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Stock Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail)

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Stock Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jan. 01, 2015
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock-based compensation expense $ 1,421,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 1,266,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense  
Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock-based awards granted to employees under the stock option plans 14,600,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized    
Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock-based awards granted to employees under the stock option plans, period for recognition 2 years 10 months 13 days 2 years 10 months 13 days  
Non-employee stock-based compensation expense 24,000us-gaap_IssuanceOfStockAndWarrantsForServicesOrClaims 36,000us-gaap_IssuanceOfStockAndWarrantsForServicesOrClaims  
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised 200,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue 100,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue  
Cash received from stock option exercises 100,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised 100,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised  
Tax benefit realized upon exercise of option 0us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 0us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions  
2014 Equity Incentive Plan      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Remaining shares available for issuance 2,537,763us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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= thld_TwoThousandAndFourteenEquityIncentivePlanMember
   
2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Remaining shares available for issuance 206,231us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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= thld_TwoThousandFourEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Additional shares authorized for issuance     100,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= thld_TwoThousandFourEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
Plan participants purchased shares 74,673us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesPurchasedForAward
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= thld_TwoThousandFourEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Average purchase price under 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan $ 3.43us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPerShareWeightedAveragePriceOfSharesPurchased
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= thld_TwoThousandFourEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
   
Cash proceeds $ 300,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlans
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= thld_TwoThousandFourEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember