Investigating the Accuracy of the Home Glucose Monitors in Hypoglycemia

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the accuracies and the capillary and venous comparabilities of five different home glucose monitors; Optium Xceed, Contour Ts, Accu-chek Go, One Touch Select and Ez Smart in an adult population.

Timeline

Start

2008-12

Primary completion

2009-04

Completion

2009-08

Publications

• Background Trajanoski Z, Brunner GA, Gfrerer RJ, Wach P, Pieber TR. Accuracy of home blood glucose meters during hypoglycemia. Diabetes Care. 1996 Dec;19(12):1412-5. doi: 10.2337/diacare.19.12.1412.
• Background Funk DL, Chan L, Lutz N, Verdile VP. Comparison of capillary and venous glucose measurements in healthy volunteers. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2001 Jul-Sep;5(3):275-7. doi: 10.1080/10903120190939788.
• Background Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute: Point-of-Care Glucose Testing in Acute and Chronic Care Facilities: Approved Guideline, 2nd ed. CLSI Document C30-A2. Wayne,PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, 2002
• Background Clarke WL, Cox D, Gonder-Frederick LA, Carter W, Pohl SL. Evaluating clinical accuracy of systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose. Diabetes Care. 1987 Sep-Oct;10(5):622-8. doi: 10.2337/diacare.10.5.622.

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