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Equity Financing - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 17, 2016	Aug. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Proceeds from exercise of warrants		$ 516,000	$ 3,044,035
2015 Warrants [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price	$ 1.10		$ 10.20
Number of warrants exercised	2,475,776
Number of shares issued upon warrants exercise	2,475,776
Proceeds from exercise of warrants	$ 2,723,000
Series A Warrants [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price		$ 0.30		$ 3.60
Number of warrants exercised		1,187,190
Number of warrants outstanding		1,277,609
2011 Series A Warrant [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price		$ 0.30
Number of warrants exercised		531,814
Number of shares issued upon warrants exercise		531,814
Number of warrants outstanding		578,081
Series B Warrants [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price		$ 0.30		$ 5.04
Number of warrants outstanding		1,916,407
Number of warrants surrendered		1,546,360
Series A and B Warrants [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares issued upon warrants exercise		1,719,004