Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate intrinsic value, options exercised	$ 13
Options granted, weighted average grant date fair value (in usd per share)	$ 1.42	$ 6.52
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost of stock based awards	$ 8,500
Unrecognized compensation cost of stock based awards, recognition period	2 years
2019 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares reserved for issuance	550,000
Two Thousand Seventeen Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares reserved for issuance	270,000

Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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