Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Details)						1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 24, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($) shares	Mar. 18, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 09, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 Employee	Mar. 01, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Restructuring implemented date									Jun. 30, 2019
Corporate restructuring, reduction of full-time workforce percentage						60.00%
Corporate restructuring, reduction of full-time workforce employees | Employee						48
Restructuring completion date									Dec. 31, 2019
Accumulated deficit								$ 99,135,961	$ 99,135,961	$ 76,250,512
Cash and cash equivalents								5,761,568	5,761,568	12,077,640
Net cash used in operating activities									17,027,415	29,506,949
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs									10,159,766
Current liabilities								$ 6,145,546	6,145,546	$ 2,768,913
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs									$ 10,159,766
Lincoln Park
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs, shares | shares									900,000
Issuance of common stock, price per share | $ / shares								$ 2.64	$ 2.64
Proceeds from issuance of common stock gross									$ 2,400,000
Common stock offering costs									200,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs									2,200,000
Shares value might be issued under agreement			$ 15,000,000
Number of shares, company may sell on any single business day | shares			50,000
Maximum amount of Common stock at time of sale, per regular purchase			$ 1,000,000
Issuance of common stock for commitment fee, shares | shares			148,148
Fair value of the commitment fee shares, recorded to general and administrative expense along with other costs			$ 400,000
Cost, Product and Service [Extensible List]			us-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs			$ 15,000,000
Lincoln Park | Subsequent Event
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs, shares | shares							200,000
Issuance of common stock, price per share | $ / shares							$ 2.47
Proceeds from issuance of common stock gross							$ 500,000
Proposed Collaboration and License Agreement | Relief Therapeutics Holding AG
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Potential loan offset amount								$ 4,000,000	$ 4,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity date									Jan. 25, 2022
Proposed Collaboration and License Agreement | Relief Therapeutics Holding AG | Secured Loan
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term									12 months
Debt instrument, principal amount								$ 4,000,000	$ 4,000,000
Proposed Collaboration and License Agreement | Subsequent Event | Relief Therapeutics Holding AG
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Upfront non-refundable payment received	$ 1,000,000
Potential cash receivable	14,000,000
Potential offset to cash receivable	$ 4,000,000
Proposed Collaboration and License Agreement | Subsequent Event | Secured Loan | Relief Therapeutics Holding AG
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term	12 months
Debt instrument, principal amount	$ 4,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate	6.00%
Weighted Average | Lincoln Park
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock, price per share | $ / shares								$ 2.64	$ 2.64
Maximum | Lincoln Park
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Shares value might be issued under agreement			$ 15,000,000
Number of shares, company may sell on any single business day | shares			100,000
At-the-Market Facility
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs, shares | shares								1,838,957
Proceeds from issuance of common stock gross								$ 7,200,000
Common stock offering costs								300,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs								$ 6,900,000
At-the-Market Facility | Subsequent Event
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs, shares | shares							877,107
Proceeds from issuance of common stock gross							$ 2,800,000
At-the-Market Facility | Weighted Average
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock, price per share | $ / shares								$ 3.9228	$ 3.9228
At-the-Market Facility | Weighted Average | Subsequent Event
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock, price per share | $ / shares							$ 3.17
At-the-Market Facility | Maximum
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Aggregate offering price of common stock				$ 50,000,000	$ 50,000,000
Private Placement | Directors, Officers and Employees
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statement [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs, shares | shares		244,998
Issuance of common stock, price per share | $ / shares		$ 3.50
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs		$ 900,000