2. DERIVATIVES LIABILITIES, WARRANTS AND OTHER OPTIONS (Details Narrative) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Gain on warrants	$ 248,767us-gaap_DerivativeGainOnDerivative	$ 10,750,666us-gaap_DerivativeGainOnDerivative	$ 1,911,683us-gaap_DerivativeGainOnDerivative
Expense recorded for consulting arrangement	694,955	342,097
Prepaid consulting expenses	26,468CVM_PrepaidConsultingExpenses	57,553CVM_PrepaidConsultingExpenses
General and administrative expense	79,400	161,500
Common restricted stock	70,000CVM_CommonRestrictedStock	60,000CVM_CommonRestrictedStock
Series A through E warrants
Gain on warrants	1	780,883	588,469
Series B [Member]
Fair value of outstanding warrants		0
Series C [Member]
Warrants outstanding	463,487
Fair value of outstanding warrants	4,635	4,635
Series E [Member]
Fair value of outstanding warrants		0
Series N [Member]
Loss on warrants	1,404,027
Gain on warrants		788,533	207,507
Fair value of outstanding warrants		41,501
Series F [Member]
Fair value of outstanding warrants	0	12,000
SeriesFAndGWarrantsMember
Gain on warrants	12,667	1,634,000	500,000
Series H [Member]
Gain on warrants	24,000	1,764,000	600,000
Series T [Member]
Gain on warrants	350,088
Series Q [Member]
Gain on warrants	36,000	1,872,000	240,000
SeriesRMember
Gain on warrants	131,250	3,911,250
Consultants [Member]
Expense recorded for consulting arrangement	104,540
Prepaid consulting expenses	4,170
General and administrative expense	439,008
Common restricted stock	409,968
Expenses recorded for services	474,263	180,597
Series S [Member]
Gain on warrants	1,098,787
Series A [Member] \| Series K and Series A through E Warrants [Member]
Warrants outstanding	130,347
Derivative liability	1,303	1,303
Private Investors [Member] \| Series K and Series A through E Warrants [Member]
Warrants outstanding	16,750
Derivative liability	167	168
Series G [Member]
Fair value of outstanding warrants		$ 667

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