Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail)

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Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Oct. 02, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 18, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Increase In Aggregate Number Of Shares         3,000,000arth_IncreaseInAggregateNumberOfShares
Percentage of outstanding number of shares         4.00%arth_PercentageOfOutstandingNumberOfShares
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term 5 years 5 months 8 days        
Share-based compensation arrangements by share-based payment award, options, grants in period, weighted average exercise price $ 0.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice        
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected volatility rate, minimum 77.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum        
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected volatility rate, maximum 119.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum        
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, risk free interest rate, minimum 0.25%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMinimum        
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, risk free interest rate, maximum 2.40%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMaximum        
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award fair value assumptions expected forfeiture rate 0.00%arth_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedForfeitureRate        
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected dividend rate 0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate        
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of shares available for grant 3,707,544us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant        
Allocated share-based compensation expense $ 278,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 132,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense      
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 300,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized     300,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross 537,500us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross        
Research and Development Expense          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Allocated share-based compensation expense 121,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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86,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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General and Administrative Expense          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Allocated share-based compensation expense 157,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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46,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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Maximum          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected term 10 years        
Minimum          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected term 9 months 18 days        
Employees And Directors          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross 4,102,500us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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Consultants          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross 5,304,212us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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Employees | Maximum          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based compensation arrangements by share-based payment award, options, grants in period, weighted average exercise price $ 0.22us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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Employees | Minimum          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based compensation arrangements by share-based payment award, options, grants in period, weighted average exercise price $ 0.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
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2013 Stock Incentive Plan          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, total $ 801,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
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Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition 1 year 9 months 25 days        
Common Stock, Shares Authorized     13,114,256us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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  10,231,197us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of additional shares authorized     2,883,059us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfAdditionalSharesAuthorized
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2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Consultants          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period 4 years        
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Consultants | Maximum          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term 10 years        
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Consultants | Minimum          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]          
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term 1 year