Temsirolimus and Vinorelbine Ditartrate in Treating Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Solid Tumors

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion * Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic or unresectable solid tumors for which standard curative measures do not exist or are no longer effective; histology will be limited to those tumors for which temsirolimus or vinorelbine have reported clinical activity: lung, breast, ovary, cervix, prostate, uterus, renal, bladder and neuroendocrine tumors * SWOG performance status of 0-2 * Projected life expectancy of at least 3 months * Provision of informed consent prior to any study-related procedures * Negative pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential * Female patients must not be pregnant due to the potential mutagenicity and teratogenicity of this treatment; a pregnancy test must be administered 7 days prior to administration of therapy to women of childbearing potential; patients must agree to use some form of contraception while on this study at initiation and for the duration of participation in the study; sexually active males must also use a reliable and appropriate method of contraception; post-menopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months to be considered of nonchildbearing potential * Patients must have recovered from acute toxicities from previous surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy * ANC \>= 1500/mm\^3 * Platelet count \>= 100,000 cells/mm\^3 * Hemoglobin \>= 9.0g/dL * Serum creatinine =\< 1.5 mg/dl * Hepatic function: Patients must have adequate liver functions: AST or ALT =\< 2.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN), alkaline phosphatase =\< 2.5 X upper limit of normal; in patients with bone metastasis and no evidence of liver metastasis and bilirubin =\< upper limit of normal an alkaline phosphatase =\< 5 ULN will be allowed * Serum Bilirubin =\< 1.0 mg/dL * Peripheral neuropathy grade 0-1 * No other concomitant therapy directed at the cancer is allowed Exclusion * Prior therapy with vinorelbine or an mTor inhibitor * Receipt of any investigational agents within 30 days prior to commencing study treatment * Last dose of prior chemotherapy discontinued less than 4 weeks before the start of study therapy * Last radiation therapy within the last 4 weeks before the start of study therapy, except palliative radiotherapy * Any unresolved toxicity greater than CTC grade 1 from previous anticancer therapy, excluding alopecia * CTC Grade 1 or greater neuropathy (motor or sensory) at study entry * Hematologic function with absolute neutrophils =\< 1500/mm\^3 and/or platelets \< 100,000/mm\^3 * Hepatic function with serum bilirubin greater than the upper institutional limits of normal, ALT and AST \> 2.5 times the upper institutional limits of normal * Concurrent use of strong inhibitors of CYP3A4: ketoconazole, itraconazole, ritonavir, amprenavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, delavirdine and voriconazole * CYP3A4 inducers should be avoided or used with caution; the use of these agents is discouraged: rifabutin, rifampicin, rifapentine, carbamazepine, Phenobarbital, phenytoin and St. John's wart * Ongoing long term use of steroids for chronic conditions