Assessing Continuous Glucose Monitors in Healthy Children

The characterization of glucose levels in healthy children during day and nighttime is critical to the interpretation of glucose levels in diseases such as diabetes. This study was conducted by the DirecNet Study Group to determine whether two FDA-approved continuous glucose monitors are sufficiently accurate. The study was conducted at five clinical centers and enrolled approximately 20 healthy children (ages 7 to 17 years old) who did not have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes nor a history of the disease in their immediate families. Each participant was hospitalized for approximately 26 hours to assess the accuracy of the continuous glucose monitors compared with serum glucose determinations.