Interviewee characteristics
| Characteristic | Past trial participants (n=10) |
| (A) Past trial participants | |
| Sex | |
| Female | 7 |
| Male | 3 |
| Age | |
| ≤65 years | 5 |
| >65 years | 5 |
| Education, highest level completed | |
| Elementary | 1 |
| Secondary | 3 |
| Community college | 1 |
| University | 5 |
| Province | |
| Alberta | 3 |
| British Columbia | 7 |
| (B) Trial investigators | |
| Characteristic* | Trial investigators (n=17) |
| Primary appointment | |
| University or academic teaching hospital | 10 |
| Other (eg, private practice, cancer centre) | 7 |
| Experience in role | |
| ≤5 years | 0 |
| >5 years | 17 |
| Province | |
| Alberta | 0 |
| British Columbia | 9 |
| Ontario | 8 |
| Types of funding | |
| Non-industry only | 0 |
| Industry only | 0 |
| Both industry and non-industry | 17 |
| Most senior role | |
| Principal investigator for site | 3 |
| Principal investigator for trial | 14 |
| Trial type | |
| Single site only | 0 |
| Multiple site only | 1 |
| Both single and multiple site | 16 |
| (C) Clinical research coordinators, research administrators and research ethics board (REB) members | |||
| Characteristic | Research coordinator (n=1) | Research administrators (n=3) | REB members (n=3) |
| Primary appointment | |||
| University or academic teaching hospital | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Other (eg, private practice, cancer centre) | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Experience in role | |||
| ≤5 years | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| >5 years | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Province | |||
| Alberta | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| British Columbia | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ontario | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Table 2 was created by the authors. A version of table 2 has previously been published, and it is reprinted in a modified form with permission.24
*Classifications were based on those used for an investigator survey by Rochon et al.39
REB, research ethics board.