Revita study shows durable post-GLP-1 weight loss at Fractyl Health (GUTS)
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Fractyl Health reported encouraging one-year results from its open-label REVEAL-1 Cohort evaluating the Revita procedure in people with obesity who stopped GLP-1 drugs after losing at least 15% of body weight. Participants had lost about 24% total body weight on GLP-1 therapy before enrollment.
After a single Revita procedure, patients retained roughly 78% of that GLP-1-induced weight loss at one year, with a mean total body weight change of 5.3% and 33% of participants continuing to lose weight. All patients maintained at least 5% of their prior weight loss.
Glycemic control was stable, with an HbA1c change of 0.08%, and there were no procedure-related serious adverse events. Mild treatment-emergent events occurred in 36% of participants, were transient, and appeared within the first month. Fractyl expects randomized REMAIN-1 data readouts in Q3 and early Q4 2026.
Positive
- Durable weight maintenance after GLP-1 cessation: REVEAL-1 participants retained about 78% of GLP-1-induced weight loss one year after stopping drugs and undergoing a single Revita procedure, with 33% continuing to lose weight.
- Supportive metabolic and safety profile: HbA1c changed only 0.08% at one year, and no procedure-related serious adverse events were reported, with mild, transient events in 36% of participants, suggesting a tolerability profile similar to routine upper endoscopy.
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Insights
Early open-label Revita data suggest durable weight maintenance after GLP-1 withdrawal, with a favorable safety profile.
The REVEAL-1 Cohort shows that after stopping GLP-1 drugs, a single Revita procedure left participants with about 78% of their prior weight loss at one year and a mean body-weight change near 5%. This targets a key problem in obesity care: rapid weight regain after drug discontinuation.
HbA1c rose only 0.08%, versus ~0.4% reported after GLP-1 withdrawal alone in external studies, hinting at cardiometabolic stability. Safety appears manageable, with no procedure-related serious adverse events and mild, transient events in 36% of participants.
However, REVEAL-1 is an open-label cohort with 22 treated participants, so results require confirmation. Upcoming randomized REMAIN-1 Midpoint Cohort data in Q3 2026 and Pivotal Cohort topline results in early Q4 2026 will be critical to understand Revita’s reproducibility and potential regulatory path.
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GLP-1 medication medical
Revita procedure medical
HbA1c medical
open-label study medical
Pivotal Cohort medical
Breakthrough Device designation regulatory
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 4, 2026, Fractyl Health, Inc. (the “Company” or “Fractyl”) issued a press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 4, 2026, the Company announced positive one-year results from its open-label REVEAL-1 Cohort in individuals with obesity who have lost at least 15% of their total body weight on a GLP-1 medication and who either need or choose to discontinue GLP-1 therapy.
The REVEAL-1 data show that patients who underwent a single Revita procedure maintained approximately 78% of their prior GLP-1-induced weight loss at one year, with 33% of patients continuing to lose weight one year after discontinuing a GLP-1.
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Exhibit 99.1
Fractyl Health Reports Positive One-Year REVEAL-1 Open-Label Results Showing Sustained Post-GLP-1 Weight Maintenance After a Single Revita® Procedure
Participants retained ~78% of GLP-1 induced total body weight loss one year after discontinuation and a single Revita procedure
5.3% mean weight change observed with Revita (n=15); published third-party studies after GLP-1 withdrawal alone have shown ~15% weight regain at similar time points
33% of patients continued to lose further weight one year after discontinuing a GLP-1
Next anticipated Revita® clinical data readouts are one-year randomized data from the REMAIN-1 Midpoint Cohort in Q3 2026 and topline six-month randomized data from the REMAIN-1 Pivotal Cohort in early Q4 2026
BURLINGTON, Mass., June 4, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fractyl Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GUTS) (the Company or Fractyl), a clinical-stage metabolic therapeutics company focused on pioneering novel approaches to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), today announced positive one-year results from its open-label REVEAL-1 Cohort. The REVEAL-1 Cohort is an open-label study in individuals with obesity who have lost at least 15% of their total body weight on a GLP-1 medication and who either need or choose to discontinue GLP-1 therapy. The REVEAL-1 data show that patients who underwent a single Revita procedure maintained approximately 78% of their prior GLP-1-induced weight loss at one year, with 33% of patients continuing to lose weight one year after discontinuing a GLP-1. The new results highlight Revita’s potential to be a compelling procedural therapy for post-GLP-1 weight maintenance.
