Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) - Olopatadine 1 mg / ml eye drops solution
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Olopatadine 1 mg/ml eye drops, solution
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
One ml of solution contains 1 mg olopatadine (as hydrochloride).
Excipients with known effect
1 ml of solution contains 0.10 mg benzalkonium chloride.
1 ml of solution contains 12.61 mg disodium phosphate dodecahydrate (E 339) (equivalent to 3.34 mg/ml of phosphates).
One drop of solution (33 mg) contains 0.033 mg of Olopatadine. For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Eye drops, solution.
Clear colourless solution.
The value of pH is 6.5 – 7.5 and osmolality is 275 – 325 mosmol/kg.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Treatment of ocular signs and symptoms of seasonal allergic conjunctivitis.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
Posology
The dose is one drop of Olopatadine in the conjunctival sac of the affected eye(s) twice daily (8 hourly). Treatment may be maintained for up to four months, if considered necessary.
Use in elderly
No dosage adjustment in elderly patients is necessary.
Paediatric patients
Olopatadine may be used in paediatric patients three years of age and older at the same dose as in adults. The safety and efficacy of Olopatadine in children aged under 3 years has not been established. No data are available.
Use in hepatic and renal impairment
Olopatadine in the form of eye drops has not been studied in patients with renal or hepatic disease. However, no dosage adjustment is expected to be necessary in hepatic or renal impairment (see section 5.2).
Method of administration
For ocular use only.
After the bottle cap is removed, if the tamper evident snap collar is loose, remove before using the product. To prevent contamination of the dropper tip and solution, care must be taken not to touch the eyelids, surrounding areas, or other surfaces with the dropper tip of the bottle. Keep the bottle tightly closed when not in use.
In case of concomitant therapy with other topical ocular medicines, an interval of five minutes should be allowed between successive applications. Eye ointments should be administered last.
4.3 Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1.
4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
Olopatadine is an antiallergic/antihistaminic agent and, although administered topically, is absorbed systemically. If signs of serious reactions or hypersensitivity occur, discontinue the use of this treatment.
Olopatadine eye drops contain benzalkonium chloride which may cause eye irritation.
Benzalkonium chloride has also been reported to cause punctate keratopathy and/or toxic ulcerative keratopathy. Close monitoring is required with frequent or prolonged use in dry eye patients, or in conditions where the cornea is compromised.
Contact lenses
Benzalkonium is known to discolour soft contact lenses. Avoid contact with soft contact lenses. Patients should be instructed to remove contact lenses prior to administration of the eye drops and wait for at least 15 minutes after instillation before re-inserting contact lenses.
4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
No interaction studies with other medicinal products have been performed.
In vitro studies have shown that olopatadine did not inhibit metabolic reactions which involve cytochrome P-450 isozymes 1A2, 2C8, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, 2E1 and 3A4. These results indicate that olopatadine is unlikely to result in metabolic interactions with other concomitantly administered active substances.
4.6 Fertility, pregnancy and lactation
Pregnancy
There are no or limited amount of data from the use of ophthalmic olopatadine in pregnant women.
Studies in animals have shown reproductive toxicity following systemic administration (see section 5.3).
Olopatadine is not recommended during pregnancy and in women of childbearing potential not using contraception.
Breast-feeding
Available data in animals have shown excretion of olopatadine in milk following oral administration (for details see section 5.3).
A risk to the newborn/infants cannot be excluded.
Olopatadine should not be used during breast-feeding.
Fertility
Studies have not been performed to evaluate the effect of topical ocular administration of olopatadine on human fertility.
4.7 Effects on ability to drive and use machines
Olopatadine has no or negligible influence on the ability to drive and use machines.
As with any eye drop, temporary blurred vision or other visual disturbances may affect the ability to drive or use machines. If blurred vision occurs at instillation, the patient must wait until the vision clears before driving or using machinery.
