Amortization of debt discount and end of term payment.

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Collateralized debt obligation percentage.

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Liquidity ratio.

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Number of installments.

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- Definition

Prepayment fee as of outstanding principal amount percentage.

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- Definition

Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
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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

Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount of payment greater than the preceding installment payments to be paid at final maturity date of debt.

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- Definition

Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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Debt - Term Loan - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Debt - Term Loan - Additional Information (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Installment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of accrued interest and prepayment fee	$ 339,000	$ 327,000
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 25,000,000
Number of installments \| Installment			36
Repayment date of outstanding principal amounts and accrued interest			Dec. 01, 2020
Additional term payment due on maturity of term loan			$ 625,000
Cash collateralized obligations	100.00%
Repayment of accrued interest and prepayment fee	$ 339,000	327,000
Amortization of debt discount and end of term payment	$ 49,000	$ 49,000
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Liquidity ratio	140.00%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Prepayment Occurs After December 29, 2016 but on or Prior to December 29, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment fee as of outstanding principal amount percentage			2.00%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Prepayment Occurs After December 29, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment fee as of outstanding principal amount percentage			1.00%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest on the notes			0.90%