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Fundamentally, its management rests on antibiotics, fluid therapy and vasopressor use while many adjunctive therapies have shown disappointing results. Thiamine has recently gained interest as a metabolic resuscitator, though recent trials have tempered this enthusiasm, more specifically when thiamine is associated with ascorbic acid. However, thiamine use alone has been poorly investigated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in septic shock patients to assess the effects of thiamine without ascorbic acid as an adjunctive therapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane library databases were searched from inception to April of 2023. Data were extracted independently by two authors. The main outcome was mortality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>We included RCTs comparing standard care using thiamine alone, to standard care or placebo, in patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis or septic shock.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We included 5 RCTs (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009293 patients). In this analysis, use of thiamine alone did not significantly change mortality, RR 0.87 (95%CI 0.65; 1.16, <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200921%) <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.34.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Current RCTs did not show an improvement in mortality when using thiamine in septic shock patients as an adjunctive therapy. However, these trials are largely underpowered for a definitive conclusion to be drawn. 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