We decided to assess their anti-inflammatory efficacy by topical administration in the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced irritant contact dermatitis model in BALB/c mice.Accordingly, we tested compound FIB-116 in a cream formulation at 3%.In addition, dexamethasone at 0.05% in an acetone/olive oil 4:1 mixture (vehicle) was also included in the study, as pos. control.We conducted a randomized controlled trial using 35 male Balb/c mice that were randomized into five different groups.Groups 1 and 2 were used to assess the efficacy of FIB-116 cream vs. placebo on the TPA model, resp.; groups 3 and 4 were used to assess the efficacy of dexamethasone solution vs. vehicle (control) on the TPA model, resp.; group 5 (blank) only received vehicle.Present results demonstrate a significant moderate anti-inflammatory efficacy of topically administered 3% FIB-116 cream formulation on the TPA-induced irritant contact dermatitis model compared with the pos. control dexamethasone, providing encouraging results to undertake further studies with more sophisticated animal models in the dermatol. field.