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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 ReportEnvironmental Science

Statistical Downscaling Multimodel Forecasts for Seasonal Precipitation and Surface Temperature over the Southeastern United States

Di Tian, Christopher J. Martinez, W. D. Graham et al. · 2014 · Journal of Climate

Abstract This study compared two types of approaches to downscale seasonal precipitation (P) and 2-m air temperature (T2M) forecasts from the North American Multimodel Ensemble (NMME) over the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida in the…

View details →DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-13-00481.1Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

Using a Mobile Application in the Treatment of Dysregulated Anger Among Veterans

Margaret‐Anne Mackintosh, James Niehaus, Casey T. Taft et al. · 2017 · Military Medicine

OBJECTIVE: Anger is a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with a range of clinical and functional impairments, and may be especially prevalent among veterans with PTSD. Effective anger management therapies exist but…

View details →DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-17-00063Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effects of a Combined Intervention of Computerized Cognitive Training Preceded by Physical Exercise for Improving Frailty Status and Cognitive Function in Older Adults

Ruby Yu, Grace Leung, Jean Woo · 2021 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

(1) Objective: This study examined the effects of a combined intervention of Brainastic computerized cognitive training (CCT) preceded by physical exercise (PE) for improving frailty status and cognitive function in older adults. (2) Methods: Older adults aged 50 years or older attending elderly centers, without frailty/history of cognitive impairment, were randomly allocated into either a 12-week (i) multi-domain CCT + PE (n = 117), (ii) two-domain CCT + PE (n = 116) or (iii) video watching + PE (i.e., control, n = 114). Brainastic is an online application for cognitive training through video

View details →DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041396Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result Report

Outcomes of pharmacological management of nocturia with non‐antidiuretic agents: does statistically significant equal clinically significant?

Ariana L. Smith, Alan J. Wein · 2011 · BJU International

OBJECTIVE • To evaluate the statistical and clinical efficacy of the pharmacological treatments of nocturia using non‐antidiuretic agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS • A literature review of treatments of nocturia specifically addressing the…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.09972.xCited by 40
Negative / Null Result Report

Failed Surgical Weight Loss Does Not Necessarily Mean Failed Metabolic Effects

Ali Aminian, Mohammad Jamal, Toms Augustin et al. · 2015 · Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics

The metabolic profile of patients after a failed surgical weight loss procedure is unknown. Long-term clinical outcomes of 31 obese diabetes patients with post–bariatric surgery excess weight loss of ≤25% were assessed. At a median…

View details →DOI: 10.1089/dia.2015.0064Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Current Therapeutic Approaches in Metastatic and Recurrent Ewing Sarcoma

Michael Huang, Kenneth G. Lucas · 2010 · Sarcoma

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is the second most common type of primary bone malignancy in children and young adults. Survival rates for localized ES have improved to upwards of 70% with aggressive chemotherapy and local control. On the other hand, there has been little improvement in survival rates for patients with metastatic or recurrent ES. Herein we review the different current therapeutic approaches available, including the different upfront and salvage chemotherapy regimens, the role for stem cell transplantation, and potential use of immunotherapy.

View details →DOI: 10.1155/2011/863210Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Selective decontamination of the oral and digestive tract in surgical versus non-surgical patients in intensive care in a cluster-randomized trial

Wilhelmina G. Melsen, Anne Marie G. A. de Smet, Jan Kluytmans et al. · 2011 · British journal of surgery

BACKGROUND: Selective digestive decontamination (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) are effective in improving survival in patients under intensive care. In this study possible differential effects in surgical and…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7703Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Efficacy of Different Nitric Oxide-Based Strategies in Preventing Experimental Cerebral Malaria by Plasmodium berghei ANKA

Yuri Chaves Martins, Graziela Maria Zaniní, John A. Frangos et al. · 2012 · PLoS ONE

BACKGROUND: Low nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability plays a role in the pathogenesis of human as well as of experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) caused by Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA). ECM is partially prevented by administration of the NO-donor dipropylenetriamine NONOate (DPTA-NO) at high concentration (1 mg/mouse), which also induces major side effects such as a sharp drop in blood pressure. We asked whether alternative strategies to improve NO bioavailability with minor side effects would also be effective in preventing ECM. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Mice were infected with PbA and pro

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032048Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Fenofibrate and Heart Failure Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Analysis From ACCORD

João Pedro Ferreira, Francisco Vasques‐Nóvoa, Diana Ferrão et al. · 2022 · Diabetes Care

OBJECTIVE: Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have a high risk for developing heart failure (HF), which is associated with poor prognosis. Fenofibrate may reduce HF events through multiple mechanisms. We sought to study the effect of…

View details →DOI: 10.2337/dc21-1977Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Crystal Structure and Subsequent Ligand Design of a Nonriboside Partial Agonist Bound to the Adenosine A2A Receptor

