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CORLOPAM (NDA-019922)

(FENOLDOPAM MESYLATE)

Safety-related Labeling Changes Approved by FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

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09/02/2020 (SUPPL-19)

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6 Adverse Reactions

6.1 Clinical Trials Experience

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Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice.

The most common reactions associated with fenoldopam use are headache, cutaneous dilation (flushing), nausea, and hypotension, each reported in more than 5% of patients.

Adverse reactions occurring more than once in any dosing group (once if potentially important or plausibly drug-related) in the fixed-dose constant-infusion studies are presented in Table 3. There was no clear dose relationship, except possibly for headache, nausea, flushing.

Table 3. Adverse reactions in fixed-dose studies occurring in > 5% of subjects on fenoldopam

6.2 Postmarketing Experience

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The following adverse reactions have been identified during post approval use of CORLOPAM. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure. Voluntary reports of adverse reactions temporally associated with CORLOPAM that have been received since market introduction include the following:

Cardiac Disorders — Cardiogenic shock

Vascular Disorders — Hypotension

Gastrointestinal Disorders — Abdominal distension

Investigations — Electrocardiogram ST segment depression, oxygen saturation decreased

8 Use in Specific Populations

8.1 Pregnancy

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Risk Summary

There are insufficient data regarding CORLOPAM use in pregnancy to evaluate for a drug-associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage or adverse maternal or fetal outcomes.

In animal studies, there was no evidence of teratogenicity or fetotoxicity when fenoldopam was orally administered to rats and rabbits during organogenesis (see Data). There are adverse effects on maternal and fetal outcomes associated with severe hypertension (see Clinical Considerations).

The estimated background risk for major birth defects and miscarriage for the indicated population is unknown. In the U.S. general population, the estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage in the clinically recognized pregnancies is 2 to 4% and 15 to 20%, respectively.

Clinical Considerations

Disease-associated maternal and/or embryo/fetal risk

Severe hypertension can result in maternal stroke, pulmonary edema, myocardial ischemia or death of the mother or fetus.

Data

Animal Data

Oral reproduction studies have been performed in rats and rabbits at doses of 12.5 to 200 mg/kg/day and

6.25 to 25 mg/kg/day, respectively, administered during the period of organogenesis. Studies have revealed maternal toxicity at the highest doses tested but no evidence of harm to the fetus due to fenoldopam.

8.2 Lactation

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Risk Summary

There are no data on the presence of fenoldopam in human milk, the effects on the breastfed child, or the effects on milk production. Fenoldopam is present in rat milk. When a drug is present in animal milk, it is likely that the drug will be present in human milk.

Because of the potential for severe adverse reactions in the breastfed infant, advise women not to breastfeed during treatment with CORLOPAM.