Table 3.

Clinical Trials Items, percent of interpreters who correctly identified each item as true or false

Clinical Trials Item (correct answer)	Pretest	Posttest	P-values
1. Cancer clinical trials are only for those with the most advanced disease (False)	89%	82%	.22
2. Anyone with cancer is eligible to go on a cancer clinical trial (False)	56%	76%	.01*
3. Phase I trials are the first time a treatment is used in people (True)	44%	78%	.00*
4. The purpose of cancer clinical trials is to find better ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer (True)	93%	91%	.65
5. Many people who join cancer treatment clinical trials get a placebo or sugar pill (False)	49%	62%	.11
6. Once a patient consents to trial and starts participating, they have to remain in it until the end (False)	78%	97%	.00*
7. Patients in clinical trials get better care than those who don't participate (False)	93%	53%	.00*
8. A trial will be stopped if the investigators or review board have concerns for the participants' safety (True)	95%	100%	.05*
9. All research for treatments begins with a Phase I clinical trial (False)	24%	51%	.00*
10. Persons are never put into clinical trials without their knowledge (True)	96%	94%	.57
Overall Score (all items)	72%	78%	.39
Overall Score (exclude item 7)	65%	79%	.06

^*Significant difference, p < .05