Nature of the Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of the Business	1. Nature of the Business Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. (“Trevi” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of the investigational therapy Haduvio (oral nalbuphine ER) for the treatment of chronic cough in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (“IPF”) and other chronic cough indications, and for the treatment of prurigo nodularis. These conditions share a common pathophysiology that is mediated through opioid receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Due to nalbuphine’s mechanism of action as a modulator of opioid receptors, the Company believes Haduvio has the potential to be effective in treating each of these conditions. Haduvio is an oral extended-release formulation of nalbuphine. Nalbuphine is a mixed κ-opioid receptor agonist and μ-opioid receptor antagonist that has been approved and marketed as an injectable for pain indications for more than 20 years in the United States (“U.S.”) and Europe. The κ- and μ-opioid receptors are known to be critical mediators of cough and itch. Nalbuphine’s mechanism of action also mitigates the risk of abuse associated with μ-opioid agonists because it antagonizes or blocks, the μ-opioid receptor. Parenteral nalbuphine is not scheduled as a controlled substance in the U.S. and most of Europe. The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on the basis of continuity of operations, realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. The Company has financed its operations to date primarily through private placements of its redeemable convertible preferred stock and convertible notes prior to its initial public offering (“IPO”), borrowings under its prior term loan facility, proceeds from its IPO and concurrent private placement completed in May 2019, sales of its common stock pursuant to the at-the-market Sales Agreement (the “ATM Sales Agreement”) (Note 9) with SVB Securities LLC (formerly SVB Leerink LLC) (“SVB Securities”) that the Company entered into in June 2020, the term loan facility with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) that the Company entered into in August 2020 (Note 8), proceeds from the private placements completed in October 2021 and April 2022 (Note 9), proceeds from the exercise of common stock warrants that were issued in the October 2021 private placements and proceeds from the public offering completed in October 2022 (Note 9). The Company has incurred recurring losses since inception, including net losses of $29.2 million and $33.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $120.5 million compared to $36.8 million of cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2021. The Company had incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations and had an accumulated deficit of $210.1 million as of December 31, 2022. The Company expects to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. As of March 16, 2023, the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company believes that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2022, will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for 12 months from the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

Nature of the Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. (“Trevi” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of the investigational therapy Haduvio (oral nalbuphine ER) for the treatment of chronic cough in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (“IPF”) and other chronic cough indications, and for the treatment of prurigo nodularis. These conditions share a common pathophysiology that is mediated through opioid receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Due to nalbuphine’s mechanism of action as a modulator of opioid receptors, the Company believes Haduvio has the potential to be effective in treating each of these conditions.

Haduvio is an oral extended-release formulation of nalbuphine. Nalbuphine is a mixed κ-opioid receptor agonist and μ-opioid receptor antagonist that has been approved and marketed as an injectable for pain indications for more than 20 years in the United States (“U.S.”) and Europe. The κ- and μ-opioid receptors are known to be critical mediators of cough and itch. Nalbuphine’s mechanism of action also mitigates the risk of abuse associated with μ-opioid agonists because it antagonizes or blocks, the μ-opioid receptor. Parenteral nalbuphine is not scheduled as a controlled substance in the U.S. and most of Europe.

The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on the basis of continuity of operations, realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. The Company has financed its operations to date primarily through private placements of its redeemable convertible preferred stock and convertible notes prior to its initial public offering (“IPO”), borrowings under its prior term loan facility, proceeds from its IPO and concurrent private placement completed in May 2019, sales of its common stock pursuant to the at-the-market Sales Agreement (the “ATM Sales Agreement”) (Note 9) with SVB Securities LLC (formerly SVB Leerink LLC) (“SVB Securities”) that the Company entered into in June 2020, the term loan facility with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) that the Company entered into in August 2020 (Note 8), proceeds from the private placements completed in October 2021 and April 2022 (Note 9), proceeds from the exercise of common stock warrants that were issued in the October 2021 private placements and proceeds from the public offering completed in October 2022 (Note 9). The Company has incurred recurring losses since inception, including net losses of $29.2 million and $33.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $120.5 million compared to $36.8 million of cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2021. The Company had incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations and had an accumulated deficit of $210.1 million as of December 31, 2022. The Company expects to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. As of March 16, 2023, the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company believes that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2022, will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for 12 months from the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements.