Evaluation of the Accuracy and Usability of the Minuteful - Kidney Urine Analysis Test System in the Lay User Hands

Comparative, Controlled Study to Evaluate the Clinical Accuracy and Usability Performance of the Minuteful - Kidney Urine Analysis Test System Conducted by Lay Users

The purpose of this study was to collect additional performance and clinical data on the Minuteful - Kidney test device (previously "ACR | U.S. Urine Analysis Test System"), following the original data collection (NCT04626271).

This method comparison and usability study was designed to evaluate the agreement levels of the Minuteful - Kidney Test with the comparator device (URiSCAN Optima) as well as the device's usability including the lay user's ability to understand and implement the device instructions. It also evaluates the ease of use of the device under actual use conditions in a simulated home environment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypertension; Diabetes; Chronic Kidney Diseases; Albuminuria
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Minuteful - Kidney Urine Analysis Test System

Detailed Description

Eligible subjects meeting the inclusion criteria were recruited at the designated site by the study personnel. Following subject consent, the Minuteful - Kidney test kit, in its original packaging, along with the Minuteful - Kidney smartphone application were provided to the subject in a simulated home- use environment. All subjects were requested to follow the in-app instructions to complete the test, without any guidance from the study staff before, during or after testing. After each subject completed the test, the urine sample was tested by a professional user at the clinical site on the URiSCAN Optima device. Each urine sample was tested twice: once using the Minuteful - kidney test by the lay user and once using the comparator device (URiSCAN Optina) by the professional user.

To evaluate the usability of the device, study staff on-site were asked to observe and document the user performance on key tasks in the study flow as well as information regarding the user behavior while performing the test. Subjects were also asked to answer a usability post-test questionnaire.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 216
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • Garden City, New York, United States, 11530
      • AccuMed Research Associates

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

A) Males and Females 18-80 years of age

B) Subjects with a known, well-established medical condition and/or risk factor for kidney damage, that can potentially present as an abnormal concentration of urine albumin:

• Diabetes (Type I/Type II, or Gestational Diabetes)
• High Blood Pressure (i.e., Hypertension)
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Family History of Kidney Disease
• History of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

C) Or; subjects with other medical conditions and/or risk factors that impact kidney function:

• Dyslipidemia
• Heavy smoking
• Obesity
• Inherited kidney disease (e.g. Polycystic kidney disease)
• Prolonged obstruction of the urinary tract from different conditions (e.g. enlarged prostate)
• Malignancies
• Recurrent kidney infections
• Other relevant conditions

D) Subjects who are able to use both hands

E) Subjects who are familiar with the use of a smartphone

F) Subjects who are capable of comprehending and following instructions in English

Exclusion Criteria:

A) Subjects with a major cognitive impairment (e.g.: dementia, memory loss, severe mental disorder)

B) Subjects who are not able to collect urine in a receptacle

C) Subjects who are visually impaired (i.e., cannot read the user manual)

D) Any additional reason that disqualifies the subject from participating in the study according to the study physician

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Minuteful - Kidney Urine Analysis Test System	Device: Minuteful - Kidney Urine Analysis Test System; Urine samples were collected and tested by a lay user, using the Minuteful - Kidney test device. The lay user test results were compared to the results obtained by testing the same urine sample on the comparison device, the URiSCAN Optima.; Other Names: Minuteful - Kidney; Minuteful - Kidney Test Device; ACR | U.S. Urine Analysis Test System

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Accuracy Evaluation: The Degree of Agreement (%) of the Minuteful - Kidney Urine Analysis Test System as Compared to the Comparator Device	The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the % exact match (percent agreement) and the % ±1 block match (percent agreement) of Minuteful - kidney test (tested by the lay user) compared to the URiSCAN Optima Urine Analyzer (the comparator device, tested by a healthcare professional user), for all reported values (blocks).	10 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Usability Evaluation: User Performance Analysis	The usability of the Minuteful - Kidney Urine Analysis Test System will be determined by evaluating the percentage of study subjects able to perform all required steps and successfully complete the test given only the instructions and training materials provided. In addition, each subject was asked to complete a post test questionnaire to assess the device ease of use by rating the various test steps on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the easiest ("very easy") and 1 the hardest ("very hard"). This questionnaire also included understanding questions in a multiple-choice, quiz-like format, to assess the participants' understanding of essential information and key test procedures in the study.	10 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Healthy.io Ltd.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 9, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 28, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): July 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 15, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 27, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 3, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 3, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 27, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urologic Diseases; Urological Manifestations; Renal Insufficiency; Urination Disorders; Proteinuria; Kidney Diseases; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Albuminuria
• Other Study ID Numbers: ACR-US-MCU-SUP

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No