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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2008 Sep;3(3):57–68. doi: 10.1525/jer.2008.3.3.57

TABLE 7.

Self-reported Results of Trial Participation at Follow-up.

“Did your tumor shrink or did your cancer get better?” (n = 44)
 Yes 30%
 No 25%
 Don’t know 45%
“Did you receive any other clinical benefit?”
 Yes 30%
 No 46%
 Don’t know 24%
“Did you experience any non-medical benefits or advantages as a result of participation?”
 Yes 35%
 No 58%
 Don’t know 7%
Reasons Why No Longer Enrolled (n = 11)
 Had a bad reaction, physician took me off 18%
 Tumor growth/disease progressed 46%
 Study was over 27%
 Other 36%