Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Accruals of interest and penalties		$ 0		$ 0
Recognized interest or penalties		0	$ 0
Tax benefit resulting in remeasurement of deferred tax balances	$ (1,300,000)	$ (1,300,000)

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Incomplete Accounting, Change in Tax Rate, Provisional Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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The amount of estimated penalties and interest accrued as of the balance sheet date arising from income tax examinations.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The sum of the amounts of estimated penalties and interest recognized in the period arising from income tax examinations.

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