Income Taxes - Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Statutory Rate on pre-tax book loss	(34.00%)	(34.00%)	(34.00%)
Stock option issuance	0.14%	0.09%	0.08%
Sale of NJ NOL's	1.05%	2.51%	0.00%
Disallowed interest	0.10%	0.51%	3.57%
Derivatives	11.72%	14.75%	13.71%
Expired net operating losses and credits	0.00%	2.74%	41.83%
Utilization of net operating loss	(0.00%)	(0.00%)	(2.86%)
State Tax benefit of Sale of NJ NOL	(1.45%)	(7.37%)	(0.00%)
State Tax benefit - other	(3.85%)	(2.82%)	6.21%
True-ups and adjustments	(0.57%)	0.02%	0.44%
Change in federal valuation allowance	25.42%	16.22%	(28.85%)
Total	(1.44%)	(7.35%)	0.13%

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