Can a Pocket-Sized blood analyser match lab accuracy?
NCT ID NCT05580055
First seen Aug 21, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026
Summary
This trial asks healthy adults to donate small blood samples—via finger prick or vein—to help test a new blood analyser. The device's results will be compared against standard laboratory equipment to see if it can accurately count blood cells. Participants won't receive their blood test results unless they specifically ask.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Blood analyser (diagnostic device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help validate a portable blood analyser for accurate blood cell counts, potentially enabling easier and faster blood testing.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage prototype test, not a treatment trial. The device may not match lab accuracy, and results are not shared with participants unless requested.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Healthy volunteers, enrolled by invitation only
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Aged ≥ 21 years Apparently healthy Able to provide written informed consent Registered with a general practitioner (GP) Exclusion Criteria: Inadequate understanding of the English language (written and verbal) that would require a translator Been hospitalised within 90 days prior to their study visit Donated whole blood or plasma to a blood bank within the 90 days prior to the study visit Pregnant at the time of the study visit Breastfeeding at the time of the study visit History of vasovagal syncope following blood draw History or current diagnosis of the following conditions: Cancer Cardiovascular disease Chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease Bleeding disorder (including but not limited to Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP), hemophilia, von Willebrand disease (VWD)) Blood clotting disorder (including but not limited to thrombophilia, antiphospholipid syndrome) G6PD deficiency Inflammatory bowel disease Myelodysplastic syndrome Ebola Tuberculosis HIV Hepatitis B or C Current diagnosis of Epstein-Barr Virus or Cytomegalovirus Current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, unless controlled by diet alone OR participant has been taking the same dose of the same medication for 4 weeks or more and are feeling fit and well. Undergone organ transplantation Anemia, unless the participant is feeling fit and well (no dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath etc)
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Entia Ltd
London, London, WC1X 8LU, United Kingdom
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