Faculty

Michael D. Olson, M.D., M.S.

Clinical Studies

A PHASE IV RANDOMIZED, SINGLE-BLIND TRIAL OF LIPOSOMAL BUPIVACAINE (EXPAREL®) FOR PAIN CONTROL IN COSTAL CARTILAGE HARVEST (LBPC) Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the injection of a long active liposomal bupivacaine product, currently approved for injection into operative sites for post-surgical pain, is an acceptable treatment for costal cartilage harvest site pain when injected into the surgical site after costal cartilage harvest in comparison to the standard treatment of 1% lidocaine with 1:100:000 of epinephrine at the surgical site.

Adherence and Outcome of Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) for OSA International Registry Rochester, Minn., Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
The purpose of this study is to create a registry in order to collect Inspire therapy clinical evidence in the clinical practice setting, collect additional information on the effectiveness, use and safety in the commercial setting, and engage physician customers to report the collective outcome within a group of properly trained programs that utilize Inspire therapy on a regular basis.

In addition, a sub-study will be conducted under this Registry at a limited number of Registry centers and will include a cohort of Registry patients and a cohort of patients who have not received the Inspire therapy device due to denial of insurance coverage. The two sub-study cohorts' quality of life and AHI data will be compared.