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Preferred Stock, Common Stock and Stockholders' Equity - Common Stock - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Jan. 31, 2015
Nov. 13, 2014
Nov. 11, 2014
Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Common stock, shares outstanding 6,112,091us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 6,096,752us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding      
Shareholders voting power description Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote. The holders of the common stock are also entitled to receive dividends whenever funds are legally available and when declared by the board of directors of the Company.        
Dividends declared on common stock $ 0us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash        
Common stock, shares issued 6,112,091us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 6,096,752us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued      
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net 42,875us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 25,120,948us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock      
Sales Agreement with MLV & Co. LLC [Member]          
Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Common stock, shares outstanding         2,900,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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Common stock, value of shares issuable 6,400,000evok_CommonStockSharesToBeIssuedValue
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    6,600,000evok_CommonStockSharesToBeIssuedValue
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Common stock, shares issued 0us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Entity public float         20,000,000evok_PublicFloat
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Common stock, closing price         $ 6.86us-gaap_SharePrice
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One third value of entity public float         6,600,000evok_EntityPublicFloatOneThirdValueLimit
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Sales Agreement with MLV & Co. LLC [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]          
Sale Of Stock [Line Items]          
Common stock, shares issued     25,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Common stock , weighted average price per share     $ 6.74evok_CommonStockWeightedAveragePricePerShare
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net     $ 163,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock
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