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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS

1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT

CosmoCol Paediatric 6.9 g, powder for oral solution

2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION

One sachet of CosmoCol Paediatric contains the following active ingredients:

Macrogol 3350, 6.563 g

Sodium chloride, 0.1754 g

Sodium hydrogen carbonate, 0.0893 g

Potassium chloride, 0.0233 g

Content of electrolyte ions when one sachet is dissolved in 62.5 mL water:

Sodium 65 mmol/l Chloride 53 mmol/l Bicarbonate 17 mmol/l Potassium 5.0 mmol/l

This medicinal product contains sodium, equivalent to 93.87 mg per sachet. Contains sorbitol. For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM

Powder for oral solution Free flowing white powder

CLINICAL PARTICULARS

4.1    Therapeutic indications

For the treatment of chronic constipation in children aged 2 to 11 years.

For the treatment of faecal impaction in children aged 5 years or above. Faecal impaction is defined as refractory constipation with faecal loading in the rectum and/or colon.

4.2    Posology and method of administration Chronic constipation

Children aged 2 to 6 years: starting dose of 1 sachet daily.

Children aged 7 to 11 years: starting dose of 2 sachets daily.

Adjust dose as required to produce regular, soft stools. Introduce dose increases every other day. Normal maximum dose is 4 sachets daily.

Doses may be reduced or temporarily omitted in cases of loose stools.

Treatment is required over a prolonged period (at least 6 to 12 months). However, safety and efficacy data cover up to 3 months. Stop treatment gradually. Resume if constipation recurs.

Faecal impaction

A course of treatment with CosmoCol Paediatric takes up to 7 days, as follows:

Daily dose regimen

Number of CosmoCol Paediatric sachets
Age	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7
5 - 11 years	4	6	8	10	12	12	12

Take the daily number of sachets as divided doses over a 12 hour period. Stop treatment once disimpaction has occurred. Passage of a large volume of stools indicates disimpaction. After disimpaction, it is recommended that the child follows an appropriate bowel management program (dosage for prevention of recurrence follows dosage for chronic constipation; see above).

CosmoCol Paediatric is not recommended for children below 5 years of age for the treatment of faecal impaction, or in children under 2 years of age for the treatment of chronic constipation. For patients of 12 years of age and above, it is recommended to use Cosmocol.

Patients with existing cardiovascular disease

There are no clinical data in this group of patients. Use of CosmoCol Paediatric for the treatment of faecal impaction is not recommended in children with impaired cardiovascular function.

Patients with renal impairment

There are no clinical data in this group of patients. Use of CosmoCol Paediatric for the treatment of faecal impaction is not recommended in children with renal insufficiency.

Administration

The contents of each sachet should be dissolved in 62.5 ml (quarter of a glass) of water. The correct number of sachets may be reconstituted in advance and kept covered and refrigerated for up to 24 hours. For example, for use in faecal impaction, 12 sachets can be made up into 750 ml of water.

4.3 Contraindications

Intestinal perforation or obstruction due to structural or functional disorder of the gut wall, ileus, severe inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and toxic megacolon.

Hypersensitivity to the active substances or to any of the excipients.

4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use

Confirm diagnosis of faecal impaction / faecal loading of the rectum by physical or radiological examination of the abdomen and rectum.

Rarely in adults taking macrogol there have been reports of symptoms indicating a shift of fluid and electrolyte balance, e.g. oedema, shortness of breath, increasing fatigue, dehydration and cardiac failure. If these symptoms occur, stop treatment with CosmoCol Paediatric immediately. Measure electrolytes and treat any abnormality with appropriate counter measures.

When using high doses of this medicine to treat faecal impaction, use caution in patients with impaired gag reflex, reflux oesophagitis or reduced levels of consciousness.

The lemon-lime flavour contains sorbitol. Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance should not take this medicine. CosmoCol Paediatric contains less than 25 mg of sorbital per sachet

4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction

Medicines in solid-dose form that are taken within one hour of administration of CosmoCol Paediatric may be flushed from the gastro-intestinal tract and not absorbed.

Absorption of other medicines could be transiently reduced due to an increased rate of gastro-intestinal transit induced by CosmoCol Paediatric. There have been isolated reports of decreased efficacy with some concomitantly administered medicines, e.g. anti-epileptics.

Macrogol raises the solubility of medicines that are soluble in alcohol and relatively insoluble in water.

4.6    Fertility, pregnancy and lactation

Pregnancy

There are limited amount of data from the use of CosmoCol Paediatric in pregnant women. Studies in animals have shown indirect reproductive toxicity (see Section 5.3). Clinically, no effects during pregnancy are anticipated, since systemic exposure to macrogol 3350 is negligible.

CosmoCol Paediatric can be used during pregnancy.

Breast-feeding

No effects on the breastfed newborn/infant are anticipated, since the systemic exposure of the breast-feeding woman to Macrogol 3350 is negligible.

CosmoCol Paediatric can be used during breastfeeding.

Fertility

There are no data on the effects of CosmoCol Paediatric on fertility in humans. There were no effects on fertility in studies in male and female rats (see section 5.3).

4.7    Effects on ability to drive and use machines

CosmoCol Paediatric has no influence on the ability to drive and the ability to operate machinery.