4.8 Undesirable effects
Summary of safety profile
In clinical studies involving 1680 patients, olopatadine was administered one to four times daily in both eyes for up to four months as monotherapy or adjunctive therapy to loratadine 10 mg. Approximately 4.5% of patients can be expected to experience adverse reactions associated with the use of olopatadine; however, only 1.6% of patients discontinued from the clinical studies due to these adverse reactions. No serious ophthalmic or systemic adverse reactions related to olopatadine were reported in clinical studies. The most frequent treatment-related adverse reaction was eye pain, reported at an overall incidence of 0.7%.
Tabulated list of adverse reactions
The following adverse reactions have been reported during clinical studies and post-marketing data and are classified according to the following convention: very common (≥1/10), common (≥1/100 to <1/10), uncommon (≥1/1,000 to <1/100), rare (≥1/10,000 to <1/1000)very rare (<1/10,000) or not known (cannot be estimated from the available data). Within each frequency grouping, adverse reactions are presented in order of decreasing seriousness.
| System Organ Classification | Frequency | Adverse Reactions |
| Infections and infestations | Uncommon | Rhinitis |
| Immune system disorders | Not known | Hypersensitivity, swelling face |
| Nervous system disorders | Common | Headache, dysgeusia |
| Uncommon | Dizziness, hypoaesthesia | |
| Not known | Somnolence | |
| Eye disorders | Common | Eye pain, eye irritation, dry eye, |
| abnormal sensation in eyes | ||
| Uncommon | Corneal erosion, corneal | |
| epithelium defect, corneal | ||
| epithelium disorder, punctate | ||
| keratitis, keratitis, corneal | ||
| staining, eye discharge, | ||
| photophobia, vision blurred, | ||
| visual acuity reduced, | ||
| blepharospasm, ocular | ||
| discomfort, eye pruritus, | ||
| conjunctival follicles, | ||
| conjunctival disorder, foreign | ||
| body sensation in eyes, | ||
| lacrimation increased, erythema | ||
| of eyelid, eyelid oedema, eyelid | ||
| disorder, ocular hyperaemia | ||
| Not known | Corneal oedema, eye oedema, eye | |
| swelling, conjunctivitis, | ||
| mydriasis, visual disturbance, | ||
| eyelid margin crusting | ||
| Respiratory, thoracic, and | Common | Nasal dryness |
| mediastinal disorders | ||
| Not known | Dyspnoea, sinusitis | |
| Gastrointestinal disorders | Not known | Nausea, vomiting, |
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue | Uncommon | Dermatitis contact, skin burning |
| disorders | sensation, dry skin | |
| Not known | Dermatitis, erythema | |
| General disorders and | Common | Fatigue |
| administration site conditions | Not known | Asthenia, malaise |
Cases of corneal calcification have been reported very rarely in association with the use of phosphate containing eye drops in some patients with significantly damaged corneas.
Reporting of suspected adverse reactions
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via the Yellow Card Scheme Website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App store.
4.9 Overdose
No data are available in humans regarding overdose by accidental or deliberate ingestion.
Olopatadine has a low order of acute toxicity in animals. Accidental ingestion of the entire contents of a bottle of Olopatadine would deliver a maximum systemic exposure of 5 mg olopatadine. This exposure would result in a final dose of 0.5 mg/kg in a 10 kg infant, assuming 100% absorption.
Prolongation of the QTc interval in dogs was observed only at exposures considered sufficiently in excess of the maximum human exposure indicating little relevance to clinical use. A 5 mg oral dose was administered twice-daily for 2.5 days to 102 young and elderly male and female healthy volunteers with no significant prolongation of QTc interval compared to placebo. The range of peak steady-state olopatadine plasma concentrations (35 to 127 ng/ml) seen in this study represents at least a 70-fold safety margin for topical olopatadine with respect to effects on cardiac repolarisation. In the case of overdose, appropriate monitoring and management of the patient should be implemented.
5 PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties
Pharmacotherapeutic group: ophthalmologicals; decongestant and antiallergics; other antiallergics, ATC code: S01GX 09.
