Measuring glucose and lactate in healthy volunteers and patients with diabetes: Do new blood collection tubes produce more accurate laboratory values?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes; Metabolic and Endocrine - Diabetes

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000004561
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Helen Lunt

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-01-07
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Participants are either healthy volunteers (N=20) or subjects with diabetes attending the local diabetes clinic (N=20)

Exclusion Criteria

Previous history of 'difficult' venesection

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Glucose loss using the citrate/fluoride collection system, compared to glucose loss using the fluoride system. [Separation of plasma from red cells 2 hours after each of the two venesections ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of intra-individual pre-analytical glucose loss using fluoride blood collection tubes. [2 hours after each of the two venesections. ];Comparison of intra-individual pre-analytical glucose loss using fluoride blood collection tubes.[24 hours after each of the two venesections];Comparison of intra-individual pre-analytical glucose loss using lithium heparin blood collection tubes.[2 hours after each of the two venesections. ];Comparison of intra-individual pre-analytical glucose loss using lithium heparin blood collection tubes.[24 hours after each of the two venesections]