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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

Phase II Trial of Ponatinib in Patients with Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor following Failure or Intolerance of Prior Therapy with Imatinib (POETIG Trial).

Falkenhorst J, Ivanyi P, Schulz T et al. · 2025 · Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Purpose Imatinib resistance is conferred by secondary mutations within the ATP-binding pocket or the activation loop of KIT in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Ponatinib is active against KIT secondary activation loop and the…

View details →DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-25-0222
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A phase 2 study of abemaciclib in patients with brain metastases secondary to non-small cell lung cancer or melanoma.

Sahebjam S, Bazer DA, Rhun EL et al. · 2026 · Neuro-oncology advances

Background Abemaciclib is a selective cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 inhibitor that penetrates the blood-brain barrier, resulting in comparable concentrations in tissue and plasma. The primary objective of this nonrandomized Simon…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdag005
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A phase II study of trifluridine/tipiracil in combination with ramucirumab in advanced, refractory gastric, or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinomas.

Kim DW, Kim RD, Jimenez MM et al. · 2025 · The oncologist

Background Ramucirumab plus paclitaxel after progression on fluoropyrimidine/platinum in metastatic gastric (GA) and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (GEJC) has shown improvement in overall survival over paclitaxel alone. However,…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyaf303
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effect of Adjuvant Silodosin on Stone Clearance After Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Renal Stones: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Leelahawong P, Ketsuwan C · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine

Background/Objectives : To evaluate whether adjunctive silodosin improves the stone-free rate (SFR) and clinical outcomes of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for renal calculi. Methods : In this prospective randomised…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

STRATEGIC-1: multiple-line, randomized, open-label GERCOR-PRODIGE-39 phase III trial in unresectable RAS/BRAF wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

Chibaudel B, Dourthe LM, André T et al. · 2026 · Signal transduction and targeted therapy

Managing unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) requires a comprehensive strategy. While chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic, and anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) agents are available, strategy trials are needed to optimize…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41392-026-02639-y
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

NCI 10211: a phase II, single-arm study of berzosertib in combination with irinotecan in patients with advanced TP53 mutant gastroesophageal cancer.

Wheless MC, Stockton S, Soares HP et al. · 2025 · The oncologist

Background Mutations in TP53 are common in gastroesophageal cancer and portend a poor prognosis. Tumor cells with TP53 mutations increasingly rely on ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) protein to respond to and repair DNA damage…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyaf400
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A phase II trial of nivolumab for patients with platinum-refractory recurrent or metastatic salivary gland cancer.

Nagatani Y, Kiyota N, Yamazaki T et al. · 2026 · Japanese journal of clinical oncology

Background Salivary gland cancer (SGC) is rare and has various histological types. This rarity and heterogeneity have hindered elucidation of the therapeutic contribution of systemic therapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, to…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyaf192
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Atezolizumab with carboplatin plus nab-paclitaxel combination therapy for advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer with impaired renal function: A multicenter, single-arm phase 2 trial (RESTART, LOGiK 2002).

Shiraishi Y, Shimose T, Tobino K et al. · 2025 · Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Background The current standard of care for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without driver oncogenes is platinum-based chemotherapy together with immune checkpoint inhibition. However, most phase 3 trials of such combination…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108543
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

A Pilot Randomized Control Trial to Assess the Adjunctive Effect of Diet on Response to Advanced Therapies in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis.

Damas OM, Leo M, Colina N et al. · 2025 · Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association

Background & aims Diet may influence ulcerative colitis (UC), but its impact on medication response remains unclear. We examined whether two 5-day cycles of a low-calorie, plant-based (LC-PB), fasting-mimicking diet could improve UC…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A multicenter phase II study of eribulin for BRAF V600E mutant metastatic colorectal cancer: the BRAVERY study (EPOC1701).

Masuishi T, Taniguchi H, Kotani D et al. · 2025 · ESMO open

Background Based on the reported antitumor effects of microtubule inhibitors in xenograft models of BRAF V600E mutant colorectal cancer, this multicenter phase II study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of eribulin in patients with…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2025.105839
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

TCHL - a phase II neo-adjuvant study assessing TCH (docetaxel, carboplatin and trastuzumab) and TCHL (docetaxel, carboplatin, trastuzumab and lapatinib) in HER-2 positive breast cancer patients: a 5-year follow-up with serum biomarker analysis.

Crown J, Eustace AJ, Collins DM et al. · 2025 · Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)

Background The docetaxel (T), carboplatin (C) and trastuzumab (H) regimen has been used in the (neo-) adjuvant treatment of HER2+ early stage breast cancer (ESBC). Lapatinib (L) a small molecule HER2 antagonist produces clinical responses…

View details →DOI: 10.2340/1651-226x.2025.43143
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

A Randomized, Multicenter, Phase 2 Trial of Camrelizumab With or Without Metastasis-directed Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Zhang X, Yan J, Lei Q et al. · 2025 · International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics

Purpose To investigate the efficacy of metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) when added to camrelizumab (Cam) in patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (R/M-NPC). Methods and materials We conducted a randomized,…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.10.019
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Randomized Phase II Trial of Amrubicin Plus Irinotecan Versus Cisplatin Plus Irinotecan in Chemo-naïve Patients With Extensive-Disease Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results of the Japan Multinational Trial Organization (JMTO) LC 08-01.

