The study allowed continued safety follow-up of patients who were on single agent dovitinib or dovitinib in combination with fulvestrant treatment in a Novartis-sponsored study which had met its primary endpoint and were benefiting from the treatment as judged by the investigator.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patient was currently enrolled in Novartis sponsored study, which had met its endpoint and was receiving single agent oral dovitinib or dovitinib and fulvestrant coadministration
• patient was currently benefiting from treatment with single agent oral dovitinib or dovitinib and fulvestrant coadministration as determined by the guidelines of the parent protocol and according to the investigator's clinical judgment.
• patient had demonstated compliance
• patient had given written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient had been permanently discontinued from oral dovitinib study treatment, either alone or in combination with fulvestrant, in the parent study
• patient was pregnant or nursing at the time of entry
• women of child-bearing potential and male patients with sexual partners of child-bearing potential unwilling to use highly effective methods of contraception during dosing and for a specified duration after stopping study treatment

Novartis is committed to sharing with qualified external researchers, access to patient-level data and supporting clinical documents from eligible studies. These requests are reviewed and approved by an independent review panel on the basis of scientific merit. All data provided is anonymized to respect the privacy of patients who have participated in the trial in line with applicable laws and regulations.

This trial data availability is according to the criteria and process described on www.clinicalstudydatarequest.com