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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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	Jan. 01, 2016 shares	Jan. 31, 2014 $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 shares	Aug. 31, 2015 shares	Apr. 30, 2015 shares	Aug. 31, 2014 shares	Apr. 30, 2014 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation \| $			$ 1,789,000	$ 857,000	$ 4,529,000	$ 2,061,000
Stock options granted (in shares)					896,610
2014 Stock Option and Grant Plan (2014 Plan)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized for stock-based compensation plan (in shares)		823,529					2,998,823	2,669,411	2,047,058	2,000,000	1,411,764
2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for future issuance (in shares)			267,492		267,492		262,362
2015 Stock Option Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for future issuance (in shares)			1,879,606		1,879,606		1,311,812
Percentage limit of issued and outstanding shares upto which additional shares may be issued					4.00
Additional shares added to stock option plan	1,069,971
Unvested restricted stock awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense \| $			$ 11,808,000		$ 11,808,000
Employees restricted stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation \| $			128,000		393,000	134,000
Non-employee consultants restricted stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation \| $					1,871,000	457,000
Performance based milestone awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation \| $			151,000		960,000
Founders restricted stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation \| $					0
Restricted stock granted (in shares)		1,188,233
Restricted stock granted, original issued price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.0425
Founders restricted stock \| Vesting period, tranche one
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock granted (in shares)		835,292
Founders restricted stock \| Vesting period, tranche two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock granted (in shares)		352,941
Founders restricted stock \| Minimum \| Vesting period, tranche one
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		1 year
Founders restricted stock \| Maximum \| Vesting period, tranche one
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		4 years
Employees and directors stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation \| $			$ 914,000		$ 2,155,000	215,000
Employees and directors stock options \| 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options granted (in shares)			84,600
Employees and directors stock options \| 2015 Stock Option Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options granted (in shares)					888,110
Non-employees stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation \| $			$ 56,000	$ 49,000	$ 110,000	$ 263,000