System accuracy assessments with a blood glucose meter with combined glucose and ss-hydroxybutyrate measurement capabilities

Abstract

Background: We evaluated the Wellion Galileo GLU/KET blood and ketone (ss-Hydroxybutyrate, ss-OHB) meter to demonstrate that it meets ISO15107:2015 regulatory approval criteria. Research Design and Methods: A total of 100 subjects (52 female, age: 30 to 84 years, diabetes: 10 type 1/90 type 2) with blood glucose levels distributed over the entire measurement range as required by the ISO15197 protocol were tested (double determinations with 3 strip lots and two devices). A similar test protocol was followed to test ss-OHB strip performance (reference devices: YSI 2300plus for glucose and STANBIO ss-HOB LiquiColor TestKit for ss-OHB). Precision was tested for glucose with 3 blood glucose concentrations (ss-OHB: 2 control solutions). Results: All glucose test-strip lots met the strict ISO acceptance criteria. Mean absolute relative difference (MARD) was 4.9% and all data pairs were in zone A of the consensus error grid. The ss-OHB test-strips also met the pre-defined acceptance criteria. Within-run and between-run precision was calculated to be 2.3% and 0.7% for the glucose strips (3.7%/0.8% for the ketone strips). Conclusions: When tested according to the ISO15197:2015 guideline, the device showed very accurate measurement performance for glucose and ss-OHB testing and fully met regulatory accuracy approval criteria.