Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details)				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 Patients	Mar. 20, 2015 shares	May. 06, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 21, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 17, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 17, 2013 USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Deposits for clinical trial services					$ 4,060,977		$ 4,060,977
Nonrefundable And Noncreditable License And Maintenance Fee							12 months
License agreement termination date				Oct. 12, 2015
Contingency service agreement terms							Services to be performed under the Agreement terminate on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2018, (ii) the date the parties mutually agree, (iii) at any time following the earlier of the one year anniversary of the date on which the Company notifies PCT that services in the semi-dedicated controlled environment room are to commence and August 1, 2016, on the last day of the month following at least 120 days’ written notice from the Company to PCT, or (iv) the last day of the month following at least 60 days’ written notice from the Company to PCT that the Company has received a clinical hold issued by the FDA ordering the Company to suspend clinical trials for ICT-107. Either party may terminate the Agreement in the event of the other party’s insolvency or for the other party’s material breach of its obligations under the Agreement if such breach remains uncured after 30 days of receiving written notice of such breach.
Discretionary cash bonus					0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Options, Granted | shares							1,818,000
Exercise option price | $ / shares							$ 0.55
Restricted shares issued by the company | shares		260,000
Lease monthly rent					8,063		$ 8,063
Operating lease rent expense							$ 75,000	$ 74,000
Percentage of annual increase of monthly base rent							3.00%
Novella Clinical
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patients | Patients	400
Termination notice period	60 days
Deposits for clinical trial services					$ 3,725,722		$ 3,725,722
ICON
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated payments for services									$ 3,500,000	$ 2,300,000	$ 2,700,000
Service fee, amendments and aggregate			$ 170,004
JHU
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Period within effective date of License Agreement							30 days
PharmaCell B.V Agreement
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Written notice period for termination							90 days
Written notice period for early termination							30 days
Employment Agreement With Management
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Base salary							$ 1,100,000
Discretionary cash bonus							$ 400,000
Options, Granted | shares							1,125,000
Exercise option price | $ / shares							$ 0.58
Stock options, vesting period							4 years
Restricted shares issued by the company | shares							260,000