Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details) - Subsequent Event - March 2022 Purchase Agreement $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Mar. 21, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Exercise price of warrants	$ 2.062
Warrant issuance, description	Each unit consisted of one share of common stock (or one pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof), a common warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock with a term of 24 months from the issuance date, and a common warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock with a term of 66 months from the issuance date.
Pre-funded Warrants
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Exercise price of warrants	$ 0.001
Investor
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants \| shares	3,244,987
Exercise price of warrants	$ 2.312
Gross proceeds from issuance of warrants \| $	$ 7.5
Investor \| Pre-funded Warrants \| Maximum
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Exercise price of warrants	$ 0.001

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123467817&loc=d3e21475-112644

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