Undesirable effects

Reactions related to the gastrointestinal tract occur most commonly.

These reactions may occur as a consequence of expansion of the contents of the gastrointestinal tract, and an increase in motility due to the pharmacologic effects of Compound Macrogol Oral Powder Sugar Free. Mild diarrhoea usually responds to dose reduction.

The frequency of the adverse effects is not known as it cannot be estimated from the available data.

System Order Class	Adverse Event
Immune system disorders	Allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, angioedema, dyspnoea, rash, erythema, urticaria, and pruritus.
Metabolism and nutrition disorders	Electrolyte disturbances, particularly hyperkalaemia and hypokalaemia.
Nervous system disorders	Headache.
Gastrointestinal disorders	Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea, dyspepsia, abdominal distension, borborygmi, flatulence, anal discomfort.
General disorders and administration site conditions	Peripheral oedema.

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:

Ireland	United Kingdom
HPRA Pharmacovigilance Earlsfort Terrace IRL - Dublin 2 Tel: +353 1 6764971 Fax: +353 1 6762517 Website: www.hpra.ie e-mail: medsafety@hpra.ie	Yellow Card Scheme Website: www.mhra.aov.uk/yellowcard

4.9 Overdose

Severe abdominal pain or distension can be treated by nasogastric suction. Extensive fluid loss through diarrhoea or vomiting may require correction of electrolyte imbalance.

5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties

Pharmacotherapeutic group: osmotically acting laxatives ATC code: A06A D65

Macrogol 3350 acts by virtue of its osmotic action in the gut, which induces a laxative effect. Macrogol 3350 increases the stool volume, which triggers colon motility via neuromuscular pathways. The physiological consequence is an improved propulsive colonic transportation of the softened stools and a facilitation of the defaecation. Electrolytes combined with macrogol 3350 are exchanged across the intestinal barrier (mucosa) with serum electrolytes and excreted in faecal water without net gain or loss of sodium, potassium and water.

In an open study of macrogol in chronic constipation, weekly defaecation frequency was increased from 1.3 at baseline to 6.7, 7.2 and 7.1 at weeks 2, 4 and 12 respectively. In a study comparing macrogol and lactulose as maintenance therapy after disimpaction, weekly stool frequency at the last visit was 9.4 (SD 4.46) in the macrogol group compared with 5.9 (SD 4.29). In the lactulose group 7 children reimpacted (23%) compared with no children in the macrogol group.

For the indication of faecal impaction comparative studies have not been performed with other treatments (e.g. enemas). In a non-comparative study in 63 children, macrogol (paediatric) cleared the faecal impaction in the majority of patients within 3 - 7 days of treatment. For the 5 - 11 years age group the average total number of sachets of macrogol paediatric required was 47.2

5.2 Pharmacokinetic properties

Macrogol 3350 passes through the intestine unchanged. It is virtually unabsorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Any macrogol 3350 that is absorbed is excreted via the urine.

5.3 Preclinical safety data

Preclinical studies provide evidence that macrogol 3350 has no significant systemic toxicity potential, based on conventional studies of pharmacology, repeated dose toxicity and genotoxicity.

There were no direct embryotoxic or teratogenic effects in rats even at maternally toxic levels that are a multiple of 66 x the maximum recommended dose in humans for chronic constipation and 25 x for faecal impaction. Indirect embryofetal effects, including reduction in fetal and placental weights, reduced fetal viability, increased limb and paw hyperflexion and abortions, were noted in the rabbit at a maternally toxic dose that was 3.3 x the maximum recommended dose in humans for treatment of chronic constipation and 1.3 x for faecal impaction. Rabbits are a sensitive animal test species to the effects of GI-acting substances and the studies were conducted

under exaggerated conditions with high dose volumes administered, which are not clinically relevant. The findings may have been a consequence of an indirect effect of macrogol 3350 related to poor maternal condition as the result of an exaggerated pharmacodynamic response in the rabbit. There was no indication of a teratogenic effect.

There are long-term animal toxicity and carcinogenicity studies involving macrogol 3350. Results from these and other toxicity studies using high levels of orally administered high molecular weight macrogols provide evidence of safety at the recommended therapeutic dose.

6    PHARMACEUTICAL PARTICULARS

6.1    List of excipients

Colloidal Anhydrous Silica

Saccharin sodium

Orange flavour

Lemon Lime flavour

The lemon lime flavour contains:

Sorbitol (E420)

Alpha-tocopherol (E307)

6.2    Incompatibilities

Not applicable.

6.3    Shelf life

Unopened sachet: 3 years

Reconstituted solution: 24 hours.

6.4    Special precautions for storage

Sachet: Do not store above 25°C.

Reconstituted solution: Store in a refrigerator (2 °C - 8 °C) and covered.

6.5    Nature and contents of container

Sachet: four-layer laminate film consisting of ionomer coex, aluminum, polyethylene and paper.

Pack sizes: Packs of 30, 40, 50, 60 or 100 sachets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Special precautions for disposal

Discard any unused solution within 24 hours.

MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDER

Stirling Anglian Pharmaceuticals Limited

Hillington Park Innovation Centre

1 Ainslie Road

Hillington

Glasgow G52 4RU

United Kingdom

22/01/2016