ImmunityBio Presents New Clinical and Comparative Data Across Lung and Bladder Cancer at ASCO 2026
ImmunityBio, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBRX), a commercial-stage immunotherapy company, today announced two poster presentations and one online publication at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place May 29-June 2, 2026, in Chicago.
The presentations span two randomized Phase 3 trials in advanced NSCLC and a matched adjusted indirect comparison (MAIC) in BCG unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), and collectively evaluate ANKTIVA (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln), the company’s IL-15 receptor agonist immunotherapy designed to activate natural killer (NK) cells, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and memory T cells, across multiple solid tumor indications.
“ASCO provides an important opportunity to share emerging clinical and translational data that continue to deepen our understanding of how ANKTIVA-based immunotherapy may restore immune function and rescue or reinvigorate the response to checkpoint inhibitors,” said Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Founder, Executive Chairman, and Global Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of ImmunityBio. “ANKTIVA is the first FDA-approved immunotherapy designed to stimulate NK cells, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and memory T cells, which are the very immune cells that are depleted in patients with lymphopenia and that are critical to mounting an effective anti-tumor response. Growing long-term survival data across bladder, lung and other solid tumors are beginning to put in focus a compelling hypothesis: that restoring immune competence and addressing lymphopenia may be as a fundamental to cancer care as targeting the tumor itself. These findings reinforce our conviction that the future of immunotherapy lies in activating and amplifying the immune system, not suppressing it.”
Presentation highlights include:
ASCO 2026 Annual Meeting Poster Presentations - Sunday, May 31st (9am-12pm)
- Poster Title: Phase 3 trial ResQ201A of nogapendekin alfa inbakicept (NAI) plus tislelizumab and docetaxel vs. docetaxel monotherapy for advanced or metastatic NSCLC resistant to ICI therapy Poster Board: 455am Abstract: #TPS8671 Presenter: Andreas Saltos (Affiliation: Moffitt)
- Poster Title: Efficacy outcomes in first line (1L) non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with maintenance of immune competence: QUILT‑2.023 randomized phase 3 study of IL‑15R agonist nogapendekin alfa inbakicept (NAI) with checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) ± chemotherapy Poster Board: 378 Abstract: #8588 Presenter: John Wrangle (Affiliation: MUSC)
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