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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding Calculation (Details) - shares		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Weighted average shares issued		2,738,944
Weighted average pre-funded warrants		23,966,431
Weighted average shares outstanding	[1]	26,705,375	14,039
[1] reflects a one-for-three hundred and fifty (1:350) reverse stock split effected on November 6, 2017 and a one-for-five hundred (1:500) reverse stock split effected on May 2, 2018.

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