This essential reading provides readers with a round-up of news on the latest events relating to our exciting pan-European study on diabetes in older people – read it here [1]. The newletter provides information on the recruitment status of the study, introduces new team members and summarises the various contributions to the programme being made by our partner organisations.

The study website provides a full study update [2].In brief, this far the study has 47 sites that are currently active and 275 subjects have been recruited:

• 22 of 24 sites in Spain (eight sites have been randomised)
• 10 of 10 sites in the Czech Republic (five sites have been randomised)
• Five of 10 sites in Bordeaux (one site is randomised)
• Five of 12 sites in Toulouse (two sites have been randomised)
• Two of 12 sites in Germany have been activated (two sites have been randomised)
• Two of seven sites in Belgium have been activated (none have been randomised)
• One of 12 sites in Italy has been activated (this site has not been randomised)

The newsletter also gives a summary of a successful meeting held in Rotterdam. The meeting served as a useful opportunity to introduce new members of the team, be updated on progress in the study and to discuss the next steps in this exciting project. The main outcome of the meeting was the importance of improving recruitment over the next few months; the deadline for completing recruitment is 31 March 2015.

References

1. MID-Frail consortium newsletter #6
2. www.midfrail-study.org