Tasia Amelia, Jacobus P. D. van Veldhoven, Matteo Falsini et al. · 2021 · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

receptor bound to a partial agonist and compared it to structures cocrystallized with either a full agonist or an antagonist/inverse agonist. The interaction between the partial agonist, belonging to a class of dicyanopyridines, and amino…

View details →DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01856Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Pharmacological Evaluation of the SCID T Cell Transfer Model of Colitis: As a Model of Crohn's Disease

Thomas Lindebo Holm, Steen Seier Poulsen, Helle Markholst et al. · 2012 · International Journal of Inflammation

Animal models are important tools in the development of new drug candidates against the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. In order to increase the translational value of these models, it is important to increase knowledge relating to standard drugs. Using the SCID adoptive transfer colitis model, we have evaluated the effect of currently used IBD drugs and IBD drug candidates, that is, anti-TNF-α, TNFR-Fc, anti-IL-12p40, anti-IL-6, CTLA4-Ig, anti-α4β7 integrin, enrofloxacin/metronidazole, and cyclosporine. We found that anti-TNF-α, antibiotics, anti-IL-

View details →DOI: 10.1155/2012/412178Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Switching HIV Treatment in Adults Based on CD4 Count Versus Viral Load Monitoring: A Randomized, Non-Inferiority Trial in Thailand

Gonzague Jourdain, Sophie Le Cœur, Nicole Ngo‐Giang‐Huong et al. · 2013 · PLoS Medicine

BACKGROUND: Viral load (VL) is recommended for monitoring the response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) but is not routinely available in most low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of the study was to determine whether a CD4-based monitoring and switching strategy would provide a similar clinical outcome compared to the standard VL-based strategy in Thailand. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The Programs for HIV Prevention and Treatment (PHPT-3) non-inferiority randomized clinical trial compared a treatment switching strategy based on CD4-only (CD4) monitoring versus viral-load (VL

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001494Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessImmunology and Microbiology

Penaeus monodon is protected against gill- associated virus by muscle injection but not oral delivery of bacterially expressed dsRNAs

Melony J. Sellars, M Rao, SJ Arnold et al. · 2011 · Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Gill-associated virus (GAV) is a nidovirus that commonly infects Penaeus monodon (black tiger shrimp) in eastern Australia, causing morbidity and mortalities in the acute stage of disease. Here we explored the possibility of inhibiting GAV…

View details →DOI: 10.3354/dao02343Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result Report

PTSD Symptoms in Survivors Bereaved by the Suicide of a Significant Other

Ann M. Mitchell, Lauren Terhorst · 2016 · Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

BACKGROUND: Although bereavement is not usually considered the type of stressor associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a risk factor often associated with poorer bereavement outcomes is when a death is sudden and unexpected.…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/1078390316673716Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Intensive Antituberculosis Treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis

Junjie Ding, Nguyễn Thụy Thương Thương, Toi Van Pham et al. · 2020 · Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

The most effective antituberculosis drug treatment regimen for tuberculous meningitis is uncertain. We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing standard treatment with a regimen intensified by rifampin 15 mg/kg and levofloxacin for the first 60 days. The intensified regimen did not improve survival or any other outcome. We therefore conducted a nested pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic study in 237 trial participants to define exposure-response relationships that might explain the trial results and improve future therapy. Rifampin 15 mg/kg increased plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) e

View details →DOI: 10.1002/cpt.1783Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science

HuntGPT: Integrating Machine Learning-Based Anomaly Detection and Explainable AI with Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tarek Ali, Panos Kostakos, Saeid Sheikhi · 2026 · Telecom

Machine learning (ML) methods for network anomaly detection are emerging as effective proactive strategies in threat hunting, substantially reducing the time required for threat detection and response. However, the challenges in training and maintaining ML models, coupled with frequent false positives, diminish their acceptance and trustworthiness. In response, Explainable AI (XAI) techniques have been introduced to enable cybersecurity operations teams to assess alerts generated by AI systems more confidently. Despite these advancements, XAI tools have encountered limited acceptance from inci

View details →DOI: 10.3390/telecom7030073Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Private Environmental Governance

Michael P. Vandenbergh, Paul C Stern · 2026

Abstract Government laws and policies have produced substantial gains in environmental quality, but they have failed to achieve climate mitigation goals. Elinor Ostrom explored how resource users developed nongovernmental institutions to…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/9780197809198.003.0030Cited by 40
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Insights into KMT2A rearrangements in acute myeloid leukemia: from molecular characteristics to targeted therapies

Sara Zehtabcheh, Hamed Soleimani Samarkhazan, Marjan Asadi et al. · 2025 · Biomarker Research

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with KMT2A rearrangements (KMT2A-r) represents a highly aggressive and prognostically unfavorable subtype of leukemia, often resistant to standard treatments and associated with high relapse rates. KMT2A-r, found in 3-10% of adult AML cases, disrupt epigenetic regulation by forming chimeric proteins that activate oncogenic pathways like HOXA and MEIS1. These fusion proteins recruit cofactors such as Menin and DOT1L, driving leukemogenesis through abnormal histone methylation. Diagnosing KMT2A-r AML requires precision, with traditional methods like FISH and RT-PCR b

