Table 3.

Clinical trial participationNumber (%) of patients who agree/strongly agree to survey questions grouped by demographic characteristics of interest

	Age		Health Status		Cancer Status
Question	n/N (%) < 75 n/N (%) ≥ 75	p-value	n/N (%) Good/Excellent n/N (%) Poor/Marginal/Ave	p-value	n/N (%) Cured n/N (%) Not Cured	p-value
1) I would participate in 'clinical trials' that study ways to prevent or screen for cancer	34/44 (77) 35/46 (76)		36/47 (77) 30/40 (75)		18/29 (62) 42/48 (88)
		0.89		0.86		0.009
2) I would participate in a 'clinical trial' to compare a new drug to the old "standard" drug	24/43 (56) 21/46 (46)		24/47 (51) 20/39 (51)		13/30 (43) 25/47 (53)
		0.34		0.98		0.40
3) I would participate in a clinical trial to test a new drug when there is no "standard" drug available	34/45 (76) 30/47 (64)		32/47 (68) 29/42 (69)		18/30 (60) 37/49 (76)
		0.22		0.92		0.15