Table 4.

Typology of Video Recorded Patient-Physician Interactions

Type of Visit*	No.	%
Clinical trial never mentioned	100	43
Clinical trial mentioned, physician rejects trial option	27	11
Clinical trial mentioned, patient rejects trial option	0	00
Clinical trial discussed, no offer made	44	19
Clinical trial discussed, explicit offer made (where patient can respond either “yes” or “no” to the opportunity)	47	20
Other	8	03
Video/audio recording problems (not useable)	9	04
Total	235†	100

NOTE. Sample size includes both study sites. Refusal rates were unavailable for the first cancer center. At the second cancer center, 151 patients and their family/ companions were invited to participate in the project, and 108 (72%) agreed.

^*There were no instances in which a physician mentioned a clinical trial (or began to discuss it) and the patient rejected the option outright. Of visits observed, 84% were first visits; 72% of visits where clinical trials were explicitly offered were first visits. Ninety-four percent of the patients were in interactions where trials were offered; 77% of patients in interactions where trials were not explicitly offered knew they had a cancer diagnosis, and treatment options were discussed.

^†The majority of patients were diagnosed with respiratory cancers (42%), followed by digestive (22%), leukemia/myeloma/lymphoma (14%); breast (5%); male genital (5%); other (5%); and not cancer/unconfirmed (7%; classified by Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results categories). Patients receiving a trial offer were diagnosed as follows: respiratory cancers (23%); digestive (30%); leukemia/myeloma/lymphoma (11%); breast (8%); other (17%); and no cancer/not confirmed (0%).