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Related Party Transactions - 2019 Bridge Notes (Details)	3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2019 USD ($) item	Jun. 26, 2018 USD ($) item	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) individual $ / shares shares	Jul. 19, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 shares	Dec. 31, 2017 shares	Feb. 28, 2015 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes payable								$ 150,000
Exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 49.00	$ 49.00
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Warrants or Options Issued \| shares				5,005,739
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding \| shares			1,237,871	1,237,871		34,682	4,590
Net cash proceeds				$ 5,050,000
2019 Bridge Notes
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of promissory notes issued \| item	21		21
Notes payable	$ 5,050,000		$ 5,050,000	$ 5,050,000	$ 3,550,000
Number of members of Board of Directors \| individual				3
Net cash proceeds	$ 5,050,000
2019 Bridge Notes \| Lisa Conte [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes payable			$ 100,000	$ 100,000
Number of shares per warrant \| shares			15,957	15,957
2019 Bridge Notes \| James Bochnowski [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes payable			$ 350,000	$ 350,000
Number of shares per warrant \| shares			93,085	93,085
2019 Bridge Notes \| Jonathan Siegel DBA JBS Healthcare Ventures [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes payable			$ 75,000	$ 75,000
Number of shares per warrant \| shares			14,628	14,628
2019 Bridge Notes \| Sagard Capital Partners [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes payable			$ 500,000	$ 500,000
Number of shares per warrant \| shares			79,787	79,787
2019 Bridge Notes \| Jonathan Glaser [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes payable			$ 500,000	$ 500,000
Number of shares per warrant \| shares			106,383	106,383
Fourteen Promissory Notes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of promissory notes issued \| item	14		14
Notes payable	$ 3,550,000		$ 3,550,000	$ 3,550,000
Warrant coverage percentage	125.00%		125.00%
Seven Promissory Notes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of promissory notes issued \| item	7		7
Notes payable	$ 1,500,000		$ 1,500,000	$ 1,500,000
Warrant coverage percentage	75.00%	75.00%	75.00%
2019 Bridge Note Warrants \| 2019 Bridge Notes \| Accredited investors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		12.00%
2019 Bridge Note Warrants \| Fourteen Promissory Notes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of promissory notes issued \| item	14
Notes payable	$ 3,550,000
Warrant coverage percentage	125.00%
2019 Bridge Note Warrants \| Fourteen Promissory Notes [Member] \| Accredited investors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of promissory notes issued \| item		14
Notes payable		$ 3,550,000
Warrant coverage percentage		125.00%
2019 Bridge Note Warrants \| Seven Promissory Notes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of promissory notes issued \| item	7
Notes payable	$ 1,500,000
Warrant coverage percentage	75.00%
2019 Bridge Note Warrants \| Seven Promissory Notes [Member] \| Accredited investors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of promissory notes issued		7
Notes payable		$ 1,500,000
Warrant coverage percentage		75.00%
2019 Bridge Note Warrants \| Twenty One Promissory Notes [Member] \| Accredited investors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of promissory notes issued \| item		21
Net cash proceeds		$ 5,050,000