| Exclusion Criteria: | 1) Symptomatic central nervous system tumor involvement.
2) Prior malignancy (other than GIST, in situ cervical cancer, or basal cell cancer of the skin), unless treated with curative intent and without evidence of disease for >/= 3 years.
3) Myocardial infarction, or unstable or uncontrolled disease or condition related to or impacting cardiac function (eg. unstable angina, congestive heart failure [New York Heart Association > class II]) within one year of study day 1.
4) Uncontrolled hypertension as defined by systolic BP > 145 mmHg or diastolic BP > 85 mmHg. Patients on antihypertensive medication must meet these parameters on a stable antihypertensive medication regimen.
5) History of arterial thrombosis or deep vein thrombosis (including pulmonary embolus) within 1 year of study day 1.
6) Recent major surgical procedure (within 28 days of study day 1).
7) Absolute neutrophil (ANC) < 1.5 x 10*9/L, platelet count < 100,000 x 10*9/L (without transfusion within 2 weeks of study day 1), hemoglobin < 9 g/dl.
8) Serum creatinine > 2.0 mg/dL, urine protein quantitative value of > 1+ on dipstick, >/= 30 mg/dl in urinalysis, or > 500 mg in 24 hour urine collection.
9) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 2.5 X upper limits of normal (ULN), or AST or ALT > 5 x ULN if secondary to liver metastases.
10) Alkaline phosphatase > 2.5 x ULN, or alkaline phosphatase > 5 x ULN in the presence of bone or liver metastases. Total bilirubin > 2 x ULN.
11) Previous exposure to AMG 706 or other tyrosine kinase inhibitors of c-kit (except imatinib mesylate) or VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) type (eg, SU5416, SU6668, SU11248, PTK787).
12) Coumarin-type anticoagulants (including warfarin) > 2 mg/day must not be administered within 7 days before study day 1.
13) Other investigational procedures are excluded.
14) Subject is currently enrolled in or has not yet completed at least 30 days since ending other investigational device or drug trial(s), or subject is receiving other investigational agent(s).
15) Subject of child-bearing potential is evidently pregnant (eg. positive HCG test) or is breast feeding.
16) Subject is not using adequate contraceptive precautions.
17) Subject has known sensitivity to any of the products to be administered during dosing.
18) Subject has any kind of disorder that compromises the ability of the subject to give written informed consent and/or to comply with study procedures.
19) Currently or previously treated with rifampin or phenobarbitol (within 14 days of study day 1) or ketoconazole, itraconazole, erythromycin, clarithromycin, nefazodone, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and any HIV protease inhibitor (within 7 days of study day 1).
20) There may be no concurrent therapy with St. John's Wort. |