Patients continued their usual treatment on hemodialysis three times per week. This was a double-blinded placebo controlled trial. Patients took either Vitamin E 400 IU bid or placebo. An initial evaluation of access patency was performed and baseline blood drawn before starting Vitamin E. Every 3 months there was a followup evaluation with blood drawn for oxidative stress markers, and with a test of vascular access patency. The study was closed to new participants, vitamin E or placebo stopped, and data analysis performed in 2003.
