Gamma-Secretase Inhibitor RO4929097 and Cediranib Maleate in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Inclusion Criteria: * Dose-escalation cohorts: Patients must have histologically and/or cytologically confirmed solid malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective; expansion cohort: patients must have histologically and/or cytologically confirmed breast cancer, malignant melanoma, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, kidney cancer, high grade glioma, non-small-cell lung cancer, or ovarian cancer * Patients must have measurable or non-measurable disease; measurable disease is defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as \> 20 mm with conventional techniques or as \> 10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan; measurable disease is not required to participate in this trial * No limitation on prior therapy; however, there must be at least a 4 week interval between initiation of study treatment and any prior radiotherapy or systemic therapy, 6 weeks if the last regimen included carmustine (BCNU) or mitomycin C; exceptions may be made however, for low dose, non-myelosuppressive radiotherapy for symptomatic palliation; please contact the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Phase I Consortium Central Office coordinator or the Principal Investigator if any questions arise about interpretation of this criterion * Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performanc…