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Class of Warrant or Right, Expiration Period

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Sale Of Common Stock In Underwritten Public Offering

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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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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Number of securities into which each warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, each warrant may be converted into two shares.

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Amount of expense (income) related to adjustment to fair value of warrant liability.

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Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fair value of financial and nonfinancial obligations.

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Warrants - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 12, 2016	May 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares sold in underwritten public offering		48,543,692
Fair value of warrants liability		$ 44,700
Exercise price of warrants		$ 1.50
Class of warrants exercised				0
Warrant fair value adjustments				$ (7,879)
A Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants liability	$ 12,800		$ 4,900	$ 4,900
Class of warrants expiration period upon issuance		2 years
Valuation technique				Monte Carlo valuation pricing model
Warrant liability fair value assumptions, risk-free rate	0.76%			0.66%
Warrant liability fair value assumptions, dividend yield	0.00%			0.00%
Warrant liability fair value assumptions, remaining term	2 years			1 year 7 months 6 days
Warrant liability fair value assumptions, volatility rate	95.00%			90.00%
Warrant fair value adjustments			$ 13,200	$ 7,900
B Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants liability	$ 5,000
Class of warrants expiration period upon issuance		30 months
Warrants exercisable date		2017-05
Maximum \| A Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase of common stock		36,407,765
Maximum \| B Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase of common stock		12,135,921
Registered Offering
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares sold in underwritten public offering		48,543,687