Amount of obligated to pay monthly base rent to sub lessor during the term.

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- Definition

Lessee commencement date.

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- Definition

Area of land held.

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- Definition

Date which lease or group of leases is set to expire, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123391704&loc=SL77918627-209977

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- Definition

Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123391704&loc=SL77918627-209977

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Lease - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Lease - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 26, 2021 ft²
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Operating lease, right-of-use asset	$ 98	$ 152
Sublease [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease commencement date	Apr. 01, 2021
Lease termination date	Mar. 31, 2023
Amount of obligated to pay monthly base rent to sub lessor during the term	$ 12
Operating lease, right-of-use asset	228
Operating lease, liability	$ 217
Sublease [Member] \| Boston, Massachusetts [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Area of land \| ft²			3,365