Results of Selfmonitoring on Glucometer Systems Advance and Optium in Daily Routine

Abstract

The aim of this prospective clinical study was to compare the results of B-glucose estimations performed simultaneously on glucometer Advance (with Micro-draw strips) and Optium (G3 strips) by lay healthy volunteers under non-standardized conditions of everyday life, to assess the difficulties dealing with lay-handling of these systems and to demonstrate the possibilities of the software Glucobalance (Hypoguard) and PC-Link (Medisense/Abbott) for the analysis of selfmonitoring. In the course of 5 days, a total of 721 pairs of measurements were carried out on 10 pairs of glucometer Advance and Optium by 10 healthy volunteers aged 16-40 years. The data transfer of all values into computer from glucometer Advance using the Glucobalance software and from glucometer Optium using the PC-Link was carried out to determine the results. The correlation of B-glucose measured on the glucometer Advance and Optium was strong (r = 0.73). Glucometer Advance brings values about 0.21 ± 0.06 mmol/l lower than glucometer Optium. The average difference found within each pairs of glucometers Advance-Optium varied. Nevertheless, these differences are acceptable for routine selfmonitoring. The handling of glucometer Advance is not difficult for lay persons. The Glucobalance software simplifies the result evaluation by each tested person. Even though there are some advantages in comparison with the PC-Link, it should be further developed.

Automated Computation of Glycemic Index for Foodstuffs Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring

“…27,28 However, such methods are timeconsuming and still not fully standardized. In our study, the glucometer Advance system (Hypoguard, Woodbridge, UK) 29 was used to calibrate the CGMS. The CGMS sensor was kept inserted for 8 days and no adverse events appeared.…”

Continuous Glucose Monitoring - A Novel Approach to the Determination of the Glycaemic Index of Foods (DEGIF 1)

“…The other important feature of this study was that the PG concentrations were not estimated on an approved laboratory analyzer; the Glucometer Advance System was used instead, to enable PG measurements in daily routine. Due to repeated thorough calibrations of the GAS against standard performed in this study, and based on some previous comparisons with YSI reference analyzer (Payne, 2004) and several other preliminary trials Chlup et al, 2005 b), the Glucometer Advance System was considered to be a reliable means to estimate the PG, including exact times of measurements.…”

Effective Assessment of Diabetes Control Using Personal Glucometers (CONTOURLINK, Bayer, Germany; CALLA, Wellion, Austria; LINUS, Agamatrix, USA)

“…Within the course of 15 years, we have tested the glucometer systems Card (Medisense), Optium (Abbott), Advance (Hypoguard, GB) [26–28], and LINUS (Agamatrix, USA) [29] at our diabetes centre considering their accuracy when used in real life.…”