Twenty patients with sexual inadequacies secondary to different degrees of chronic renal failure were investigated. The patients were divided into two groups: group A—ten patients treated with a conservative diet therapy; group B—ten patients on hemodialysis. All the patients under investigation were administered 2000 IU of hCG every other day for 120 days after a 30‐day period without treatment. Andrologic, biometric, hematologic, and sexual data were evaluated before and after hormone treatment. Sexual parameters were collected through self‐evaluation by the patients and their partners. Our results agree with Van Kammen et al (1975) and show an improvement of the andrologic and biometric data in patients from group A. Furthermore, eight patients form group A and three patients from group B reported a remarkable improvement in their sexual responses.

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