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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Weighted-average shares subject to repurchase excluded from the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding 45,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseOrCancellation 94,375us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseOrCancellation
Officers [Member] | Clinical Trial Services [Member]    
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Related Party expenses 88,025us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis
= evok_ClinicalTrialServicesMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_OfficerMember
0us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis
= evok_ClinicalTrialServicesMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_OfficerMember