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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
8 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Mar. 18, 2026
Jun. 30, 2025
Cover [Abstract]      
Document Type 10-KT    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2025    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2025    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Trading Symbol KALV    
Entity Registrant Name KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.    
Entity Central Index Key 0001348911    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer No    
Entity Filer Category Non-accelerated Filer    
Entity Small Business true    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Shell Company false    
Document Annual Report false    
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share    
Security Exchange Name NASDAQ    
Document Transition Report true    
Document Period Start Date May 01, 2025    
Entity File Number 001-36830    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Entity Tax Identification Number 20-0915291    
Entity Address, Address Line One 200 Crossing Boulevard    
Entity Address, City or Town Framingham    
Entity Address, State or Province MA    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 01702    
City Area Code 857    
Local Phone Number 999-0075    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   51,222,487  
Entity Public Float     $ 498,815,772
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag false    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] false    
Documents Incorporated by Reference

Information required in response to Part III of Form 10-KT is hereby incorporated by reference to portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2026. The Proxy Statement will be filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

   
Auditor Opinion [Text Block]

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders' (deficit) equity, and cash flows, for the eight month transition period ended December 31, 2025 and for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the eight month transition period ended December 31, 2025 and for each of the two years in the period ended April 30, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

   
Auditor Firm ID 34    
Auditor Name Deloitte & Touche LLP    
Auditor Location Boston, Massachusetts