A H1792 and H2009 percent cell viability after Trametinib (Tram) and Midostaurin (Mido) treatment for 72 h. B Effect of Tram and Mido combination on cell viability of wild-type (wt: H1437, H2126, H1568, H1993 and H1650) and mutant (mut: H1792, H2009, A549, HCC44, H23, H358 and CP435) KRAS LUAD cells (72-h treatment). Tram: 0.5 μM; Mido: 0.625 μM (data: mean +/− SD; test: one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s adjustment). C Effect of Tram and Mido combination on cell viability of mut KRAS cells (H1792, H2009 and A549) in 3D (72-h treatment; n: 3 independent experiments). Tram: 0.01–0.05 μM; Mido: 0.05 μM (data: mean +/− SD; test: one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s adjustment). D Representative images of H1792, H2009 and A549 3D (72-h treatment). Scale bar: 200 μm. E Effect of Tram and Mido on mut KRAS patient-derived xenograft organoids (PDXOs: TP60, TP69, TP80, TP181 and TP126; 72-h drug treatment). Tram: 0.05 μM; Mido: 0.3 μM (data: mean +/− SD; test: one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s adjustment). F, G Cleaved PARP expression in mut (H1792, H2009 and A549; F) and wt KRAS (H1568, H1993 and H1437; G) cell lines after drug exposure (24-h treatment; loading control: β-TUBULIN). H Western blot of indicated proteins in H1792 and H2009 (48-h treatment; loading control: ACTIN). I Long-term assays of H1792, H2009, and A549 cells (10-day treatment; n: 3 independent experiments; data: mean +/− SD; test: one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s adjustment). Crystal violet-stained images of control, Tram- (5 nM), Mido- (100 nM) and combo-treated cells. J Percent cell viability of Tram-resistant (TR) H1792, H2009 and A549 cells (72-h treatment). K Relative depletion of shRNAs against Midostaurin targets in Trametinib-treated versus doxycycline-treated H23 cells (n: 6 shRNAs/gene). Blue: hit selected by Manchado et al.7. Red: hits sensitizing to Trametinib with >30% relative depletion. Orange: hits sensitizing between 20% and 30%. Brown: hits sensitizing between 10% and 20%. L Effects of Tram (10–50 nM) and Barasertib (Bara; 25–1000 nM) combination on cell viability of mut KRAS (H1792, H2009, A549, HCC44, H23, H358) cells (72-h treatment; data: mean +/− SD; test: Kruskal–Wallis, Dunn’s adjustment).