Conditions: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Colorectal Cancer
Keywords: Dovitinib Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Biomarkers Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 10
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to find out if dovitinib is an effective treatment for patients with advanced lung cancer or advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) who have progressed on anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatment.

Detailed description:
The purposes of this study are 1) to evaluate the clinical efficacy of dovitinib and 2) to prospectively estimate the prevalence of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling alterations in patients with advanced non-squamous non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or advanced CRC who have progressed on anti-VEGF treatment. Additionally, the investigators will make exploratory initial observations of the relationship between FGF signaling alterations and the clinical activity of dovitinib. This trial is expected to provide key biologic information that will inform the clinical development of dovitinib and provide initial evaluation of the analytic characteristics of these potential predictive biomarkers of its efficacy.

Arms:
arm 1: 500 mg of dovitinib (5 capsules) once a day for 5 continuous days and stop for 2 days. Continue to take dovitinib capsules in this manner until until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.

Interventions: intervention 1: Dovitinib
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None

Protocol document: