A Phase 1b Study to Assess the Safety Profile, Pharmacokinetics, and Anti-VEGF Activity of PTC299 in Patients With Advanced Cancer

The study will be conducted in 3 stages. In Stage 1 of the study, successive groups of 3 to 6 participants will receive progressively higher PTC299 dose levels; in this stage, treatment will be given in repeated 6-week cycles consisting of 4 weeks of oral PTC299 twice per day followed by a 2-week, no-drug period. In Stage 2, additional groups of 3 to 6 participants will be enrolled at tolerable dose levels to receive treatment in repeated 6-week cycles consisting of oral PTC299 administered 2 or 3 times per day continuously (that is, without the 2-week no-drug period as in Stage 1). In Stage 3, additional groups of 3 to 6 participants will be enrolled at tolerable dose levels to receive treatment in repeated 3-week cycles consisting of oral PTC299 administered 2 or 3 times per day continuously in combination with docetaxel (75 milligrams/meter squared \[mg/m\^2\] intravenously \[IV\] every 3 weeks). All planned dose levels in all stages are expected to achieve circulating blood levels of PTC299 known to be active in animal models of human cancer. Treatment for each participant can continue as long as the therapy appears to be safely offering tumor control to that participant. Up to 76 evaluable participants will be accrued across the 3 stages.