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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017 Sep 14;77(5):902–910.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2017.06.044

Table 1.

Incidence of all-grade pigmentary changes with approved targeted agents in monotherapy.

Drug Primary molecular targets Incidence of all-grade pigmentary changes (95% CI)
Skin Hair
Cabozantinib39 VEGF-R1/-R2/-R3, Flt-3, MET, RET, KIT, AXL, TRKB, TEK, TIE-2 Not yet reported 33.6% (27.6%–40.2%)
Imatinib11 BCR-ABL, PDGFR-α/β, KIT 23.0% (14.8%–33.9%) Not yet reported
Ipilimumab12,3536 CTLA-4 3.6% (2.3%–5.8%) Not yet reported
Nivolumab3738 PD-1 8.8% (6.1%–12.7%) Not yet reported
Pazopanib1314,32,39,4344 VEGF-R1/-R2/-R3, PDGFR-α/β, KIT, RAF 15.6% (0.7%–83.4%) 31.7% (18.9%–48.0%)
Pembrolizumab40 PD-1 5.6% (3.0%–10.1%) Not yet reported
Sorafenib15,33 VEGF-R1/-R2/-R3, PDGFR-β, KIT, RET, RAF (CRAF & BRAF) 16.1% (8.6%–28.1%) 17.6% (8.1%–34.1%)
Sunitinib1631,34,41,4546 VEGF-R1/-R2/-R3, PDGFR, KIT, RET, CSF-1R, Flt-3 25.5% (17.0%–36.4%) 17.9% (10.5%–28.7%)