At the Institut für Diabetes-Technologie (IfDT), we conduct clinical trials with medical devices in a welcoming, familiar atmosphere and offer our international customers expertise in all parts of clinical studies: starting from planning and designing over conduction up to publishing the study results.
In addition, we perform research on our own behalf regarding different aspects of diabetes.
Taken all this together made us a globally recognized and acknowledged research institute in the area of diabetes technology.
In the summer of 2024, we conducted a CGM study out of our own interest and largely self-financed. In the study, the performance of the current Dexcom G7 and FreeStyle Libre 3 systems and the new system from Medtronic called Simplera were tested in parallel. The main research question was how well the individual systems matched different comparison methods. We also wanted to analyze how well recently proposed study procedures could be implemented in practice.
Smartwatches with glucose monitoring functionality are on everyone’s lips. We have started a small self-experiment; you can see the results in the video.
We are happy if you want to actively support us in our research for the benefit of people with diabetes mellitus type 1 or type 2.
Here you can inform yourself about general conditions, procedures and prerequisites for study participation.
Over the years the institute has grown to a worldwide recognized and acknowledged study site. Here you can learn more about our work and the institute.
We are always looking for motivated and committed employees who want to promote technology and research together with us. Here you can read more about the benefits we offer as an employer and our current job offers.
July 2025 - CGM
In this study, the accuracy of the updated algorithm for the CareSens Air CGM system was compared to that of the manual calibration algorithm. The accuracy of both algorithms remained stable across measurement ranges and sensor lifetimes, with the updated algorithm demonstrating improved accuracy, as reflected by 20/20 agreement and MARD.
July 2025 - CGM
The article published in the Diabetes Care Journal presents a comparison of the glycemic metrics derived from three current CGM systems. This study found significant discrepancies, which could lead to different therapy recommendations for the same patient.
July 2025 - CGM
This article emphasizes the need for standardization of CGM performance evaluations due to the discrepancies among systems, regarding their readings, as well as differences between algorithms and calibration methods. The IFCC Working Group on CGM proposes standardization in order to align readings and metrics across CGM systems.
23 – 25 January 2025
At this year’s Diatec, Dr. Freckmann gave a presentation focusing on the quality of glucose measurement of CGM systems.
18 – 22 May 2025
At this year's EuroMedLab Congress, Dr. Freckmann gave a presentation on the traceability of CGM systems and the importance of standardized study protocols for the validation of CGM systems in the clinical environment.
28 – 31 May 2025
At this year's Diabetes Congress, not only Dr. Freckmann was invited as a speaker, but also Dr. Pleus, who gave two presentations on CGM standardization and on POCT glucose measurement systems and the updated Rili-BÄK. Dr. Freckmann also gave two presentations on the future of CGM systems in hospitals and the current quality standards for CGM systems. In addition, Dr. Waldenmaier gave a poster presentation on our own research on the performance evaluation of current CGM systems.
We are happy if you want to actively support us in our research for the benefit of people with diabetes type 1 or type 2.
In this way, you are making your own personal contribution to improving medical care.
We are looking forward to meet you!
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