tokens: METHODS : The Die Deutsche Diabetes Dialyse Studie is a prospective randomized placebo - controlled trial that tests the hypothesis that atorvastatin , a hydroxymethyl - glutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor , decreases the rate of cardiovascular mortality and of nonfatal myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes who have been on hemodialysis treatment for no more than two years .