Olopatadine is a potent selective antiallergic/antihistaminic agent that exerts its effects through multiple distinct mechanisms of action. It antagonises histamine (the primary mediator of allergic response in humans) and prevents histamine induced inflammatory cytokine production by human conjunctival epithelial cells. Data from in vitro studies suggest that it may act on human conjunctival mast cells to inhibit the release of pro-inflammatory mediators. In patients with patent nasolacrimal ducts, topical ocular administration of olopatadine was suggested to reduce the nasal signs and symptoms that frequently accompany seasonal allergic conjunctivitis. It does not produce a clinically significant change in pupil diameter.
5.2 Pharmacokinetic properties
Absorption
Olopatadine is absorbed systemically, as are other topically administered medicinal products. However, systemic absorption of topically applied olopatadine is minimal with plasma concentrations ranging from below the assay quantitation limit (<0.5 ng/ml) up to 1.3 ng/ml. These concentrations are 50- to 200-fold lower than those following well tolerated oral doses. From oral pharmacokinetic studies, the half-life of olopatadine in plasma was approximately eight to 12 hours, and elimination was predominantly through renal excretion. Approximately 60 – 70% of the dose was recovered in the urine as active substance. Two metabolites, the mono-desmethyl and the N-oxide, were detected at low concentrations in the urine.
Since olopatadine is excreted in urine primarily as unchanged active substance, impairment of renal function alters the pharmacokinetics of olopatadine with peak plasma concentrations 2.3-fold greater in patients with severe renal impairment (mean creatinine clearance of 13.0 ml/min) compared to healthy adults. Following a 10 mg oral dose in patients undergoing haemodialysis (with no urinary output), plasma olopatadine concentrations were significantly lower on the haemodialysis day than on the non-haemodialysis day suggesting olopatadine can be removed by haemodialysis. Studies comparing the pharmacokinetics of 10 mg oral doses of olopatadine in young (mean age 21 years) and elderly (mean age 74 years) showed no significant differences in the plasma concentrations (AUC), protein binding or urinary excretion of unchanged parent drug and metabolites.
A renal impairment study after oral dosing of olopatadine has been performed in patients with severe renal impairment. The results indicate that a somewhat higher plasma concentration can be expected with olopatadine in this population. Since plasma concentrations following topical ocular dosing of olopatadine are 50- to 200-fold lower than after well-tolerated oral doses, dose adjustment is not expected to be necessary in the elderly or in the renally impaired population. Liver metabolism is a minor route of elimination. Dose adjustment is not expected to be necessary with hepatic impairment.
5.3 Preclinical safety data
Non-clinical data reveal no special hazard for humans based on conventional studies of safety, pharmacology, repeated dose toxicity, genotoxicity, carcinogenic potential and toxicity to reproduction.
Studies in animals have shown reduced growth of nursing pups of dams receiving systemic doses of olopatadine well in excess of the maximum level recommended for human ocular use. Olopatadine has been detected in the milk of nursing rats following oral administration.
6 PHARMACEUTICAL PARTICULARS
6.1 List of excipients
Benzalkonium chloride
Hydrochloric acid (E507) (to adjust pH)
Disodium phosphate dodecahydrate (E339)
Sodium chloride
Sodium hydroxide (E524) (to adjust pH)
Water for injections
6.2 Incompatibilities
In the absence of compatibility studies, this medicinal product must not be mixed with other medicinal products.
6.3 Shelf life
3 years.
Shelf life after first opening
Discard four weeks after first opening.
6.4 Special precautions for storage
This medicinal product does not require any special storage conditions.
6.5 Nature and contents of container
Available in a pack size of 1 x 5 ml opaque low density polyethylene (LDPE) bottle with a LDPE dropper and a high density polyethylene (HDPE) tamper-proof screw-cap.
6.6 Special precautions for disposal
No special requirements.
7 MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDER
Dawa Limited,
5 Sandridge Close,
Harrow, Middlesex,
HA1 1XD, United Kingdom.
8 MARKETING AUTHORISATION NUMBER(S)
PL 30684/0314
9 DATE OF FIRST AUTHORISATION/RENEWAL OF THE
AUTHORISATION
13/10/2015
10 DATE OF REVISION OF THE TEXT
19/08/2026