Obalon Announces Clinical Data Set to be Featured During the 36th ASMBS Annual Meeting at Obesity Week 2019
Real-world results from 222 consecutive patients treated with the Obalon Balloon System demonstrate clinically meaningful weight loss with no serious adverse events
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:), a weight loss solutions company with the first and only FDA-approved swallowable, gas-filled intragastric balloon system for the treatment of obesity, announces that clinical data for the Obalon Balloon System used to treat 222 patients at the Hamad Medical Corporation, a leading hospital provider in the Middle East, will be featured in a poster presentation at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Annual Meeting at Obesity Week 2019, being held November 3-7, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The poster titled Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar) National Payor Program Experience with a Swallowable, Gas-filled Intragastric Balloon System was co-authored by Mohammed Rizwan, MD, Ahmed Mohamed Elnagar, MD, Moataz Bashah, MD and Helmuth Billy, MD.
The commercial clinical data set includes 222 consecutive patients that initiated treatment with the Obalon six-month balloon system from February 2018 to October 2018 and met the analysis inclusion criteria, including a starting BMI greater than or equal to 27 kg/m2. Average weight loss for patients meeting the inclusion criteria and receiving three balloon therapy was 24.7 pounds, resulting in a 11.9% reduction in total body weight. Adverse Events were reported by 31% of the patients and there were no (0%) Serious Adverse Events reported.
“We have been very pleased with our experience and patient outcomes with the swallowable, gas-filled Obalon Balloon,” said Dr. Rizwan. “We are presenting very strong clinical data on the Obalon Balloon at Obesity Week showing 24.7 pounds of average weight loss for patients receiving three balloons with no serious adverse events reported.”
“This new data set adds to the body of scientific evidence supporting the Obalon Balloon System as an effective and safe tool for promoting weight loss,” said Amy VandenBerg, Chief Clinical, Quality and Regulatory Officer of Obalon. “Data continues to be presented in scientific forums as they become available to augment our efficacy and safety database, which includes the results from our pivotal clinical trial that supported FDA approval, as well as the data from our commercial registry in the United States, which demonstrated successful results in over 1,300 individuals with obesity. As more patients and physicians become familiar with our novel weight loss solution, we believe the Obalon Balloon System has potential to significantly impact the obesity epidemic.”
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