Study in Plerixafor and Granulocyte-colony Stimulating Factor Patients With Relapse Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in first relapse with first response duration \> 9 months.
* Age between 18 and 65 years.
* Treatment with hydroxyurea or purinethol is allowed if discontinued at least 24 hours before the start of study treatment.
* White blood count less than 30 x 109/L
* Left ventricular ejection fraction more than 50% on echocardiography or multigated acquisition scan or similar radionuclide angiographic scan.
* Total bilirubin less than 1.5 x upper limit of normal= ULN or AST and ALT less than 2.5 x ULN or gammaGT less than 2.5 x ULN.
* Serum creatinine less than 1.5 x ULN and/or creatinine clearance more than 50 ml/mn.
* ECOG performance status less than 2
* Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule.
* Absence of pregnancy or lactation
* Affiliated to French social security system or similar
* Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* AML evolving from MPD and/or secondary AML
* Patients treated with more than 270 mg/m2 of daunorubicin during first line therapy.
* Have any of the following within the last 9 months :
* Unstable supraventricular arrhythmia or patient with a pace-maker
* Any ventricular arrhythmia
* Congestive heart failure
* Myocardial infarction, ischemia, stable coronary disease or angina pectoris
* Syncope with a known cardiovascular etiology
* Known hypersensitivity or contra-indication to drugs used in the protocol = G-CSF, daunorubicin, cytarabine or to excipients.
* Previous treatment with plerixafor.
* Previous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation = Allologous or autologous.
* White blood count more than 30 x 109/L despite treatment with hydroxyurea or purinethol.
* Treatment with chemotherapy or G-CSF within 3 months of screening.
* Uncontrolled active infection.
* Uncontrolled arrythmia
* Grade more than 3 renal dysfunction with serum creatinine more than 1.5 x ULN and/or creatinine clearance less than 50 ml/mn.
* Significant neurologic grade more than 2 or psychiatric disorder, dementia or seizures.
* Clinical symptoms suggesting active central nervous system leukemia.
* Pre-existing disorder predisposing the patient to serious or life-threatening infections = cystic fibrosis, congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, bleeding disorder or cytopenia
* Thrombocytopenia refractory to platelet transfusion
* Anticoagulant therapy
* Severe complications of leukemia such as uncontrolled bleeding, pneumonia with hypoxia or shock or disseminated intravascular coagulation.
* Thrombocytopenia refractory to platelet transfusion.
* Prior total body irradiation more than 10 Gy.
* Known HIV, Hepatitis B or C positivity.
* Participation into a clinical study of an investigational agent within 14 days before study entry.
* Pregnancy or breastfeeding
* Adult patient protected by law
* Concurrent treatment with any other anti-cancer therapy except hydroxyurea