Actuate Therapeutics (ACTU) said Friday that its phase 2 trial of elraglusib in combination with gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel in first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer demonstrated the use of machine learning and statistical models to predict overall survival based on pre-dose plasma biomarkers.

The analysis identified seven biomarkers as "uniquely significant" predictors of favorable survival in the elraglusib-treated cohort, the biopharmaceutical company said.

The biomarker CXCL2 had an inverse survival trend compared to the gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel control arm, "highlighting the potential of elraglusib to favorably affect the immune microenvironment," Actuate said.

The company said it plans to test the identified biomarkers prospectively in future trials.

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