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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jan. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Common stock options        
Shares        
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares) 8,829,343us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
  8,829,343us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
 
Options granted (in shares) 1,693,686us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
     
Options cancelled (in shares) (399,825)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
     
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares) 10,123,204us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
     
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares) 5,305,790us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
     
Weighted average exercise price        
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) $ 6.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
  6.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
 
Options granted (in dollars per share) $ 2.39us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
     
Options cancelled (in dollars per share) $ 9.14us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
     
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share) $ 5.42us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
     
Exercisable at the end of the period (in dollars per share) $ 6.45us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
     
Additional disclosures        
Total cash received from stock option exercises $ 0us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
$ 0.8us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
   
Weighted-average grant date fair value of options (in dollars per share) $ 1.92us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
$ 5.02us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
   
Weighted average assumptions used to estimate fair value of each employee stock option award        
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent) 1.77%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
1.84%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
   
Expected life in years 6 years 3 months 6 years 3 months    
Volatility (as a percent) 101.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
104.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= snta_EmployeeAndDirectorsStockOptionsMember
   
Restricted stock        
Additional disclosures        
Total fair value of restricted stock vested during the period $ 0.1us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
$ 0.1us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
   
Shares        
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares) 744,514us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
  744,514us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Vested (in shares) (9,756)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
     
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares) 734,758us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
     
Weighted average grant date fair value        
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) $ 3.65us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
  3.65us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
 
Vested (in dollars per share) $ 4.10us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
     
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share) $ 3.65us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
     
2006 Stock Plan        
Stock-based compensation expense        
Shares reserved for issuance     11,600,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= snta_StockPlan2006Member
10,300,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= snta_StockPlan2006Member
Increase in number of shares reserved for issuance     1,300,000snta_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardIncreaseInNumberOfSharesReservedForIssuance
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= snta_StockPlan2006Member
 
Percentage of outstanding shares of common stock used to compute annual increase in number of shares reserved for issuance     5.00%snta_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPercentageOnOutstandingCommonStockForComputationOfAnnualIncreaseInNumberOfSharesReservedForIssuance
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= snta_StockPlan2006Member
 
Shares available for future issuance 1,261,136us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= snta_StockPlan2006Member
     
2006 Stock Plan | Common stock options | Maximum        
Stock-based compensation expense        
Expiration period 10 years      
Vesting period 4 years