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Common Stock - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)				3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 25, 2021	Jul. 16, 2020	Mar. 27, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
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Common stock, par or stated value per share				$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001		$ 0.0001
Pre-Funded Warrants [Member]
Changes In Equity And Comprehensive Income Line Items [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants or rights				0	0
Exchange Warrants [Member]
Changes In Equity And Comprehensive Income Line Items [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants or rights	1,000,000
Exercise price of warrants or rights	$ 0.0001
Common stock, par or stated value per share	$ 0.0001
Common stock exchanged for pre-funded warrants	1,000,000
Number of warrants exercised					0
Ownership percentage	9.99%
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Gross proceeds from offering including exercise of underwriter's option		$ 132,200,000
Public Offering [Member] \| Pre-Funded Warrants [Member]
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Purchase price of warrants issued		$ 22.9999
Ownership percentage on exercise of warrants without notice, minimum		4.99%
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Notice period to increase ownership percentage on exercise of warrants		61 days
Public Offering [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Changes In Equity And Comprehensive Income Line Items [Line Items]
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Public offering price, per share		$ 23.00
Public Offering [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Pre-Funded Warrants [Member]
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Number of securities called by warrants or rights		1,630,436
Over-Allotment Option [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
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Shares of common stock sold		750,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in public offering, net		$ 124,000,000.0
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Common stock, par or stated value per share	$ 0.0001
Aggregate offering price	$ 125,000,000.0
Common stock available to be sold				$ 70,900,000	70,900,000
Deferred offering costs				$ 100,000	100,000
Issuance costs					$ 100,000
At-The-Market Offering [Member] \| Equity Distribution Agreement [Member] \| JMP Securities LLC [Member]
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock in public offering, net						$ 22,800,000
Common stock, par or stated value per share			$ 0.0001
Aggregate offering price			$ 18,900,000
At-The-Market Offering [Member] \| Equity Distribution Agreement [Member] \| JMP Securities LLC [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
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Aggregate offering price			$ 50,000,000.0