Patient description: The patient is a 41-year-old obese woman coming to the emergency room with abdominal pain and vomiting. The pain that started gradually yesterday is located in the epigastric and periumbilical regions, radiating to her back. She drinks alcohol frequently and does not smoke. She has no history of allergies and uses only multivitamins daily. Her family history is positive for hypertension (her mother). She lives with her husband and has 3 children. The abdomen is tender and soft. Her bowel sounds are normal. Her heart rate is 115/min and blood pressure 110/75 mmHg. The lab studies are remarkable for leukocytosis (19.5), urea of 8.5, high CRP (145), high amylase (1200) and Glucose level of 15. Her abdominal CT scan revealed acute edematous interstitial pancreatitis with enlarged common bile duct and intrahepatic duct confirming gall stone pancreatitis. Her pregnancy test is negative and she is not breastfeeding.

Clinical trial eligibility criteria: eligible ages (years): 18.0-999.0,  Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm Fibrolamellar Carcinoma Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm Ovarian Carcinoma Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Recurrent Malignant Solid Neoplasm Refractory Malignant Solid Neoplasm Unresectable Solid Neoplasm Patients with advanced or metastatic cancer that is refractory to standard therapy or relapsed after standard therapy; patients must have histologically confirmed malignancy that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective Patients enrolled in the expansion cohort must have biopsiable disease; there will be preferential enrollment of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors or ovarian cancer during the dose expansion cohort Patients must be >= 4 weeks beyond treatment of any chemotherapy, other investigational therapy, hormonal, biological, targeted agents or radiotherapy, and must have recovered to =< grade 1 toxicity or previous baseline for each toxicity; exception: patients may have received palliative low dose radiotherapy to the limbs 1-4 weeks before this therapy provided pelvis, sternum, scapulae, vertebrae, or skull were not included in the radiotherapy field Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 Life expectancy of greater than 3 months Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL Platelets >= 100,000/mcL Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal  Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered to =< grade 1 adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to MLN0128 (TAK-228) or ziv-aflibercept Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including active infection Pregnant women are excluded from this study because MLN0128 (TAK-228) and ziv-aflibercept are agents with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects; because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with MLN0128 (TAK-228) and ziv-aflibercept, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with MLN0128 (TAK-228) and ziv-aflibercept; these potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study Patients with known human immunodeficiency virus infection are not to be enrolled in the study History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess within 28 days or manifestations of malabsorption due to prior gastrointestinal (GI) surgery or GI disease that may alter the absorption of MLN0128 (TAK-228) New York Heart Association class III or greater congestive heart failure within last 6 months or uncontrolled hyperlipidemia (cholesterol > 300 mg/dl; triglyceride 2.5 X upper limit of normal [ULN] despite lipid lowering agent) within last 3 months Uncontrolled diabetes (fasting serum glucose > 130 mg/dl) despite best medical management or poorly controlled diabetes mellitus defined as hemoglobin (Hb)A1c > 7%; subjects with a history of transient glucose intolerance due to corticosteroid administration are allowed in this study if all other inclusion/