Dovitinib in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Glioblastoma

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed glioblastoma, recurrent after standard external-beam fractionated radiotherapy and temozolomide chemotherapy
• Patients who have received any anti-angiogenic therapy (anti-VEGF, including avastin, cediranib, or other anti-angiogenic therapies like cilengitide)
• Karnofsky performance status >= 60%
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 10^9/L
• Platelets >= 100 x 10^9/L
• Hemoglobin (Hgb) > 9 g/dL
• Serum total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 3.0 x ULN
• Serum creatinine =< 1.5 x ULN
• Minimum interval since completion of radiation treatment is 12 weeks
• Minimum interval since last drug therapy 2 weeks since last non-cytotoxic therapy 3 weeks must have elapsed since the completion of a non-nitrosourea containing chemotherapy regimen 6 weeks since the completion of a nitrosourea containing chemotherapy regimen
• Patients must be able to provide written informed consent
• Patients with the potential for pregnancy or impregnating their partner must agree to follow acceptable birth control methods to avoid conception; the anti-proliferative activity of this experimental drug may be harmful to the developing fetus or nursing infant; female patients of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test
• Patients must have no concurrent malignancy except curatively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix and breast, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is in complete remission; patients with other prior malignancies must be disease-free for >= three years
• Patients must be maintained on a stable corticosteroid regimen from the time of their baseline scan until the start of treatment and/or for at least 5 days before starting treatment
• Patients must have a Mini Mental State Exam score >= 15

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have undergone major surgery (e.g. intra-thoracic, intra-abdominal or intra-pelvic), open biopsy or significant traumatic injury =< 4 weeks prior to starting study drug, or patients who have had minor procedures, percutaneous biopsies or placement of vascular access device =< 1 week prior to starting study drug, or who have not recovered from side effects of such procedure or injury
• Patients with a history of pulmonary embolism (PE), or untreated deep venous thrombosis (DVT) within the past 6 months

• Patients with any of the following concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions which could compromise participation in the study:

  • Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac diseases, including any of the following:

    • History or presence of serious uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias
    • Clinically significant resting bradycardia
    • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) assessed by 2-dimensional (2-D) echocardiogram (ECHO) < 50% or lower limit of normal (whichever is higher) or multi gated acquisition scan (MUGA) < 45% or lower limit of normal (whichever is higher)
    • Any of the following within 6 months prior to starting study drug: myocardial infarction (MI), severe/unstable angina, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), and transient ischemic attack (TIA)
    • Uncontrolled hypertension defined by a systolic blood pressure (SBP) >= 160 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) >= 100 mm Hg, with or without anti-hypertensive medication(s)
  • Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of dovitinib (e.g. ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection)
  • Cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis or chronic persistent hepatitis
  • Known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (HIV testing is not mandatory)
  • Other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled concomitant medical conditions (e.g. active or uncontrolled infection, uncontrolled diabetes) that could cause unacceptable safety risks or compromise compliance with the protocol
  • Women of child-bearing potential, who are biologically able to conceive, not employing two forms of highly effective contraception; highly effective contraception (e.g. male condom with spermicide, diaphragm with spermicide, intra-uterine device) must be used by both sexes during the study and must be continued for 8 weeks after the end of study treatment; oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives may be affected by cytochrome P450 interactions, and are therefore not considered effective for this study; women of child-bearing potential, defined as sexually mature women who have not undergone a hysterectomy or who have not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months (e.g., who has had menses any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months), must have a negative serum pregnancy test =< 14 days prior to starting study treatment
  • Fertile males not willing to use contraception, as stated above
  • Patients who are currently receiving full dose anticoagulation treatment with therapeutic doses of warfarin or anti-platelet therapy (e.g., Plavix [clopidogrel bisulfate]); treatment with locally accepted low molecular weight heparin and low dose of acetylsalicylic acid (i.e., 81mg or 100 mg daily) to prevent cardiovascular events or strokes is allowed
  • Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol