Ascensia Contour Next Link 2.4 (Bayer)

Description:

The Ascensia Contour Next Link 2.4 (Bayer) is an automatic blood glucose meter. Its blood glucose measurement technology has been proven to be accurate, with a 2-star Medaval rating. Blood glucose measurements are taken from the finger. It is intended for self-measurement and home use.

Assessment:

The technology used in the Ascensia Contour Next Link 2.4 (Bayer), to measure blood glucose, has passed in a clinical validation study, in a general population, according to a recognised standard protocol, as published in a peer-reviewed publication.

Recommendations:

	Accuracy Assessment	Recommendation	Basis
BG	Medaval	★★ Recommendation	Recent clinical validation; recent protocol
BG	MDR Criteria	Self-measurement	Published evidence

Validation Publications:

Bailey T, Wallace JF, Greene C, Pardo S, Brown D, Pflug B, Klaff LJ. Accuracy and user performance evaluation of the Contour(®) Next Link 2.4 blood glucose monitoring system. Clin Chim Acta. 2015 Aug 25;448:139-45. Epub: 2015 Jun 9. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.06.001. PMID: 26070512.

15197:2013 - Pass General population

Baumstark A, Jendrike N, Pleus S, Haug C, Freckmann G. Evaluation of Accuracy of Six Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems and Modeling of Possibly Related Insulin Dosing Errors. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2017 Oct;19(10):580-8. Epub: 2017 Jul 13. doi: 10.1089/dia.2016.0408. PMID: 28704063.

15197:2013 General population

Six devices were validated in the study (the Roche Accu-Chek Aviva Nano, the Roche Accu-Chek Mobile, the Roche Accu-Chek Performa Nano, the Ascensia Contour Next Link 2.4, the Abbott FreeStyle Lite and the J&J LifeScan OneTouch Verio IQ). According to the abstract, one of them failed but it does not state which one.