Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomized, Double-blind Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Phase III Study in Patients With Advanced Carcinoid Tumor Receiving Octreotide Depot and Everolimus 10 mg/Day or Octreotide Depot and Placebo
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether everolimus 10 mg / day added to treatment with depot octreotide prolongs progression free survival compared to treatment with octreotide alone in patients with advanced carcinoid tumor.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient must have unresectable metastatic or locally advanced, low- or intermediate-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma

  * NOTE: pathology report must state one of the following: carcinoid, low-grade or well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma, atypical carcinoid, intermediate-grade or moderately differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma; patients with poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma, high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, adenocarcinoid, or goblet cell carcinoid are not eligible; patient must not have osseous metastasis as only site of disease; patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma or islet cell carcinoma are not eligible; if pathology report states only neuroendocrine carcinoma, pathology subtype must be reconfirmed
  * Occasionally, it is not possible to establish tumor grade on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology material; if a new biopsy is needed, a core needle biopsy should be obtained whenever possible
* Patient must have high risk disease as defined by at least one of the following:

  * Progressive disease
  * Refractory carcinoid syndrome while receiving octreotide (defined by \> 2 flushing episodes/day or \> 4 bowel movements/day)
  * Atypical histology and more than 6 lesions
  * Metastatic colorectal carcinoid; patients with metastatic cecal or appendiceal carcinoid tumor are not eligible unless the tumors fit into one of the other high-risk categories (a, b, or c above)
  * Metastatic gastric carcinoid
* Patient must have measurable disease; CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used for tumor measurement must have been completed within 28 days prior to registration; X-rays, scans or other tests for assessment of non-measurable disease must have been performed within 42 days prior to registration; all disease must be assessed and documented on the Baseline Tumor Assessment Form; these scans also must be submitted for central radiology review
* Institutions are required to submit CT/MRI scans and archived tissue for pathology review; furthermore, institutions are required to seek additional patient consent for submission of octreotide scans, and submission of blood and use of archived tissue for correlative studies
* If patient consents to the submission of octreotide scans, the patient must also be registered to Registration Step 2
* Patient may have had up to one prior regimen of cytotoxic chemotherapy; at least 28 days must have elapsed since completion of prior therapy, and patient must have recovered from all effects
* Patient may have had prior hepatic artery embolization; at least 28 days must have elapsed since embolization and there must be residual measurable disease; chemoembolization will be considered as one prior chemotherapy regimen
* Patient must not have received prior interferon, bevacizumab or any other therapy targeting VEGF or VEGF receptors
* Patient may have received prior therapy targeting stem cell factor receptor (c-kit), abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1 (abl), platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and somatostatin receptors (not counted toward prior cytotoxic chemotherapy)
* Prior radiation is allowed; there must be measurable disease; if prior therapies include peptide receptor radiotherapy, the target lesion(s) must have shown disease progression; at least 28 days must have elapsed since completion of prior therapy, and patient must have recovered from all effects
* Patients must have recovered from any prior surgery; one week must have elapsed from the time of a minor surgery and 4 weeks from major surgery
* At least 21 days must have elapsed since any prior octreotide LAR depot treatment
* Patient must have a Zubrod performance status of 0-2
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \> 1,500/mcl
* Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dl
* Platelets \> 100,000/mcl
* Serum bilirubin \< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (IULN)
* Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) or serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) =\< 2.5 x IULN
* Serum creatinine \< 1.5 mg/dL
* Urine protein must be screened by urine analysis for Urine Protein Creatinine (UPC) ratio; for UPC ratio \> 0.5, 24-hour urine protein must be obtained and the level must be \< 1,000 mg for patient enrollment; these results must be obtained within 28 days prior to registration

  * Note: UPC ratio of spot urine is an estimation of the 24-hour urine protein excretion - a UPC ratio of 1 is roughly equivalent to a 24-hour urine protein of 1 gm
* Patients not on anticoagulation must have prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) =\< 1.1 x lULN obtained within 28 days prior to registration; patients on full-dose anticoagulation (warfarin or low molecular weight heparin) are eligible provided that both of the following criteria are met:

