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Stockholders' Equity - Preferred Stock Issuances - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	May 01, 2020	Jul. 11, 2019	May 05, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Aug. 19, 2019	Jun. 06, 2019
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)				$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)				41,447	41,517
Number of warrants outstanding (in shares)				1,826,599	1,826,608
2019 Warrants [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price				$ 23.04
Number of warrants outstanding (in shares)				1,800,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| 2019 Warrants [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Offering price	$ 22.0
Warrant exercise price	$ 10.00		$ 10.00
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] \| July 2019 Private Placement [Member] \| Securities Purchase Agreement [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Number of shares issued		20,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01
Shares issued, price per share		$ 1,000
Series E Preferred Stock and Related Warrants [Member]
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Conversion price							$ 1,500
Series E Preferred Stock and Related Warrants [Member] \| July 2019 Private Placement [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Debt and warrants exchanged for preferred stock		$ 11.8
Number of preferred stock and warrants issued upon conversion		11,500
Value of accounts payable exchanged		$ 0.1
Number of shares issued upon exchange of accounts payable		149
Number of shares issued upon exchange of investor waiver rights		923
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] \| August 2019 Private Placement [Member] \| Securities Purchase Agreement [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Number of shares issued						9,510
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)						$ 0.01
Shares issued, price per share						$ 1,000
Preferred Stock [Member]
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Conversion price				$ 23.04
Preferred Stock [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Conversion price	$ 10.00
Offering price	$ 22.0