S0904: Docetaxel With or Without Vandetanib in Treating Patients With Persistent or Recurrent Ovarian Epithelial Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma

  * Recurrent, refractory, or progressive/persistent disease
* Measurable or non-measurable disease documented by CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis
* Must have received 1 prior platinum-based chemotherapy regimen for management of primary disease containing carboplatin, cisplatin, or other organoplatinum compound

  * Initial treatment may have included any of the following:

    * High-dose therapy
    * Consolidation therapy
    * Non-cytotoxic agent therapy
    * Extended therapy administered after surgical or non-surgical assessment
  * Additional cytotoxic regimen for recurrent, refractory, or progressive/persistent disease, including re-treatment with primary treatment regimen
* No more than 3 prior regimens for recurrent, refractory, persistent, or progressive disease.

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Zubrod performance status 0-2
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/mcl
* Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mcl
* Serum creatinine normal OR calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min
* Urine protein:creatinine ratio \< 1
* Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* aspartate aminotransferase - alanine aminotransferase (AST or ALT) ≤ 2.5 times ULN (≤ 5 times ULN if liver metastases are present)
* Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN (≤ 5 times ULN if liver metastases are present)
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for ≥ 6 months after completion of vandetanib therapy
* No neuropathy ≥ grade 2 CTCAE v4.0
* No active infection requiring systemic or intravenous antibiotics
* No significant traumatic injury within the past 28 days
* No significant cardiovascular disease, including any of the following:

  * Uncontrolled hypertension (i.e., systolic blood pressure \[BP\] \> 140 mm Hg or diastolic BP \> 90 mm Hg) within the past 28 days
  * Myocardial infarction superior vena cava syndrome, or New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-IV heart disease within the past 3 months
  * Presence of left bundle branch block
  * Congenital long QT syndrome or first degree relative with unexplained sudden death \< 40 years of age
  * QT interval with Bazett's correction that is unmeasurable or ≥ 480 msec by screening ECG
  * History of symptomatic arrhythmia (i.e., multifocal premature ventricular contractions, bigeminy, trigeminy, ventricular tachycardia, or uncontrolled atrial fibrillation) requiring treatment (≥ CTCAE grade 3) or asymptomatic sustained ventricular tachycardia

    * Atrial fibrillation controlled on medication allowed

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
* Recovered from all prior therapy (except alopecia) to NCI CTCAE v3.0 grade ≤ 1
* No prior vandetanib

  * Treatment with other anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) targeted therapy allowed
* No prior docetaxel or any non-cytotoxic therapy (excluding hormonal therapy) for recurrent disease, regardless of whether it was part of primary treatment

  * Prior docetaxel as part of front-line cytotoxic regimen (including maintenance therapy) allowed as long as no disease progression on or within 6 months after receiving docetaxel
* At least 7 days since prior hormonal therapy for the malignant tumor

  * Concurrent hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms allowed
* At least 28 days since other prior therapy for the malignant tumor, including immunologic agents
* More than 7 days since prior minor surgical procedures, fine needle aspirates, or core biopsies
* More than 14 days since prior and no concurrent potent inducers of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) function
* More than 14 days since prior and no concurrent medications having a risk of causing Torsades de Pointes or risk of QTc prolongation

  * Patients receiving a drug that has a risk of QTc prolongation must not have QTc ≥ 460 msec
* More than 28 days since prior investigational agents for any purpose
* More than 28 days since prior and no concurrent major surgical procedure or open biopsy
* More than 5 years since prior chemotherapy for abdominal or pelvic tumor, except treatment of ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer

  * Prior adjuvant chemotherapy for localized breast cancer allowed, provided it was completed more than 3 years prior to study, and the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
* More than 5 years since prior radiotherapy to any portion of the abdominal cavity or pelvis, except for the treatment of ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer

  * Prior radiotherapy for localized cancer of the breast, head and neck, or skin allowed, provided it was completed more than 3 years prior to study, and the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
  * No prior radiation to more than 25% of marrow-bearing areas

    * More than 28 days since prior radiotherapy
* No other concurrent investigational or commercial agents