Get your patient on Clindamycin Phosphate - Clindamycin Phosphate gel (Clindamycin Phosphate)

Clindamycin phosphate gel, 1% is indicated for topical application in the treatment of acne vulgaris. In view of the potential for diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, and pseudomembranous colitis, the physician should consider whether other agents are more appropriate. (See CONTRAINDICATIONS , WARNINGS , and ADVERSE REACTIONS .)

Apply a thin film of clindamycin phosphate gel USP, 1% once daily to the skin where acne lesions appear. Use enough to cover the entire affected area lightly.

Keep container tightly closed.

Clindamycin phosphate gel, 1% is contraindicated in individuals with a history of hypersensitivity to preparations containing clindamycin or lincomycin, a history of regional enteritis or ulcerative colitis, or a history of antibiotic-associated colitis.

In the one well-controlled clinical study comparing clindamycin phosphate and its vehicle, the incidence of skin and appendages adverse events occurring in ≥1% of the patients in either group is presented below:

Orally and parenterally administered clindamycin has been associated with severe colitis, which may end fatally.

Cases of diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, and colitis (including pseudomembranous colitis) have been reported as adverse reactions in patients treated with oral and parenteral formulations of clindamycin and rarely with topical clindamycin (see WARNINGS ). Abdominal pain and gastrointestinal disturbances, as well as gram-negative folliculitis, have also been reported in association with the use of topical formulations of clindamycin.

To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Solaris Pharma Corporation at 1-833-919-0527 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.

Clindamycin phosphate gel USP, 1%, a topical antibiotic, contains clindamycin phosphate, at a concentration equivalent to 10 mg clindamycin per gram in a gel vehicle consisting of carbomer 981, methylparaben, polyethylene glycol 400, propylene glycol, purified water, and sodium hydroxide. Chemically, clindamycin phosphate is a water-soluble ester of the semi-synthetic antibiotic produced by a 7 (S)-chlorosubstitution of the 7 (R)-hydroxyl group of the parent antibiotic, lincomycin, and has the structural formula represented below:

The chemical name for clindamycin phosphate is methyl 7-chloro-6,7,8-trideoxy-6-(1-methyl- trans -4-propyl-L-2-pyrrolidinecarboxamido)-1-thio-L- threo -a-D- galacto -octopyranoside 2-(dihydrogen phosphate).

Pharmacokinetics: In an open-label, parallel group study of 24 patients with acne vulgaris, once-daily topical administration of approximately 3 to 12 grams/day of clindamycin phosphate for 5 days resulted in peak plasma clindamycin concentrations that were less than 5.5 ng/mL.

Following multiple applications of clindamycin phosphate less than 0.04% of the total dose was excreted in the urine.

Microbiology: Although clindamycin phosphate is inactive in vitro , rapid in vitro hydrolysis converts this compound to clindamycin, which has antibacterial activity. Clindamycin inhibits bacteria protein synthesis at the ribosomal level by binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit and affecting the process of peptide chain initiation. In vitro studies indicated that clindamycin inhibited all tested Propionibacterium acnes cultures at a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.4 mcg/mL. Cross-resistance has been demonstrated between clindamycin and erythromycin.

In one 12-week multicenter, randomized, evaluator-blind, vehicle-controlled, parallel comparison clinical trial in which patients used clindamycin phosphate gel, 1% once daily or the vehicle gel once daily, in the treatment of acne vulgaris of mild to moderate severity, clindamycin phosphate applied once daily was more effective than the vehicle applied once daily. The mean percent reductions in lesion counts at the end of treatment in this study are shown in the following table:

There was a trend in the investigator's global assessment of the results, which favored clindamycin phosphate QD over the vehicle QD.

In a contact sensitization study, four of the 200 subjects appeared to develop suggestive evidence of allergic contact sensitization to clindamycin phosphate. There was no signal for contact sensitization in the clinical trials under normal use conditions.

Clindamycin phosphate gel USP, 1% containing clindamycin phosphate equivalent to 10 mg clindamycin per gram, is available in the following size:

75 mL bottle - NDC 73473-302-75

Store at controlled room temperature 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F); excursions permitted between 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F). Do not store in direct sunlight.

Manufactured for:
Solaris Pharma Corporation
Bridgewater, NJ 08807,USA

Revised 08/2021