Yoshioka H, Ishida T, Atagi S et al. · 2025 · Clinical lung cancer

Background We conducted a randomize phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of topoisomerase II inhibitor amrubicin plus topoisomerase I inhibitor irinotecan (AI) compared with cisplatin plus irinotecan (PI) as first-line…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Multicenter phase I/II trial of gemcitabine, oxaliplatin and nab-paclitaxel as first-line treatment for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer.

Pressiani T, Balsano R, Giordano L et al. · 2024 · European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)

Introduction The prognosis of patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC) is still poor, and new strategies improving patients' outcome are needed. In our trial we investigated safety and activity of nab-paclitaxel in combination…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.114196
Replication FailureOpen accessMedicine

Development of an Immunohistochemical Assay to Detect the Ataxia-Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) Protein in Gastric Carcinoma.

Miller RM, Nworu C, McKee L et al. · 2020 · Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM

Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM), a key activator of DNA damage response mechanisms, represents a potential biomarker for targeted gastric carcinoma therapies. A phase II study (Study 39; NCT01063517) designed to investigate the…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A Single-Arm Phase 2 Trial of Doxorubicin Plus Zalifrelimab (Anti-CTLA-4 Antibody) and Balstilimab (Anti-PD-1 Antibody) in Advanced/Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Wilky BA, Julian KA, Maleddu A et al. · 2025 · Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Purpose Doxorubicin is standard chemotherapy for metastatic soft tissue sarcomas (STS) but also enhances innate/adaptive immune responses by inducing immunogenic cell death. Most STS are immune "cold" tumors that do not respond to immune…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Phase II trial of veliparib and temozolomide in metastatic breast cancer patients with and without BRCA1/2 mutations.

Xu J, Keenan TE, Overmoyer B et al. · 2021 · Breast cancer research and treatment

Purpose We evaluated the efficacy and safety of poly-(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) 1 and 2 inhibitor veliparib and temozolomide in metastatic breast cancer patients with and without germline BRCA1/2 mutations. Methods In…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10549-021-06292-7
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

CONCERTO: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of oral laquinimod in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Comi G, Dadon Y, Sasson N et al. · 2022 · Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)

Background Interventions targeting the adaptive immune response are needed in multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective Evaluate laquinimod's efficacy, safety, and tolerability in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/13524585211032803
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Lurbinectedin in small cell lung cancer.

Manzo A, Sforza V, Carillio G et al. · 2022 · Frontiers in oncology

Few treatment options are available for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in progression after a first-line therapy. A novel therapeutic approach is represented by lurbinectedin, a synthetic derivative of trabectedin that works…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.932105
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Does the Benefit of Thrombectomy in Large Strokes Depend on Perfusion-Diffusion Mismatch? A Large Stroke Therapy Evaluation Trial Post Hoc Analysis.

Schiphorst AT, Arquizan C, Turc G et al. · 2026 · Journal of stroke

Background and purpose Whether perfusion-diffusion mismatch modifies treatment effect of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for large strokes is poorly known. To address this question, we conducted a post hoc secondary analysis of the Large…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Belimumab treatment of adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.

Marder G, Quach T, Chadha P et al. · 2024 · Rheumatology (Oxford, England)

Objective To evaluate belimumab addition to the standard of care in patents with refractory idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). Methods We conducted a 40-week multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 1:1 IV…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A phase 0, window of opportunity study of parasympathetic stimulation with bethanechol in localized pancreatic adenocarcinoma prior to surgery.

White RA, Mezzano-Robinson V, Shi Q et al. · 2025 · The oncologist

Background The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system has shown tumor-suppressive effects in preclinical models of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) by inhibiting cancer stem cells and suppressing inflammatory cytokine…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyaf162
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Correlation between LCX-QFR and clinical outcomes following a single-stent strategy for left main bifurcation lesions.

Zhang CD, Zhou JS, He LY et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the quantitative flow ratio (QFR) outcomes in the left circumflex artery (LCX) following the placement of a crossover stent from the left main coronary artery (LM) to the left anterior…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1578159
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Results from a Phase 2 Study of Induction Docetaxel and Carboplatin Followed by Maintenance Rucaparib in the Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer with DNA Homologous Recombination Repair Deficiency.

Raychaudhuri R, Cheng HH, Gulati R et al. · 2026 · European urology oncology

Background and objective Our aim was to determine whether induction chemotherapy followed by PARP inhibitor (PARPi) maintenance improves outcomes for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) harboring…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2025.04.026
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A multicenter, phase II trial of GC1118, a novel anti-EGFR antibody, for recurrent glioblastoma patients with EGFR amplification.

Choi SW, Jung HA, Cho HJ et al. · 2023 · Cancer medicine

Background We evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of GC1118, a novel anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody, in recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) patients with EGFR amplification. Methods This study was a multicenter,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Early worsening of diabetic retinopathy after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation-Myth or reality?

Voglová B, Hladíková Z, Nemétová L et al. · 2020 · American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Early worsening of diabetic retinopathy due to sudden glucose normalization is a feared complication of pancreas transplantation; however, its rate or severity has not been studied prospectively. We followed up 43 pancreas and kidney…

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