LifePearl™

Drug Elutable Microspheres

Terumo Interventional Oncology Division presents LifePearl, a precise answer to a challenge in interventional oncology. LifePearl are PEG (polyethylene glycol) embolization microspheres that can be loaded with chemotherapeutic agents (such as Doxorubicin, Irinotecan, Idarubicin and Epirubicin).

LifePearl offers:

• Wide range of drug loading options1
• Enhanced suspension characteristics2, 4, 5
• Tight calibration3, 4, 5
• Syringe presentation

Veloso et al reported results from one of the largest multicentric cohorts of unresecable HCC patients (n=580) treated with LifePearl™ microspheres to date6:

• Over 4 years Median OS (50.8 months [95% CI 44.7–NE])
• 60.1% complete response rate exceeding what is reported in previous studies 7,8,9

Characteristics

​LifePearlTM microspheres are designed to actively absorb drugs into their matrix2

• 37.5 mg of Doxorubicin per 1 ml of LifePearl® microspheres
• 5mg of Idarubicin per 1ml of LifePearl® microspheres
• 25mg of Epirubicin per 1ml of LifePearl® microspheres
• 50.0 mg of Irinotecan per 1 ml of LifePearl® microspheres