- At approximately 3 weeks following induction therapy, patients receive consolidation therapy consisting of cytarabine IV bolus on day 1 followed by continuous infusion cytarabine on days 1-5, with daunorubicin IV on days 1-3 and methotrexate intrathecally on days 2 and 4. Patients receive GM-CSF subcutaneously beginning on day 7 and continuing until blood counts recover.