Alomide

What is Alomide and how is it used?

Alomide is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis, Vernal Conjunctivitis, and Vernal Keratitis. Alomide may be used alone or with other medications.

Alomide belongs to a class of drugs called Mast Cell Stabilizers, Ophthalmic.

It is not known if Alomide is safe and effective in children younger than 2 years of age.

What are the possible side effects of Alomide?

Alomide may cause serious side effects including:

• hives,
• difficulty breathing,
• swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat, and
• severe burning or stinging when applying the eye drops

Get medical help right away, if you have any of the symptoms listed above.

The most common side effects of Alomide include:

• mild burning or stinging in the eye,
• eye irritation or itching,
• watery eyes,
• pain or redness in the eyes,
• blurred vision,
• dry eyes,
• swollen or puffy eye lids,
• feeling like something is in your eye, and
• crusting or drainage from your eyes

Tell the doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

These are not all the possible side effects of Alomide. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

DESCRIPTION

ALOMIDE^® (lodoxamide tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.1% is a sterile ophthalmic solution containing the mast cell stabilizer lodoxamide tromethamine for topical administration to the eyes. Lodoxamide tromethamine is a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder with a molecular weight of 553.91. The chemical structure is presented below:

Structural Formula

Chemical Name

N,N'-(2-chloro-5-cyano-m-phenylene)dioxamic acid tromethamine salt

Molecular Formula: C₁₉H₂₈O₁₂N₅Cl

Each mL Of ALOMIDE^® (Lodoxamide Tromethamine Ophthalmic Solution) 0.1% Contains

Active: 1.78 mg lodoxamide tromethamine equivalent to 1 mg lodoxamide. Preservative: benzalkonium chloride 0.007%. Inactive: mannitol, hypromellose 2910, sodium citrate, citric acid, edetate disodium, tyloxapol, hydrochloric acid and/or sodium hydroxide (adjust pH), and purified water.

INDICATIONS

ALOMIDE^® (lodoxamide tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.1% is indicated in the treatment of the ocular disorders referred to by the terms vernal keratoconjunctivitis, vernal conjunctivitis, and vernal keratitis.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

The dose for adults and children greater than two years of age is one to two drops in each affected eye four times daily for up to 3 months.

HOW SUPPLIED

ALOMIDE^® (lodoxamide tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.1% is supplied in plastic ophthalmic DROP-TAINER^® dispenser as follows:

10 mL: NDC 0065-0345-10

Storage

Store at 15°C - 25°C (59°F - 77°F).

Distributed By ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. Fort Worth, Texas 76134 USA. Revised: Dec 2017

SIDE EFFECTS

During clinical studies of ALOMIDE^® (lodoxamide tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.1%, the most frequently reported ocular adverse experiences were transient burning, stinging, or discomfort upon instillation, which occurred in approximately 15% of the subjects. Other ocular events occurring in 1 to 5% of the subjects included ocular itching/pruritus, blurred vision, dry eye, tearing/discharge, hyperemia, crystalline deposits, and foreign body sensation. Events that occurred in less than 1% of the subjects included corneal erosion/ulcer, scales on lid/lash, eye pain, ocular edema/swelling, ocular warming sensation, ocular fatigue, chemosis, corneal abrasion, anterior chamber cells, keratopathy/keratitis, blepharitis, allergy, sticky sensation, and epitheliopathy.

Nonocular events reported were headache (1.5%) and (at less than 1%) heat sensation, dizziness, somnolence, nausea, stomach discomfort, sneezing, dry nose, and rash.

DRUG INTERACTIONS

No Information Provided

WARNINGS

FOR TOPICAL OPHTHALMIC USE ONLY. NOT FOR INJECTION. As with all ophthalmic preparations containing benzalkonium chloride, patients should be instructed not to wear soft contact lenses during treatment with ALOMIDE^® Ophthalmic Solution. Do not touch the dropper tip to any surface, as this may contaminate the solution.

PRECAUTIONS

General

Patients may experience a transient burning or stinging upon instillation of ALOMIDE^® Ophthalmic Solution. Should these symptoms persist, the patient should be advised to contact the prescribing physician.

Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment Of Fertility

A long-term study with lodoxamide tromethamine in rats (two-year oral administration) showed no neoplastic or tumorigenic effects at doses 100 mg/kg/day (more than 5000 times the proposed human clinical dose). No evidence of mutagenicity or genetic damage was seen in the Ames Salmonella Assay, Chromosomal Aberration in CHO Cells Assay, or Mouse Forward Lymphoma Assay. In the BALB/c- 3T3 Cells Transformation Assay, some increase in the number of transformed foci was seen at high concentrations (greater than 4000 μg/mL). No evidence of impairment of reproductive function was shown in laboratory animal studies.

Pregnancy

Pregnancy Category B

Reproduction studies with lodoxamide tromethamine administered orally to rats and rabbits in doses of 100 mg/kg/day (more than 5000 times the proposed human clinical dose) produced no evidence of developmental toxicity. There are, however, no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Because animal reproduction studies are not always predictive of human response, ALOMIDE^® (lodoxamide tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.1% should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed.

Nursing Mothers

It is not known whether lodoxamide tromethamine is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when ALOMIDE^® Ophthalmic Solution 0.1% is administered to nursing women.

Pediatric Use

Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients below the age of 2 years have not been established.

Geriatric Use

No overall differences in safety or effectiveness have been observed between elderly and younger patients.

OVERDOSE

There have been no reports of ALOMIDE^® (lodoxamide tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.1% overdose following topical ocular application. Accidental overdose of an oral preparation of 120 to 180 mg of lodoxamide resulted in a temporary sensation of warmth, profuse sweating, diarrhea, lightheadedness, and a feeling of stomach distension; no permanent adverse effects were observed. Side effects reported following systemic oral administration of 0.1 mg to 10.0 mg of lodoxamide include a feeling of warmth or flushing, headache, dizziness, fatigue, sweating, nausea, loose stools, and urinary frequency/urgency. The physician may consider emesis in the event of accidental ingestion.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Hypersensitivity to any component of this product.

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Lodoxamide tromethamine is a mast cell stabilizer that inhibits the in vivo Type I immediate hypersensitivity reaction. Lodoxamide therapy inhibits the increases in cutaneous vascular permeability that are associated with reagin or IgE and antigen-mediated reactions.

In vitro studies have demonstrated the ability of lodoxamide to stabilize rodent mast cells and prevent antigen-stimulated release of histamine. In addition, lodoxamide prevents the release of other mast cell inflammatory mediators (i.e., SRS-A, slow-reacting substances of anaphylaxis, also known as the peptidoleukotrienes) and inhibits eosinophil chemotaxis. Although lodoxamide's precise mechanism of action is unknown, the drug has been reported to prevent calcium influx into mast cells upon antigen stimulation.

Lodoxamide has no intrinsic vasoconstrictor, antihistaminic, cyclooxygenase inhibition, or other antiinflammatory activity.

The disposition of ¹⁴C-lodoxamide was studied in six healthy adult volunteers receiving a 3 mg (50 μCi) oral dose of lodoxamide. Urinary excretion was the major route of elimination. The elimination half-life of ¹⁴C-lodoxamide was 8.5 hours in urine. In a study conducted in twelve healthy adult volunteers, topical administration of ALOMIDE^® (lodoxamide tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.1%, one drop in each eye four times per day for ten days, did not result in any measurable lodoxamide plasma levels at a detection limit of 2.5 ng/mL.

PATIENT INFORMATION

No information provided. Please refer to the WARNINGS and PRECAUTIONS sections.