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Agenus and Noetik Present ASCO 2026 Data Linking AI Analysis of Routine Pretreatment Tumor Pathology Images to Response and Survival with BOT+BAL in MSS Metastatic CRC

$AGENPress releaseMay 21, 2026, 5:00 PM ETRead the release

Agenus and partner Noetik presented retrospective data at ASCO 2026 showing that Noetik’s AI platform TARIO-2 can identify a subgroup of MSS metastatic colorectal cancer patients with a 64% response rate to Agenus’ BOT+BAL combination. This compares to a 9% response rate in the remaining cohort of 113 patients from the Phase 1b C-800-01 trial, with a hazard ratio of 0.18 for overall survival in the AI-identified group.

Key figures

Drug Name
botensilimab (BOT) plus balstilimab (BAL)
Phase Of Trial
Phase 1b
Patient count
113
Hazard ratio os
0.18
Ai subgroup response rate
64%
Non ai subgroup response rate
9%

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