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s40364-025-00786-yCited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

INHALE WP3, a multicentre, open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of rapid, ICU-based, syndromic PCR, versus standard-of-care on antibiotic stewardship and clinical outcomes in hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia

Virve I. Enne, Susan Stirling, Julie Barber et al. · 2025 · Intensive Care Medicine

PURPOSE: INHALE investigated the impact of seeking pathogens by PCR on antibiotic stewardship and clinical outcomes in hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia (HAP and VAP). METHODS: This pragmatic multicentre, open-label RCT…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07772-2Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Comparison of placebo and best available therapy for the treatment of myelofibrosis in the phase 3 COMFORT studies

Ruben A. Mesa, Jean‐Jacques Kiladjian, Srđan Verstovšek et al. · 2013 · Haematologica

Prior to Janus kinase inhibitors, available therapies for myelofibrosis were generally supportive and did not improve survival. This analysis compares efficacy outcomes of patients with myelofibrosis in the control arms (placebo [n=154]…

View details →DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2013.087650Cited by 39
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Two-Year Outcomes After Deferral of Revascularization Based on Fractional Flow Reserve

Shoichi Kuramitsu, Hitoshi Matsuo, Tomohiro Shinozaki et al. · 2020 · Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Background: The safety of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-based deferral of revascularization remains to be fully established in real-world practice. We sought to assess clinical outcomes after deferral of revascularization based on FFR.…

View details →DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.119.008355Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Significant associations of age, menopausal status and lifestyle factors with visceral adiposity in African-American and European-American women

Ellen W. Demerath, Nikki Lynn Rogers, Derek Reed et al. · 2010 · Annals of Human Biology

BACKGROUND: Elevated visceral adiposity is strongly predictive of cardiometabolic disease, but, due to the high cost of biomedical imaging, assessment of factors contributing to normal variation in visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous (SAT)…

View details →DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.524893Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportNeuroscience

Psychologists and psychiatrists serving as expert witnesses in court: what do they know about eyewitness memory?

Annika Melinder, Svein Magnussen · 2014 · Psychology Crime and Law

Expert witnesses have various tasks that frequently include issues of memory. We tested if expert witnesses outperform other practitioners on memory issues of high relevance to clinical practice. We surveyed psychiatrists and psychologists…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/1068316x.2014.915324Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

A Multivariate Poisson Deep Learning Model for Genomic Prediction of Count Data

Osval A. Montesinos‐López, J. Cricelio Montesinos-López, P. K. Singh et al. · 2020 · G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

The paradigm called genomic selection (GS) is a revolutionary way of developing new plants and animals. This is a predictive methodology, since it uses learning methods to perform its task. Unfortunately, there is no universal model that can be used for all types of predictions; for this reason, specific methodologies are required for each type of output (response variables). Since there is a lack of efficient methodologies for multivariate count data outcomes, in this paper, a multivariate Poisson deep neural network (MPDN) model is proposed for the genomic prediction of various count outcome

View details →DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401631Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Different Genomic Changes Underlie Adaptive Evolution in Populations of Contrasting History

Sofia G. Seabra, Inês Fragata, Marta A. Antunes et al. · 2017 · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Experimental evolution is a powerful tool to understand the adaptive potential of populations under environmental change. Here, we study the importance of the historical genetic background in the outcome of evolution at the genome-wide level. Using the natural clinal variation of Drosophila subobscura, we sampled populations from two contrasting latitudes (Adraga, Portugal and Groningen, Netherlands) and introduced them in a new common environment in the laboratory. We characterized the genome-wide temporal changes underlying the evolutionary dynamics of these populations, which had previously

View details →DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx247Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

Alterations in sleep, sleep spindle, and EEG power in mGluR5 knockout mice

David D. Aguilar, Robert E. Strecker, Radhika Basheer et al. · 2019 · Journal of Neurophysiology

The type 5 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR5) represents a novel therapeutic target for schizophrenia and other disorders. Schizophrenia is associated with progressive abnormalities in cortical oscillatory processes including reduced…

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Negative / Null Result ReportHealth Professions

Development and Validation of the Chestnut Global Partners Workplace Outcome Suite

Richard D. Lennox, David A. Sharar, Eileen Schmitz et al. · 2010 · Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

This article describes the development and validation of a five-item scale Workplace Outcome Suite designed as an open access instrument aimed at facilitating empirical research on Employee Assistance Program (EAP) interventions. The suite…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Mouth Rinsing With Carbohydrate Solutions at the Postprandial State Fail to Improve Performance During Simulated Cycling Time Trials

Theocharis Ispoglou, D. A. O’Kelly, Athanasia Angelopoulou et al. · 2015 · The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Mouth rinsing with carbohydrate (CHO) solutions during cycling time trials results in performance enhancements; however, most studies have used approximately 6% CHO solutions. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the…

View details →DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000000882Cited by 39