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1 Aronne et al. JAMA. 2024;331(1):38–48. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.24945
2 Wilding et al. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2022 Aug;24(8):1553-1564
Figure 1: Total Body Weight Change Over Time Following GLP-1 Discontinuation and Revita Treatment. GLP-1 weight loss from weeks -52 to 0 are illustrative based on average weight loss and time on medication in REVEAL-1 subjects. Projected regain citation: Budini et al., eClinicalMedicine. 2026;93:103796. FAS = full analysis set, GLP-1 = glucagon-like peptide-1, TBW = total body weight.
“As a gastroenterologist, what's compelling here is the mechanism and the simplicity. Revita targets the duodenum, a root contributor to metabolic disease, through a single endoscopic procedure that fits within routine GI practice,” said Dr. Shailendra Singh, Director of Bariatric Endoscopy at West Virginia University. “Seeing patients sustain their weight loss a full year after one procedure, without staying on chronic medication, shows the potential for Revita to be a meaningfully different option than what we have today. And with a tolerability profile observed to date in line with a routine upper endoscopy, this is the kind of durable, procedure-based approach I could see fitting naturally into how we care for these patients.”
“GLP-1 medicines have transformed obesity care, but they were never designed to be taken forever, and the field's answer so far has been to keep patients on a drug indefinitely. Even the newest maintenance strategies ask people to switch from a weekly medication to a daily medication, live with ongoing side effects, and still regain some of the weight they worked so hard to lose. That is not the off-ramp patients are asking for,” said Harith Rajagopalan, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fractyl. “With one-year REVEAL-1 data now showing durable weight maintenance after a single Revita procedure, and without any continued drug therapy, we believe Revita points to a fundamentally different path: a potentially one-time, root-cause approach to holding onto weight loss after GLP-1 discontinuation. We look forward to building on these open-label results with complementary one-year randomized data from our REMAIN-1 Midpoint Cohort in Q3 2026, followed by topline results from our REMAIN-1 Pivotal Cohort in early Q4 2026.”
About REVEAL-1
The REVEAL-1 Cohort (n=22) is an open-label study in individuals living with obesity who have lost at least 15% of their total body weight on a GLP-1 medication and who either need or choose to discontinue GLP-1 therapy. After stopping the GLP-1 based therapy, participants receive Revita treatment in an open-label setting and take part in a structured diet and lifestyle program. REVEAL-1 is designed to provide early, real-world insights on how Revita performs after GLP-1 discontinuation.
To date, 22 participants have been treated in the REVEAL-1 Cohort and are included in safety and efficacy analyses. Five participants withdrew or were lost to follow up and two participants experienced protocol deviations. The profile of the REVEAL-1 Cohort closely mirrors that of the REMAIN-1 Midpoint and Pivotal Cohorts, with an average age of 50 and a gender distribution of 86% women. All 22 participants had previously been treated with a GLP-1 therapy for durations ranging from approximately 5 months to 5 years, with a mean total body weight loss of 24% while on therapy and a mean body weight of 80 kg ± 3 kg (SEM) at the time of intervention.
About Revita
Revita is Fractyl Health’s lead product candidate, designed to remodel the duodenal lining via a one-time, minimally invasive endoscopic procedure intended to restore healthy nutrient sensing and signaling disrupted by chronic metabolic disease. Revita has received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight maintenance in people with obesity who discontinue GLP-1 therapies. Revita is for investigational use only in the United States and is CE marked in the European Union and United Kingdom.
About Fractyl Health
Fractyl Health is a clinical-stage metabolic therapeutics company advancing two differentiated candidates designed to target the root causes of obesity and T2D: Revita, a procedural therapy in pivotal development for post-GLP-1 weight maintenance, and Rejuva, an AAV-based gene therapy platform with its lead candidate RJVA-001 entering first-in-human clinical studies. Fractyl’s goal is to advance metabolic disease treatment from chronic management toward prevention and reversal of disease. Fractyl is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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2026, filed with the SEC on May 12, 2026. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current estimates and expectations. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change.
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