Clinical safety of the selective PKC-β inhibitor, ruboxistaurin

The aim of this manuscript is to report the safety profile of patients treated with ruboxistaurin mesylate (RBX; LY333531), a selective protein kinase C-beta (PKC-beta) inhibitor, for up to 4 years. Data from patients with diabetes (1396 RBX 32 mg/day; 1408 placebo) were combined from 11 placebo-controlled, double-masked studies. The proportion of patients who reported one or more serious adverse events was greater in the placebo group than in...