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Stockholders' Equity - Preferred Stock Issuances - Additional Information (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Nov. 23, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	10,000,000	10,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	40,000,000	40,000,000	40,000,000	1,000,000,000
Number of preferred stock and warrants issued upon conversion	2,084,507
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	11,357	20,631
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	4,200
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	2,360
Series C Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	590
Series D Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	10,000
Series E Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	40,000
Conversion of stock preferred shares converted	9,274
Series E1 Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	12,960
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Conversion of stock preferred shares converted		20,887