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Trial reportJournal of diabetes science and technology2011

Performance of the CONTOUR® TS Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

Joy Frank, Jane F Wallace, Scott Pardo, Joan Lee Parkes

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Trial report in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Accuracy and User Performance of a New Blood Glucose Monitoring System.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2021
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  6. Accuracy of the CONTOUR® blood glucose monitoring system.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joy FrankConsumer Product Testing Co., Fairfield, New Jersey, USA.
Jane F Wallace
Scott Pardo
Joan Lee Parkes
Bayer (United States) · USConsumer Product Testing Company (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSelf-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) remains an important component of diabetes management, engendering a need for affordable blood glucose (BG) meters that are accurate, precise, and convenient. The CONTOUR® TS is a BG meter that endeavors to meet this need. It uses glucose dehydrogenase/flavin dinucleotide chemistry, automatic test strip calibration, and autocompensation for hematocrit along with the ease of use that has come to be expected of a modern meter. The objective of this clinical trial was to determine whether the CONTOUR TS system met these criteria.

methodsThe system was evaluated at a single clinical site with 106 subjects with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Blood glucose values ranged from 60 to 333 mg/dl over all subjects. Both lay users and health care professionals (HCPs) tested the meters, with test strips from three different lots. Results were compared to a reference analyzer of verified precision and accuracy. Forty-nine of the subjects also participated in a home study of the meter. Lay users learned to use the system without assistance and were surveyed on its use at the end of the study.

resultsWhen used with capillary blood, both subjects and HCPs obtained results that exceeded the International Organization for Standardization 15197:2003 criteria, (i.e., ≥95% of values fell within 20% or 15 mg/dl of the laboratory value for BG levels greater than or less than 75 mg/dl, respectively). Specifically, lay users achieved 97.9% and HCPs 98.6%. When used with venous blood, 99.8% of measurements were within the criteria. All measurements for both capillary and venous blood fell into zones A or B of the Parkes error grid, deemed clinically accurate. Hematocrit was found to have no influence on BG measurements. A large majority of the subjects found the system easy to learn and to use.

conclusionsThe CONTOUR TS BG meter system gave accurate and reproducible results with both capillary and venous blood; subjects learned to use the meter system by following the user guide and quick reference guide.

Indexed as

AdultAgedBlood GlucoseBlood Glucose Self-MonitoringCalibrationClinical Laboratory TechniquesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2EfficiencyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityBlood Glucose

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PMID21303645
PMCPMC3045246
OpenAlexW2170628003

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