Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail) - Subsequent Event	Apr. 10, 2020 USD ($)
US Small Business Administration
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum payroll cost exclude compensation of individual employee	$ 100,000
Forgiveness reduction in case of reduction in salaries and wages of employees with	$ 100,000
Minimum \| US Small Business Administration
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument number of days loan can be forgiven from beginning	60 days
Maximum \| US Small Business Administration
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument number of days loan can be forgiven from beginning	120 days
Percentage of non payroll costs	25.00%
Percentage of decrease in salaries and wages for employees	25.00%
Paycheck Protection Program Loan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from loans	$ 4,900,000
Maturity date	Apr. 09, 2022
Annual interest rate	0.98%
Debt instrument, commencement of payment date	Nov. 09, 2020
Debt instrument, payment terms	Commencing November 9, 2020, the Company is required to pay the lender equal monthly payments of principal and interest as required to fully amortize by April 9, 2022 the principal amount outstanding on the PPP Loan as of October 9, 2020.
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment	equal monthly payments
Debt instrument, prepayment penalties	$ 0

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Penalties in case of prepayment loan.

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Percentage of non payroll costs.

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Date the debt agreement requires the first payment to be made, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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