Dozens of phone-hacking victims have urged David Cameron to keep an open mind on press regulation.
Campaign group Hacked Off expressed concern about reports suggesting the PM will reject statutory intervention even if the Leveson Inquiry recommends it.
An open letter signed by 60 phone-hack victims, including Hugh Grant and Charlotte Church, urges him to fully consider the inquiry's recommendations.
The recommendations are expected to be made by the end of 2012.
The Leveson Inquiry, which was held at the Royal Courts of Justice, was prompted by the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.
It heard evidence from victims, journalists, media executives and proprietors, police and politicians over an eight month period.
Lord Justice Leveson's report, is expected to be critical of many of those who gave evidence and suggest a new way to regulate newspapers in the future, according to BBC correspondent Nick Higham.
The open letter to Mr Cameron, said it was "highly regrettable" that articles in the press and "supporting comments from senior Conservative Party figures" had " sought to undermine the work of the inquiry and to threaten any recommendations it may make for effective regulation of the industry."
Some cabinet ministers, such as the Education Secretary Michael Gove, have suggested that new laws are not needed to control the press.
The letter went on: "To remind you once again - you said that the test of the future system of press regulation is not whether it suits the politicians or their friends in the press, but rather the public interest - including the need of members of society to be free from illegal and unethical press practices. Do we have those reassurances?"
The inquiry was set up to examine media culture, practice and ethics, with the first stage examining relationships press has with public, politicians and police.
A second part of the inquiry, looking into the extent of unlawful or improper conduct within News International and other newspaper media organisations, will not get under way until police investigations are concluded.
A Downing Street spokesman said Mr Cameron was awaiting Lord Justice Leveson's report and would then respond to his recommendations in due course.
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