An expert panel has proposed 28 recommendations for the design and conduct of clinical trials for alcohol use disorders and alcohol-associated liver disease. This field has a scarcity of clinical trials, despite alcohol abuse and alcohol-related liver disease being one of the greatest causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide.

Alcohol-associated liver disease is the main cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality globally. This Consensus Statement makes recommendations for the design, best practice and conduct of clinical trials to evaluate the effects of alcohol use in alcohol-associated liver disease and alcohol use disorder.

This Perspective discusses the nomenclature change from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and proposes steps necessary to improve care and end the public health threat posed by MASLD and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

Ethanol is produced in the gut by several different species of fermentative bacteria. This Review discusses the sources and consequences of endogenously produced ethanol, explores its relationship with liver diseases such as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and covers approaches to target excessive ethanol production in the gut.