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Table 1 Overview of the topics explored in the patient and practitioner interviews

From: Patient and health practitioner views and experiences of a cancer trial before and during COVID-19: qualitative study

Patient interviews

 Symptoms and diagnosis

 Initial approach about PETReA

 How the practitioner described PETReA

 Patient’s own treatment preferences and their perceptions of their practitioner’s treatment preferences

 Reasons for declining, taking part, and/or withdrawing

 Experience of having the initial treatment

 Views and experience of having a PET-CT scan

 How the practitioner described the results of the PET-CT scan

 How the practitioners described randomisation and treatment allocation

 Views and understanding about randomisation

 Views on their allocated treatment pathway

 Reflections on PETReA since being approached

Practitioner interviews

 Clinical role and involvement in PETReA

 Initial views about PETReA and sources of information

 Patient pathways in and out of PETReA

 Experiences of approaching patients about PETReA

 Practitioner’s own treatment preferences and their perceptions of patient treatment preferences

 Views about PET-CT scanning

 How they described the results of the PET-CT scan

 How they described randomisation and treatment allocation

 Experiences of delivering treatments in and out of PETReA

 Comments on the qualitative study (e.g. how they would prefer to receive feedback)