Recruitment for TEACH-DM began on June 11, 2009 and concluded July 27, 2011.
Administrative PCRC data was obtained for 3581 patients with uncontrolled diabetes from
the nine participating community practices. Initial study recruitment letters were sent to
2601 patients. Of this group, 453 patients were ultimately consented for participation, and
377 randomized; 76 patients were excluded after consent and before randomization, mostly
due to baseline HbA1c below 7.5%. Of the 377 randomized patients, 193 were allocated into
the intervention group and 184 to attention control (Figure 1). Of note, in randomizing 377
patients, we fell approximately 6% short of our anticipated recruitment goal.