Allurion Announces Publication of New Data Demonstrating Muscle Mass Preservation in Patients Experiencing 15% Weight Loss
09 October 2024 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
In a study of 167 patients, average weight
reduction was 15.7% at four months, 17.1% at six months, and 14.7%
at one year
Body fat percentage decreased at six months
with no change in muscle mass
Allurion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ALUR), a company dedicated to
ending obesity, today announced the publication of a study in the
journal Clinical Obesity on the impact of the Allurion Program on
weight reduction and body composition.
The study evaluated weight loss and body composition changes for
167 patients with an average body mass index (BMI) of 31.3. After
four months of balloon therapy, patients achieved an average weight
reduction of 15.7%. Patients continued to lose weight after balloon
passage, with an average weight loss of 17.1% at six months. At 12
months after balloon placement, the average weight loss was 14.7%,
which demonstrates a 94% weight loss maintenance eight months after
passage of the balloon.
Importantly, patients experienced significant reductions in body
fat percentage, decreasing from 39% to 35.7% at six months, while
muscle mass was preserved. No serious adverse events were
reported.
“This study highlights that with proper preparation and
follow-up, the Allurion Balloon provides safe and effective weight
loss while maintaining muscle mass,” said Dr. Napoleón Salgado
Macías, the study’s senior author. “With adherence to the Allurion
Program’s lifestyle changes, individuals can achieve sustainable,
long-term weight maintenance and significant improvements in body
composition.”
The publication can be accessed by visiting
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cob.12705.
About Allurion
Allurion is dedicated to ending obesity. The Allurion Program is
a weight loss platform that features the Allurion Gastric Balloon,
the world’s first and only swallowable, Procedure-less™
intragastric balloon for weight loss, and offers access to the
Allurion Virtual Care Suite, including the Allurion Mobile App for
consumers, Allurion Insights for health care providers featuring
the Coach Iris AI Platform, and the Allurion Connected Scale. The
Allurion Virtual Care Suite is also available to providers
separately from the Allurion Program to help customize, monitor and
manage weight loss therapy for patients regardless of their
treatment plan: gastric balloon, surgical, medical or nutritional.
The Allurion Gastric Balloon is an investigational device in the
United States.
For more information about Allurion and the Allurion Virtual
Care Suite, please visit www.allurion.com.
Allurion is a trademark of Allurion Technologies, Inc. in the
United States and countries around the world.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal and state
securities laws. These forward-looking statements generally are
identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,”
“opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,”
“will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions and
include statements regarding the ability of the Allurion Balloon
and the Allurion Program (including the VCS) , to improve patient
outcomes, including with respect to weight reduction and
maintenance and body composition changes. Forward-looking
statements are predictions, projections and other statements about
future events that reflect the current beliefs and assumptions of
Allurion’s management based on information currently available to
them and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many
factors could cause actual future results or developments to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements in this
communication, including but not limited to (i) the ability of
Allurion to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for and
successfully commercialize the Allurion Program, including the
Allurion Balloon and the VCS, (ii) the timing of, and results from,
our clinical studies and trials, (iii) the evolution of the markets
in which Allurion competes, (iv) the ability of Allurion to defend
its intellectual property, (v) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the Russia and Ukraine war, and the conflict in the Middle East on
Allurion’s business, (vi) Allurion’s expectations regarding its
market opportunities, including those for the Allurion Program and
VCS platform, and (vii) the risk of economic downturns and a
changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive industry in
which Allurion operates. The foregoing list of factors is not
exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and
the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors”
section of Allurion’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 26,
2024 (as subsequently amended) and other documents filed by
Allurion from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. These filings identify and address other important
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results
to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date
they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on
forward-looking statements, and Allurion assumes no obligation and
does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise. Allurion does not give any assurance that it will
achieve its expectations.
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