serum apelin levels and sarcopenia in elderly malnourished subjects.

de Luis D, Primo D, Izaola O et al. · 2024 · European review for medical and pharmacological sciences

Objective Sarcopenia is a condition characterized by muscle mass loss. Skeletal muscle is capable of producing and secreting different molecules called myokines, and apelin is one of them. The literature contains contradictory data on the…

View details →DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202406_36461
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Lack of association between genetic variations in <i>CYP3A5</i> and blood pressure or hypertension risk in the UK biobank.

Leibold P, Lteif C, Duarte JD · 2025 · Frontiers in genetics

Introduction Hypertension (HTN) is a leading risk factor for several cardiovascular diseases. While some previous studies reported that CYP3A5 variants were associated with decreased blood pressure and risk of HTN, others reported no…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2025.1490863
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Age predominates as associate than reproductive health stage for 5 min heart rate variability in middle aged women- a cross-sectional study from Gujarat, India.

Solanki JD, Joshi DR, Atodaria KA et al. · 2025 · Journal of family medicine and primary care

Introduction Cardiovascular health is adversely affected by menopausal transition with reduced heart rate variability (HRV) as a manifest. Electrocardiogram (ECG) based 5 min HRV has worsening trend from premenopausal to postmenopausal…

View details →DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_274_25
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Plasma Inflammatory Biomarkers Lack Strong Association With Cognitive Outcomes Among Young Adults With Perinatal HIV Exposure and/or Acquisition.

McHenry MS, Huo Y, Williams PL et al. · 2026 · Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

Background Our objective was to evaluate the association between inflammatory biomarkers and NIH Toolbox cognitive outcomes in young adults with perinatal HIV exposure but uninfected (YAPHEU) and those with perinatal HIV (YAPHIV), with or…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003771
Negative / Null Result Report

Specimen-tailored “lived” climate reveals precipitation onset and amount best predict specimen phenology, but only weakly predict estimated reproduction across a clade

Bontrager M, Worthy SJ, Leventhal L et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Summary Herbarium specimens are broadly distributed in space and time, enabling investigation of climate impacts on phenology and fitness. We reconstructed specimen “lived” climate from knowledge of germination cues and collection dates…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.03.636077
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Is Obesity a Factor in Lethal Opioid Toxicity?

Hunter JWS, Van Den Heuvel C, Stephenson L et al. · 2025 · The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology

Abstract Both obesity and opioid abuse are increasing in numbers globally. As these entities may be associated with significant respiratory compromise, it was hypothesized that synergism may occur and that as a result of this obese…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/paf.0000000000001029
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Evaluation of response to clopidogrel in patients with CYP2C19*2/*3 polymorphisms and its association with miR-19b expression.

Eskandarian S, Zafarani A, Tandel P et al. · 2025 · Molecular biology reports

Background Clopidogrel is a widely used antiplatelet drug for treating acute coronary syndrome. Its metabolism primarily involves the CYP2C19 isoenzyme, with CYP2C192 and CYP2C193 alleles associated with reduced metabolic activity.…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s11033-025-10482-7
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Is glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency associated with COVID-19 infection, severity, and death? A cohort study from the Brazilian Amazon.

Dias ALB, Nascimento JR, Brito-Sousa JD et al. · 2025 · PloS one

Background Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd) is a common genetic disorder that impairs the cellular antioxidant response and has been hypothesized as a potential risk factor for severe outcomes in viral infections,…

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331729
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

An open-label, single-arm, dose-escalating concentration-QT study to investigate the cardiac effects and safety of paroxetine in healthy adults.

van Dijkman SC, Félices M, Pandurangavittal B et al. · 2026 · British journal of clinical pharmacology

Aims Paroxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), approved for treatment of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders. Some SSRIs are known to prolong the QT interval; however, clinical evidence to establish a lack…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/bcp.70398
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Update on the utilization of complementary therapies by adolescents with asthma in an urban population.

Soffer GK, Feinberg T, Kroll H et al. · 2025 · The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

Objectives To assess the prevalence and perceived efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among urban adolescents with asthma, building on a previous landmark study, and to determine if CAM use varied by asthma…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2025.2475451
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Long-term and short-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and its association with glycolipid metabolic disorders.

Zhou C, Cui GY, Tang YH et al. · 2025 · World journal of diabetes

Background The association between ambient air pollution and glycolipid metabolic disorders (GMDs, including diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia) is still not well understood, especially when it comes to the different effects of long-term…

View details →DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i12.110028
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Thyroid Hormone Replacement Dose Is Not Associated with Anti-TPO and Anti-TG Antibody Titers in Hashimoto's Disease.

Szczuko M, Szmigiel O, Szczuko U et al. · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine

Background : Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is the result of a complex interplay between genetic, environmental, and epigenetic factors. The role of cellular and humoral immunity in the pathogenesis of the disease is well-established.…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/jcm15030970
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A brief research report of suicide rates in the Brazilian elderly over a 12-year period: the lack of association of the " Setembro Amarelo " campaign for suicide prevention.

Corrêa Matias Pereira C, Najafi Moghaddam Gilani V, Nazif-Munoz JI · 2024 · Frontiers in psychiatry

Objectives Aiming to disseminate information related to suicide prevention in Brazil, the " Setembro Amarelo " campaign has been conducted since 2015. The objective of this study is to assess the association between this campaign and…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1354030
Negative / Null Result Report

The relationships between cochlear nerve health and AzBio sentence scores in quiet and noise in postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant users

Gao Z, Yuan Y, Oleson JJ et al. · 2024 · Preprint

ABSTRACT Objectives This study investigated the relationships between the cochlear nerve (CN) health and sentence-level speech perception outcomes measured in quiet and noise in postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant (CI) users.…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.16.24317332
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Descriptive Epidemiology and Prognostic Significance of Diaphragm Thickness in the General Population: The Nagahama Study.

Tabara Y, Matsumoto T, Murase K et al. · 2025 · Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle

Background Diaphragm thickness is a potential marker of sarcopenia in addition to muscle mass and strength at extremities. We aimed to clarify the descriptive epidemiology and prognostic significance of diaphragm thickness in the general…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13690
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Outcomes of ACL Reconstruction with Quadriceps Tendon Graft Based on Graft Diameter Relative to Notch Width.

Dadoo S, Vieider RP, Grandberg C et al. · 2026 · Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine

Background While quadriceps tendon (QT) autograft is being increasingly utilized for primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), there remains limited evaluation of how QT autograft diameter and the ratio of graft diameter to…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/23259671261433007
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Youth Soccer Participation and Brain Health Outcomes in Adolescent Athletes.

Koerte IK, Wiegand TLT, Bonke EM et al. · 2026 · JAMA network open

Importance Repetitive head impacts (RHIs) are associated with later-life neurodegeneration. Because soccer is the most widely played sport among youth worldwide, identifying early changes associated with RHI is important. Objective To…

View details →DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.19569
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Lack of association of the calpain-10 Indel-19 variant with chronic diseases in a Mexican population.

Meza-Espinoza JP, Zavala-Rubio JD, Leal-Ugarte E et al. · 2025 · BMC research notes

Objective The CAPN10 gene encodes a protein that regulates insulin secretion and glucose uptake. Its variant Indel-19 has been associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetes-related traits, and some chronic…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13104-025-07184-5