  * The patient has an in-range international normalized ratio (INR) (usually between 2 and 3) on a stable dose of oral anticoagulant or on a stable dose of low molecular weight heparin
  * The patient has no active bleeding or pathological condition that carries a high risk of bleeding such as varices
* Patient must not have history or evidence of clinically significant peripheral vascular disease such as non-healing peripheral ulcers or claudication
* Patient must not have a history of primary brain tumor or metastatic cancer to the brain; brain imaging studies are not required for eligibility if the patient has no neurological signs or symptoms; if brain imaging studies are performed, they must be negative for disease
* Patient must not have a history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 28 days prior to registration
* Patient must not have history within the past 5 years or presence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy that results in spontaneous bleeding (in the absence of trauma) requiring packed red blood cells (pRBC) transfusion
* Patient must not have a serious (requiring active medical therapy with medication or medical device under the supervision of a physician) non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
* Patient must not have recent history (within 6 months prior to registration) of these arterial thromboembolic events: transient ischemic attack, cerebrovascular accident, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, or New York Heart Association grade II or higher congestive heart failure
* Patients with a history of hypertension must be well-controlled (blood pressure \< 150/90), on a stable regimen of antihypertensive therapy
* Patient must not have hemoglobinopathies (e.g., Thalassemia) or any other cause of hemolytic anemia
* Patient must not plan to use any other concurrent chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hepatic artery embolization, hepatic artery chemoembolization, radiofrequency ablation, other tumor ablative procedure or radiotherapy while on protocol treatment
* Patient must not be pregnant or nursing because bevacizumab may be harmful to the developing fetus and newborn; male and female patients of reproductive potential must agree to employ an effective barrier method of birth control throughout protocol treatment and for up to 6 months following discontinuation of bevacizumab
* No other prior malignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, or other adequately treated in situ cancer, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease free for five years
* All patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines
* At the time of patient registration, the treating institution's name and identification (ID) number must be provided to the Data Operations Center in Seattle in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional re view board approval for this study has been entered into the data base
* REGISTRATION STEP 2 - SPECT SUBSTUDY
* Patient must have registered to the main study
* Patient must have consented to the submission of octreotide scans
* An octreotide scan obtained within 28 days prior to Registration Step 1 must be available for submission
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Metastatic (synchronous or metachronous) or locally advanced, non-resectable, well-differentiated duodeno-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour, of grade 1 or 2 (WHO 2010 classification; Ki-67 ≤ 20%)
* Progressive before first-line treatment
* Histologically confirmed (either on primary tumour or metastases)
* Pathological diagnosis validated by the NET consulting pathologist
* Documented stable disease or objective response after first-line treatment, within 4 weeks (28 days) prior to randomisation
* The first-line treatment will consist of either a chemotherapy or biotherapy (everolimus or sunitinib) as referred to TNCD or ENETS guidelines. Treatment must have been administered for 3 to 6 months for chemotherapy and for 6 months for biotherapy
* Non-functional tumour or gastrinoma controlled by PPIs
* Age \> or = 18 years
* WHO 0, 1 or 2
* Effective contraception for male or female patients of childbearing age, defined as: oral contraceptives, intra-uterine devices, barrier contraceptive methods along with a spermicide gel, or surgical sterilisation. Female patients should use this contraception throughout the treatment period and for 6 months after the last treatment administration. Male patients should use contraception throughout the treatment period and for 3 months after the last treatment administration.
* Signed informed consent prior to initiation of any study-specific procedures or treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of haematological malignancy or other cancer, except those treated for more than 5 years and considered as cured, carcinoma in situ of the cervix and treated skin cancer (excluding melanoma)
* Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma or NET grade 3 ENETS (Ki-67 \> 20%)
* If primary resected, bone metastasis exclusively
* Pre-treatment by somatostatin long-acting analogue
* Total bilirubin ≥ 60 µmol/L
* Uncontrolled diabetes
* Contraindication to product used in the study or its components
* Tumour arising in the context of a genetic disease
* Pregnancy or lactation
* Patients unable to undergo medical follow-up due to geographical, social, psychological or legal reasons
* Concomitant participation in another clinical trial investigating a treatment during the treatment phase and within 30 days prior to the start of the study treatment.
C: Inclusion criteria:

* Advanced (unresectable or metastatic) carcinoid tumor
* Confirmed low-grade or intermediate-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma
* Documented progression of disease within 12 months prior to randomization.
* Measurable disease determined by triphasic computer tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Exclusion criteria:

* Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma, high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, adenocarcinoid, goblet cell carcinoma, or small cell carcinoma.
* Hepatic artery embolization within the last 6 months or cryoablation of hepatic metastasis within 2 months of enrollment.
* Previous treatment with mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors (sirolimus, temsirolimus, everolimus)
* Intolerance or hypersensitivity to octreotide, everolimus, or other rapamycins.
* Severe or uncontrolled medical conditions
* Chronic treatment with corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agent.
* Other primary cancer within 3 years.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria applied
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults who had neuroendocrine tumors and had metastasized, that were with histologically confirmed, inoperable and had showed disease progression according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors \[RECIST\]. Tumors were with well-differentiated histologic features and a Ki67 index of 0 to 20%. Target tumors were selected from CT, MRI, and 68Ga-DOTA-TATE PET/CT, with confirmed somatostatin receptorexpressing and at least one lesion has higher uptake than that of normal liver parenchyma on 68Ga-DOTA-TATE PET imaging within 1 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria:

* The exclusion criteria were a serum creatinine level of more than 150 μmol per liter, baseline measured GFR of less than 50 mL/min/1.73 m2, determined by 99mTc-DTPA renal function examination, a hemoglobin level of less than 8.0 g/dl, a white-cell count of less than 2.0× 109/L, a platelet count of less than 75 × 109/L, a total bilirubin level of more than 3 times the upper limit of the normal range and a serum albumin level of more than 3.0 g per deciliter, cardiac insufficiency including carcinoid heart valve disease, a severe allergy or hypersensitivity to radiographic contrast material, claustrophobia, and pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Answer: C