Class Of Warrant Or Right, Warrants Issued

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Debt Instrument, Proceeds To Be Paid To Lender, Percent

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Offering Costs

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Payments For Clearing Fees

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Payments For Placement Agent Commissions

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Payments Related To Expenses For Registered Direct Offering And Concurrent Private Placement

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Proceeds from the Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants, Net of Issuance Costs

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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The cash inflow from the issuance of common stock, preferred stock, treasury stock, stock options, and other types of equity.

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-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
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The cash outflow for a borrowing supported by a written promise to pay an obligation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Stockholders' Equity - Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Nov. 29, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Sale of common stock (in shares)				721,546
Exercise price of common stock (in dollars per share)			$ 3.48	$ 3.48
Amount paid for clearing fees		$ 231
Offering costs		474
Proceeds from sale of common stock		$ 2,300
Percentage of gross proceeds used to make payments on note		10.00%
Gross proceeds		$ 275
Payments on the Iliad Note				$ 526	$ 0
Note Purchase Agreement
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of gross proceeds used to make payments on note	10.00%
Payments on the Iliad Note		$ 226
Institutional Investor
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Sale of common stock (in shares)		688,360	673,361
Exercise price of common stock (in dollars per share)			$ 3.37	$ 3.37
Private Placement
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Sale of common stock (in shares)			48,185	48,185
Exercise price of common stock (in dollars per share)			$ 4.9940	$ 4.9940
Amount paid for placement agent commissions		$ 193
Amount paid related to expenses for registered direct offering and concurrent private placement		$ 50