Table 1.

Potentially actionable alterations in acral melanomas without BRAFV600E mutation

Pathway alterationsFrequencyTargeted therapiesStatus of inhibitors
MAPK pathway alterations
 NF1 or SPRED1 bi-allelic loss without RAS,  RAF, or KIT mutation15.8%MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 KIT mutation without bi-allelic  loss of NF1 or SPRED17.9%KIT inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 KIT mutation with bi-allelic loss of NF1 or SPRED15.9%KIT and/or MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 Non-V600E BRAF mutation5.0%BRAF and MEK inhibitorsIn clinical use, durable responses in a minority of patients
 Receptor tyrosine kinase fusion4.0%RTK inhibitors (ALK, NTRK inhibitors)Approved for other cancer indications
 BRAF fusion3.0%Type IIa BRAF inhibitors and/or MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 Protein kinase C fusion1.0%PKC inhibitorsInvestigational
Other alterations
 CDK4/6 or CCND1/CCND2  amplification, p16 loss67.3%CDK4/6 inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 PAK1 or YAP1 amplification29.7%VerteporfinApproved for other indications
 MDM2 amplification12.9%MDM2 inhibitorsInvestigational
 ATM loss of function6.9%PARP inhibitorsApproved for other indications
Pathway alterationsFrequencyTargeted therapiesStatus of inhibitors
MAPK pathway alterations
 NF1 or SPRED1 bi-allelic loss without RAS,  RAF, or KIT mutation15.8%MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 KIT mutation without bi-allelic  loss of NF1 or SPRED17.9%KIT inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 KIT mutation with bi-allelic loss of NF1 or SPRED15.9%KIT and/or MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 Non-V600E BRAF mutation5.0%BRAF and MEK inhibitorsIn clinical use, durable responses in a minority of patients
 Receptor tyrosine kinase fusion4.0%RTK inhibitors (ALK, NTRK inhibitors)Approved for other cancer indications
 BRAF fusion3.0%Type IIa BRAF inhibitors and/or MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 Protein kinase C fusion1.0%PKC inhibitorsInvestigational
Other alterations
 CDK4/6 or CCND1/CCND2  amplification, p16 loss67.3%CDK4/6 inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 PAK1 or YAP1 amplification29.7%VerteporfinApproved for other indications
 MDM2 amplification12.9%MDM2 inhibitorsInvestigational
 ATM loss of function6.9%PARP inhibitorsApproved for other indications
Table 1.

Potentially actionable alterations in acral melanomas without BRAFV600E mutation

Pathway alterationsFrequencyTargeted therapiesStatus of inhibitors
MAPK pathway alterations
 NF1 or SPRED1 bi-allelic loss without RAS,  RAF, or KIT mutation15.8%MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 KIT mutation without bi-allelic  loss of NF1 or SPRED17.9%KIT inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 KIT mutation with bi-allelic loss of NF1 or SPRED15.9%KIT and/or MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 Non-V600E BRAF mutation5.0%BRAF and MEK inhibitorsIn clinical use, durable responses in a minority of patients
 Receptor tyrosine kinase fusion4.0%RTK inhibitors (ALK, NTRK inhibitors)Approved for other cancer indications
 BRAF fusion3.0%Type IIa BRAF inhibitors and/or MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 Protein kinase C fusion1.0%PKC inhibitorsInvestigational
Other alterations
 CDK4/6 or CCND1/CCND2  amplification, p16 loss67.3%CDK4/6 inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 PAK1 or YAP1 amplification29.7%VerteporfinApproved for other indications
 MDM2 amplification12.9%MDM2 inhibitorsInvestigational
 ATM loss of function6.9%PARP inhibitorsApproved for other indications
Pathway alterationsFrequencyTargeted therapiesStatus of inhibitors
MAPK pathway alterations
 NF1 or SPRED1 bi-allelic loss without RAS,  RAF, or KIT mutation15.8%MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 KIT mutation without bi-allelic  loss of NF1 or SPRED17.9%KIT inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 KIT mutation with bi-allelic loss of NF1 or SPRED15.9%KIT and/or MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 Non-V600E BRAF mutation5.0%BRAF and MEK inhibitorsIn clinical use, durable responses in a minority of patients
 Receptor tyrosine kinase fusion4.0%RTK inhibitors (ALK, NTRK inhibitors)Approved for other cancer indications
 BRAF fusion3.0%Type IIa BRAF inhibitors and/or MEK inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 Protein kinase C fusion1.0%PKC inhibitorsInvestigational
Other alterations
 CDK4/6 or CCND1/CCND2  amplification, p16 loss67.3%CDK4/6 inhibitorsApproved for other cancer indications
 PAK1 or YAP1 amplification29.7%VerteporfinApproved for other indications
 MDM2 amplification12.9%MDM2 inhibitorsInvestigational
 ATM loss of function6.9%PARP inhibitorsApproved for other indications
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