A Trial of Oral BEZ235 and BKM120 in Combination With Paclitaxel With or Without Trastuzumab

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients with metastatic or locally advanced solid tumors, for whom weekly paclitaxel treatment is indicated (BEZ235-paclitaxel /BKM120-paclitaxel treatment) * HER2+ metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer patients eligible for weekly paclitaxel and trastuzumab (BEZ235-paclitaxel-trastuzumab /BKM120-paclitaxel-trastuzumab treatment) * Adult patients (≥ 18 years) (males, females) * World Health Organization (WHO) performance status ≤ 2 * Adequate bone marrow function: * Adequate hepatic and renal function: Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor or CNS tumor involvement. However, patients with a metastatic CNS lesion may participate in this trial, if the patient is \> 4 weeks from therapy (including radiation and/or surgery) completion, clinically stable with respect to the tumor at the time of study entry, and not receiving enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs or corticosteroid therapy or taper, as treatment of the brain metastases * Patients who have received prior systemic anticancer therapy within the following time frames * Cyclical chemotherapy: ≤ 3 weeks before study treatment (6 weeks for patients treated with nitrosoureas) * Biological therapy: ≤ 4 weeks before study treatment, except treatment with trastuzumab (both parts of the trial) * Investigational drug: ≤ 4 weeks before study treatment * Patients who have undergone major surgery ≤ 4 weeks before study treatment * Patients receiving chronic treatment with corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agents * Patients with uncontrolled, unmanageable, treatment-refractory diabetes mellitus * Active or history of major depressive episode, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, history of suicide attempt or ideation, or homicide, as judged by the investigator and/or based on recent psychiatric assessment Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply