Stock-Based Compensation - Equity Incentive Plans (Details) - shares		9 Months Ended
Jul. 26, 2013	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Class of Stock
Common stock options outstanding		3,323,175	2,675,184
Options outstanding under earlier plans		511,093
Grant of inducement stock option		393,750
2013 Stock Incentive Plan
Class of Stock
Maximum number of additional common shares	868,372
Common stock options outstanding		2,418,332
Common shares available for grant	3,153,057	941,192

Maximum number of additional common shares.

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Options outstanding under earlier plans.

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Shares granted as inducement grants non-statutory stock options.

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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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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
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