Time to all-cause death. Statistical analysis is based on all available information from week 0 to trial termination. Summary data illustrates percentage (%) participants dead estimated using Kaplan-Meier. Summary data illustrates mortality until 52 weeks, because very few subjects had trial time longer than 52 weeks. Due to early trial termination, median trial time was 17.4 weeks.

FAS (full analysis set) is all subjects exposed to at least one dose of trial drug. Due to the early termination of this trial, observations from end of trial visit are substituted for week 104 visit (end of trial as per protocol).

Morbidity - time from week 0 to next cardiovascular event (composite of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events defined as adjudicated medical event of special interest and categorised as myocardial infarctions, cardiac insufficiencies, strokes or other thrombo-embolic events). Statistical analysis is based on all available information from week 0 to trial termination. Summary data illustrates percentage (%) participants with events estimated using Kaplan-Meier. Summary data illustrates morbidity until 52 weeks, because very few subjects had trial time longer than 52 weeks.

FAS (full analysis set) is all subjects exposed to at least one dose of trial drug. Due to the early termination of this trial, observations from end of trial visit are substituted for week 104 (end of trial per protocol).

The number of times that the patient was hospitalised in addition to hospitalisation for normal dialysis procedures measured from week 0 (randomisation) to the time the trial was terminated.

FAS (full analysis set) is all subjects exposed to at least one dose of trial drug. Due to the early termination of this trial, observations from end of trial visit are substituted for week 104 visit (end of trial as per protocol).

No analysis was done since the trial was prematurely terminated before week 104 of the trial. Trial was terminated January 16th, 2009.

Summary from activity of daily living from the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL) measuring activity from 1 (active) to 5 (inactive). The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS), subjects assess their health in the last 24 hours on a scale from 1 (good health) to 3 (feeling poorly). The EQ-5D is a measure of subjects' health outcome from 0 (death) to 1 (full health). SF-36 (Short Form (36)) covering mental and physicial health is provided in a scale from 0-100 with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction.

FAS (full analysis set) is all subjects exposed to at least one dose of trial drug. Observations from end of trial visit is substitute for week 104. Not all subjects provided 'quality of life' data.