The Accuracy of the FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Children With Type 1 Diabetes
- Darrell M. Wilson, MD,
- Roy W. Beck, MD, PHD,
- William V. Tamborlane, MD,
- Mariya J. Dontchev, MPH,
- Craig Kollman, PHD,
- Peter Chase, MD,
- Larry A. Fox, MD,
- Katrina J. Ruedy, MSPH,
- Eva Tsalikian, MD,
- Stuart A. Weinzimer, MD and
- the DirecNet Study Group
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Darrell M. Wilson, MD, DirecNet Coordinating Center, Jaeb Center for Health Research, 15310 Amberly Dr., Suite 350, Tampa, FL 33647. E-mail: direcnet{at}jaeb.org
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—To evaluate the accuracy and precision of the FreeStyle Navigator continuous glucose monitoring system in children with type 1 diabetes.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—In 30 children with type 1 diabetes (mean age 11.2 ± 4.1 years), the Navigator glucose values were compared with reference serum glucose values of blood samples obtained in an inpatient clinical research center and measured in a central laboratory using a hexokinase enzymatic method and in an outpatient setting with a FreeStyle meter. Median absolute difference (AD) and median relative absolute difference (RAD) were computed for sensor-reference and sensor-sensor pairs.
RESULTS—The median AD and RAD were 17 mg/dl and 12%, respectively, for 1,811 inpatient sensor-reference pairs and 20 mg/dl and 14%, respectively, for 8,639 outpatient pairs. The median RAD between two simultaneous Navigator measurements (n = 1,971) was 13%. Ninety-one percent of sensors in the inpatient setting and 81% of sensors in the outpatient setting had a median RAD ≤20%.
CONCLUSIONS—The Navigator’s accuracy does not yet approach the accuracy of current-generation home glucose meters, but it is sufficient to believe that the device has the potential to be an important adjunct to treatment of youth with type 1 diabetes.
- AD, absolute difference
- CGMS, continuous glucose monitoring system
- CRC, clinical research center
- ISO, International Organisation for Standardization
- RAD, relative absolute difference
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- Accepted September 23, 2006.
- Received July 5, 2006.
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