Comparison of Cgmanalysis, a Free Open-Source Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Management and Analysis Software, with Commercially Available CGM Platforms: Data Standardization for Diabetes Technology Research

Diabetes Technol Ther. 2022 Jan;24(1):54-60. doi: 10.1089/dia.2021.0200. Epub 2021 Dec 14.

Abstract

Background: Cgmanalysis is an open-source software based on the R programming language for data management and descriptive analysis of data from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). We sought to validate the summary measures calculated by cgmanalysis against the results from proprietary software associated with four CGM commercially available models. Methods: Two weeks of data from 188 patients with type 1 diabetes using commercially available CGMs. Freestyle Libre Gen 1 (n = 53), Medtronic Guardian 3 (n = 52), Dexcom G6 reported by Dexcom Clarity (n = 48), and Dexcom G6 reported by Tandem (n = 35) were analyzed using proprietary software and cgmanalysis. Agreement was assessed using scatterplots, Bland-Altman plots, and equivalence tests. Results: Good agreement was obtained for all glycemic summary measures for all CGMs assessed. None of the differences between the cgmanalysis package and the manufacturers' software were outside the prespecified bounds of equivalence. Conclusions: Cgmanalysis is a validated open-source software to analyze commercially available CGM data and can be used to standardize diabetes technology research.

Keywords: Continuous glucose monitoring; Dexcom; Libre; Medtronic; R language; Tandem; Time in range; Type 1 diabetes; cgmanalysis software.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Glucose / metabolism
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring* / methods
  • Data Management
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Reference Standards
  • Software
  • Technology

Substances

  • Blood Glucose