Quarterly Results (unaudited) - Summary of Unaudited Quarterly Results (Detail) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||||||||
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Dec. 31, 2019 |
Sep. 30, 2019 |
Jun. 30, 2019 |
Mar. 31, 2019 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
Sep. 30, 2018 |
Jun. 30, 2018 |
Mar. 31, 2018 |
Dec. 31, 2019 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
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| Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] | ||||||||||
| License revenue, and other | $ 2,144 | $ 18,821,953 | $ 1,333,333 | $ 20,157,430 | ||||||
| Type of Revenue [Extensible List] | arpo:LicenseRevenueAndOtherMember | arpo:LicenseRevenueAndOtherMember | arpo:LicenseRevenueAndOtherMember | arpo:LicenseRevenueAndOtherMember | arpo:LicenseRevenueAndOtherMember | |||||
| Total operating expenses | $ 4,657,232 | $ 4,966,638 | $ 5,978,919 | $ 8,841,293 | $ 8,868,322 | $ 7,623,916 | $ 7,369,788 | $ 7,476,648 | $ 24,444,082 | $ 31,338,674 |
| Loss from operations | (4,657,232) | (4,966,638) | (5,978,919) | (8,841,293) | (8,866,178) | 11,198,037 | (6,036,455) | (7,476,648) | (24,444,082) | (11,181,244) |
| Other income | 211,089 | 318,708 | 295,303 | 348,468 | 347,588 | 339,441 | 46,464 | 51,116 | 1,173,568 | 784,609 |
| Net and comprehensive (loss) income attributable to common stockholders | $ (4,446,143) | $ (4,647,930) | $ (5,683,616) | $ (8,492,825) | $ (8,518,590) | $ 11,537,478 | $ (5,989,991) | $ (7,425,532) | $ (23,270,514) | $ (10,396,635) |
| Basic and diluted | $ (0.11) | $ (0.11) | $ (0.14) | $ (0.21) | $ (0.21) | $ 0.28 | $ (0.22) | $ (0.27) | $ (0.57) | $ (0.31) |
| Weighted average number of common shares used in computing net and comprehensive (loss) income per share: | ||||||||||
| Basic | 40,587,928 | 40,527,722 | 27,340,914 | 27,045,509 | ||||||
| Diluted | 40,587,928 | 40,961,620 | 27,340,914 | 27,045,509 | ||||||
| Basic and diluted | 40,588,004 | 40,588,004 | 40,588,004 | 40,588,004 | 40,588,004 | 33,930,846 | ||||